Great saves... are born from great tools. And that's what you have here, this month, thwacksters. Free tools. That’s what you’ve earned here.

You were born to be IT professionals. Every one of you. And you were meant to be here. This is your time.

A few things to remember before we get started: If you’re not first, you’re last & most importantly there’s no crying in bracket battles.

Now that we got that settled… Feel the rhythm! Feel the rhyme! Get on up, it’s bracket time!

February Mission

We’ll start with 16 free tools & each week for the next 4 weeks there will be a new elimination round until we determine which SolarWinds free tool is the one that rules them all. Each week you will start with a clean slate and a new chance to win the weekly prize, so make sure you’re checking back and entering each round!

Print the entire Free Tool Bracket attached to this blog post to keep track of your votes and each round's winners!

Mission Rules:

1. Each Monday the bracket will open a new round of voting starting on February 1.
2. Once a round has opened, it will remain open until the following Sunday. Check the schedule below for exact open/close times.
3. Correctly pick everyone who moves on to the next round and you win that week's prize.
4. You start with a clean slate at the beginning of each round. Therefore, you can enter to win prizes each week regardless of how you performed in prior rounds.
5. You will earn 50 points for each vote you cast on the match ups.
6. The grand prize winners will be drawn at random from those who correctly guessed the Free Tool Bracket Battle winner!

Print the Free Tool Bracket attached to this blog post to keep track of your votes and each round's winners!

Round 4 "Championship" Winner

Your pick didn't win the Championship?

Find out why>>