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Network Performance Monitor (NPM), by SolarWinds, provides advanced network troubleshooting using critical path hops-by-hop analysis for hybrid, on-premises, and cloud services. This modern network monitoring software is powerful and affordable. It allows IT organizations to quickly identify, diagnose, and fix network outages and problems, improving their network performance. SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor features include a performance analysis dashboard, NetPath critical paths visualization, intelligent alerts, multi-vendor network monitoring and Network Insights for Cisco ASA.