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SolarWinds is a 21-year-old publicly-traded company. They're not really "yet another startup". I also don't think that the departments of the US Government ar
by nrmitchi 6y ago
SolarWinds is a 21-year-old publicly-traded company.
They're not really "yet another startup".
I also don't think that the departments of the US Government are all going around all willy-nilly dropping tools from "yet another startup" into their core infrastructure.
While your overall point may be valid, it's tough to come to the conclusion that it is applicable here.
- mcguire 6y agoWilly-nilly dropping tools into core infrastructure is largely how government IT works. Corporate IT, too, from what I've seen.
- notabee 6y agoThat's very true, In my limited experience, they are tools sold to non-technical leadership that are either thrown to technical staff to deal with and implement or require letting yet another vendor have network access to manage. It adds up to a hot mess.
- mcguire 6y agoMy favorite comment from a (authentication system) vendor, during a meeting where we were trying to figure out why users were having trouble logging into an internal app: "Do I have a charge code for this?"
- reaperducer 6y agoSolarWinds is a 21-year-old publicly-traded company. They're not really "yet another startup". Today it is. If we knew when SolarWinds was added to the government systems, his comment might stand.
- mgreenleaf 6y agoAnd yesterday's startup is tomorrow's billion dollar company, often with nothing changed except the number of customers.
- rplnt 6y agoStartup or not, government contracts require certain certifications.
- falcolas 6y agoI believe that you have mis-read their comment - they aren't saying Solar Winds is "yet another startup", they're saying that SolarWinds is incorporating 3rd party technology (the so-called supply chain attack on their build) without vetting it. And, if we're being honest, those technologies probably are based off startup tech; SolarWinds purchases and incorporates startup companies (such as Vivid Cortex recently).
- nrmitchi 6y agoThat is entirely possible.
- wglb 6y agoNo longer publicly traded: https://www.solarwinds.com/company/press-releases/solarwinds-completes-takeprivate-acquisition-by-silver-lake-and-thoma-bravo#:~:text=%E2%80%9CAs%20a%20private%20company%2C%20we,its%20next%20phase%20of%20growth.%22 https://www.solarwinds.com/company/press-releases/solarwinds...