IT security is not a luxury; it’s a necessity. 99% of IT security departments are resource-constrained in terms of budget, time, and staff. The majority of security teams find it difficult to adopt SIEM to strengthen network security. Traditional enterprise SIEM solutions ship a surplus of extraneous features packaged with basic SIEM requirements and capabilities. The core essentials of SIEM are real-time security monitoring, threat visibility, automation, incident response, and reporting capabilities. SolarWinds offers an extremely affordable SIEM software, Log & Event Manager.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2014/07/siem-for-one-siem-for-all_7.html