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Faisal Khan

Faisal Khan Orange Matter blog author

Faisal Khan

Faisal Khan is a blogger who loves to write about cutting edge technologies and issues facing service providers, especially subjects related to SDN, NFV, virtualization, IP and optics. He has rich experience working with multiple service providers and vendors in the Middle East and Africa. Currently, he works for mobile operator MOBILY in Saudi Arabia in the technology planning department. The views expressed in his blog are his own and do not represent his employer.

The Latest Posts Featuring Faisal Khan

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.
SDN, Network Management, and You
December 8, 2015
Monitoring and Observability Network
The industry has been busy discussing the nature of SDN, or software-defined networking. They are wondering if SDN is Openflow. Or maybe it just programs the network through open APIs, which can be anything…
Intent-based Networking – A Must for SDN
November 16, 2015
Monitoring and Observability Network
SDN is about making networking more flexible and agile through programming network elements. Such programming needs to be done in a standard way. Hence, standardizing the southbound protocol that directly…
The Challenges of Network Virtualization Technologies
October 20, 2015
Monitoring and Observability Network
Network virtualization, software defined network (SDN), and network function virtualization (NFV) have taken the communication industry by storm. They are no longer buzzwords; the industry is seriously focusing and converging…