Ben Keen

Ben's love for computers started back in the 8-bit days and grew from there. After joining his current employer, he found himself working as the corporate monitoring engineer. Since then he has focused on how to manage the monitoring for a large business. With over 20 years in the industry, Ben's rounded understanding of networking, Windows, and Linux has allowed him the chance to bring that knowledge to the monitoring space.

The Latest Posts Featuring Ben Keen

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.

How Data Meets Visualization — SolarWinds TechPod 065

June 28, 2022

Podcast TechPod

When we think of alerts, we don’t necessarily think of them as things of beauty—until now. Join THWACK® Community Manager Ben Keen and Technical Content Manager Kevin M. Sparenberg in…

Getting to Know the New THWACK Community Manager — SolarWinds TechPod 064

May 17, 2022

Podcast TechPod

The SolarWinds community, THWACK.com, has a new community manager. Ben Keen has been an active voice in the community for years as a THWACK MVP and has now decided to…