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Eyvonne Sharp

Eyvonne Sharp

Eyvonne Sharp is a network architect for a Fortune 100 healthcare enterprise. She's a co-founder of Network Collective, a bi-weekly video roundtable where network engineers talk about industry trends, challenging projects, and what it takes to do network engineering day-to-day. Before working in the enterprise, she spent 10 years working for small VARs and integrators in the SMB space.

The Latest Posts Featuring Eyvonne Sharp

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.
Cloud Connectivity: Not as Simple as You Thought
March 16, 2018
Applications Monitoring and Observability
Most enterprises rely on infrastructure and applications in the cloud. Whether it’s SaaS services like Office 365, IaaS in AWS, PaaS in Azure, or analytics services in Google Cloud, organizations…
Practical Security Steps for Every Network Engineer
March 6, 2018
Monitoring and Observability Network
IT organizations manage security in different ways. Some companies have formalized security teams with board-level interest. In these companies, the security team will have firm policies and procedures that apply…
Communication: The Network Engineer’s Secret Weapon
February 16, 2018
Monitoring and Observability Network
Most network engineers enter the profession because we enjoy fixing things.  We like to understand how technology works.  We thrive when digging into a subject matter with focus and intensity. …
Network Audits: What You Need to Know
February 7, 2018
Monitoring and Observability Network
If you work in an organization that is publicly traded, or you are subject to other government regulations, you will be required to perform a periodic network audit. Even if…
Resilient Internet Access: Important Factors when Provisioning Service
January 19, 2018
Monitoring and Observability Network
On modern enterprise networks, 100% uptime has become table stakes. Most organizations can no longer rely on a single circuit for internet connectivity. We look to carrier circuits for the…