Arjan Timmerman

With over 15 years in IT, Arjan has gained a lot of experience in the virtual DataCenter. These days, as a Principal consultant for Metis IT, his focus is on the Software Defined Data Center and helping consultants and the company grow in this fast-changing world. Through his blog, which can be found at VDIcloud, he’s been awarded with the VMware vExpert title multiple times. And as of 2016, his new blog SDDCinfo, he’ll focus more on on the Software Defined Data Center.

The Latest Posts Featuring Arjan Timmerman

The High-Performance DBA: Breaking the Burnout Cycle in Modern Database Teams

In this article, Kevin Kline introduces The High-Performance DBA webcast series, drawing on insights from our recent State of Database Report to explain why DBA burnout is rising and how teams can move beyond constant reactivity.

April 1, 2026

Database

The High-Performance DBA: Breaking the Burnout Cycle in Modern Database Teams

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Inside the Black Box: Bridging the Database Observability Gap

March 27, 2026

Database

Over the past 15 years, Agile and DevOps have accelerated application delivery, enabling faster, more reliable releases. Yet the database layer often remains a blind spot for observability and performance monitoring.

In this article, Kevin Kline shows why closing the database observability gap is critical to improving performance, efficiency, and resilience for DBAs, developers, and the businesses that depend on their data.

The Future is Always Bright

December 15, 2017

Database

In my last couple of posts, I’ve tried to paint a picture of the past and present of database management and monitoring. We’ve seen that good database performance has everything…

The Only Source of Knowledge is Experience…

December 6, 2017

Database

The title of this post is a quote that might be (or not be) from Albert Einstein. I first thought the title of the post would be something like: “why…