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| Margins were another area of focus for us, and we improved our adjusted EBITDA by $48 million or 17% year-over-year |
| In August 2023, we announced enhancements to our channel partner program designed to accelerate growth and revenue with and for our partners, these updates provide greater flexibility for our partners to achieve their targets, new opportunities for channel offering improvements and specialized options for database and ITSM product |
| I'm pleased to report that we delivered another strong quarter, once again exceeding our guidance across all key metrics finishing the year on a high note and adding to the momentum we built throughout 2023 |
| We are proud of the financial results we delivered in 2023 |
| First, strong subscription revenue and overall ARR growth demonstrating the continued success of our subscription-first strategy |
| As a result of the subscription revenue growth and strong maintenance renewal rates, we now have 92% of our total revenue as recurring revenue |
| First, we successfully drove subscription adoption across our businesses, which is seen in our strong subscription revenue and ARR growth results |
| Fourth, significant enhancements we delivered on our SolarWinds platform, as it continues to be the foundation that fuels innovation for our self-hosted and SaaS solutions so customers can consolidate tools and experience hybrid visibility, simplicity and cost-effective productivity across multi-cloud environments |
| Finally, continued adjusted EBIT growth and another quarter of achieving the Rule of 50 |
| Our focus on operating discipline delivered another quarter of strong non-GAAP profitability |
| With the ongoing success of our subscription-first strategy, in the fourth quarter, we delivered subscription revenue growth of 36% and subscription ARR growth of 34% |
| We continue to generate strong cash flow with $183 million in cash flow from operations in 2023 |
| We have increased the mix of predictable recurring revenue, delivered double-digit adjusted EBITDA growth and made substantial progress in improving our leverage profile |
| And we delivered fourth quarter total ARR growth of 8% year-over-year with continued execution of our subscription-first and platform strategy |
| We believe this is consistent with how our customers want to consume our products and that an increase in our subscription base provides an even more solid foundation for our revenue and margin expansion efforts |
| The improvement in our renewal rate in 2023 was a testament to the loyalty of our customer base and the value of our solutions |
| Third, strong customer retention, which was a critical priority of ours in 2023 |
| We believe that SolarWinds hybrid cloud observability contributes to increased retention and conversion rates and that our customers are enjoying increased value, as we continue to evolve and extend the capabilities of our solutions |
| Our cash position and positive cash flow give us the ability to fund future growth as well as flexibility on capital allocation alternatives moving forward |
| It is my belief that we built a strong foundation and successful strategy that's a direct result of our focus on our transformational efforts across all aspects of our business over the last three years |
| So I'm very optimistic that we can work very closely together and truly build a force multiplier, while at the same time, doing it cost effectively |
| And fourth, we delivered on our innovation agenda by extending and enhancing the AI-powered capabilities of our solutions while also expanding our ecosystem to bring even greater value to our customers |
| But at the same time, we are confident in our solution set, the confidence that the customers have in us and our ability to execute |
| Third, we continue to prioritize customer success and retention and successfully improved our maintenance renewal rate to 96% on a trailing 12-month basis |
| You had a really strong beat this quarter, really good performance |
| I'm pleased with all the work our teams have done to help us cap 2023 with a strong fourth quarter, and I'm as confident as ever in the direction of our business |
| Second, we demonstrated rigorous expense discipline in a challenging macro environment by investing selectively, while managing costs and improving our operating margins as reflected in our 17% adjusted EBITDA year-over-year growth in 2023 |
| This coming on the heels of our strong 2023 performance reflects our belief in the increasing relevance of our broad array of product offerings, combined with our ability to execute and innovate |
| The increase in subscription revenue reflects the success of our subscription-first strategy |
| First, as you noted, and as you saw from our results, we have been executing well to our plan and our priorities as evidenced in the 2023 results |
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| And full year license revenue was $62 million, down 33% year-over-year |
| For the fourth quarter, license revenue was $15 million, down 31% from $22 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 |
| And Rob, I would just reiterate, there's still a little bit of uncertainty out there in the environment and macro |
| Equally, their budgets remain constrained, especially in this macro environment |
| You're kind of saying the macro environment remains uncertain |
| As a reminder, our subscription-first focus has affected and will continue to affect our license sales performance |
| I could not be prouder of our team's commitment to customers' success |
| But is it impacting our business? No |
| So we did not see any, I would say, anomalies either to the positive or the negative, as it relates to Q4 |
| So we are not concentrated like some of the customers in like, let's say, only the enterprise segment and not have to deal with the consequences of elongated sales cycles |
| These statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the numerous risks and uncertainties highlighted in today's earnings release and our filings with the SEC |
| As we have previously discussed, the conversion of a portion of our maintenance customers to subscriptions has impacted maintenance revenue, and we expect that it will continue to do so as we continue our subscription-first transition |
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