SolarWinds partners with Infosys to speed up the transition to new SaaS model

US-based IT management software provider SolarWinds has partnered with Infosys to accelerate its transition to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider. Infosys will give SolarWinds access to its suite of enterprise cloud solutions called Cobalt. It includes over 35,000 assets and 300 industry cloud solution blueprints designed for an easy transition from on-prem to SaaS. 

Infosys Cobalt is a set of services and platforms for enterprises to accelerate digital transformation.

“We’re excited to work with Infosys to transform our application delivery in a software-as-a-service model. We’ve already begun moving to our new SaaS model with the launch of our comprehensive SolarWinds Observability offering and we now have a framework to quickly transition our other monitoring and observability solutions across network, infrastructure, systems, database, applications, and ITSM to this new model,” said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, president and chief executive of SolarWinds. 

SolarWinds said the collaboration with Infosys will allow them to modernize their customers’ operations and improve business outcomes. 

In October 2022, SolarWinds launched a new SaaS platform called SolarWinds Observability, which provides unified and comprehensive visibility for modern, distributed, hybrid, and multi-cloud IT environments. 

“Our goal at Infosys is to enable the SaaSification of products and platforms to accelerate digital transformation. With Infosys Cobalt, we are excited to help SolarWinds successfully navigate its digital transformation journey to deliver on customer expectations and boost revenue,” said Anand Swaminathan, EVP at Infosys.

SolarWinds is one of the leading IT management software suppliers in the world with around 300,000 business customers which includes the US government and several big firms such as Microsoft, Visa, AT&T, and PWC. In February 2020, the company was targeted by one of the biggest supply chain attacks in recent years. SolarWinds’ IT performance monitoring platform Orion was compromised and a backdoor was created by hackers to gain remote access to the systems using the software.