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Sales Engineering Manager, SolarWinds

Mike Driskell

Mike has over 15 years using SolarWinds product both as a former customer and THWACK® MVP and is now a member of the SolarWinds Sales Engineering team. Mike's career spans 20 years, all of which were primarily focused on networks and systems monitoring.

The Latest Posts Featuring Mike Driskell

Inside the Black Box: Bridging the Database Observability Gap

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

In this article, Kevin Kline, explains why closing the database observability gap is critical for improving performance, efficiency, and resilience.

March 27, 2026
Database Podcast
Inside the Black Box: Bridging the Database Observability Gap
IT pro looks at computer and works
The Case for Upgrading — SolarWinds TechPod 035
February 4, 2021
Podcast TechPod
The relationship IT professionals have with upgrades can sometimes only be described as “fraught.” Reasons range from the cost in terms of time and lost opportunity to “nothing in that…