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Kevin Blackburn

Kevin Blackburn is a Senior Network Engineer based near Akron, OH. Through his employment and personal study, Kevin has worked with mainly Cisco equipment day-to-day including Pix \ ASA \ Firepower Security, Nexus DataCenter, as well as iOS-based networking equipment. His main hobby is technology as a whole, so you will always find him tinkering with the latest ARM device out there or other things like home automation. Other than that, Kevin enjoys documenting his networking studies and education processes through articles and videos on his blog.

The Latest Posts Featuring Kevin Blackburn

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 Effects of Software-Defined IT on Admins and Engineers
June 22, 2018
Monitoring and Observability Network
When it comes to networking specifically, software-defined networking is a model in which the use of programmability allows IT professionals to increase the performance and their ability to accurately monitor…
Nuances of Change Management Across Hybrid IT Environments
June 19, 2018
Monitoring and Observability Network
Enterprise networks and IT environments can be a very unique type of organization to work with. No matter what division is involved, change management can be a stressful thing for…
Bringing Ease of Use and Security to Remote Users
June 15, 2018
Monitoring and Observability Security
The image of a modern office has been rapidly changing in recent years. From the medical field, to sales, to technical support, users are on the road and working from…
Managing the Madness: BYOD Network Devices
June 15, 2018
Monitoring and Observability Network
When it comes to technology, device management resources have come a long way, just as much as the technology in our actual devices has. As a network or systems admin,…
The Role of a Network Admin in Application Performance Management
June 12, 2018
Monitoring and Observability Network
When it comes to application performance management, the main focus is the application. That is the main concern for end-users. They do not care about network performance, server performance, or…