Veteran Technology Leader, Microsoft Data Platform Expert Returns to SolarWinds to Focus on DataOps, SQL, Cloud Migration
August 14 2023 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
SolarWinds taps Database Technology Evangelist Kevin Kline to
further advance its database observability solutions
SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI), a leading provider of simple, powerful,
secure observability and IT management software, announces database
and cloud migration expert Kevin Kline has been appointed Senior
Staff Technical Marketing Manager. After a brief hiatus, Kline has
returned to the SolarWinds team to serve as a subject matter expert
on a variety of data management systems.
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Kevin Kline, SolarWinds Database
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With nearly 35 years of experience across data and analytics
technologies, product management, and sales, Kline will contribute
his expertise to advance SolarWinds database observability
solutions, ensure service level objectives (SLOs) are exceeded for
critical business applications, and support a wide range of cloud
and on-premises databases.
SolarWinds is a leading vendor of database, networking, and
system administration tools. Its database observability solutions
resolve critical issues and allow organizations to proactively
detect and diagnose issues and reduce the risk of downtime. This
product portfolio includes SolarWinds® Database Performance
Analyzer (DPA) for performance monitoring and analysis, SQL Sentry®
for root cause analysis, and Database Observability, a SaaS
solution designed to help ensure optimal performance by monitoring
open-source, cloud-enabled, and NoSQL databases.
“As a top-rated subject matter expert in relational database
technology, we are thrilled to have Kevin Kline back on our team,”
said SolarWinds GVP, Product Management Cullen Childress. “Kevin is
a seasoned and strategic sector expert with a proven track record
of making database management and data integration experiences
stable, reliable, predictable, and highly scalable.”
"I look forward to helping advance the SolarWinds mission to
deliver unmatched intelligent solutions that simplify the
management of our customer’s most complex databases,” said Kline.
“By rejoining the SolarWinds team, I’ve been provided the
opportunity to not only advise on its diverse product portfolio but
further advance solutions to some of the industry’s most
challenging and interesting priorities, from database tuning to
cloud migration to highly scalable administration to DevOps +
DataOps.”
Kevin Kline started his professional career in the mid-80s as a
database specialist for NASA, working on the ISS and Hubble
projects. He is an author and a recipient of many industry awards,
including Microsoft® Data Platform MVP (2004-2022), AWS® Data
Community Hero award (2020-2022), and Redgate® Top 100 Database
Influencers (2021-2022). Kline has dedicated much of his time to
supporting and educating Microsoft data professionals, speaking at
conferences such as Microsoft Ignite/TechEd, the PASS Summit,
DevTeach, Oracle® OpenWorld, Dev Intersections, and Dev
Connections, and contributing thought leadership content monthly to
Database & Application Trends magazine.
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About SolarWinds
SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI) is a leading provider of simple, powerful,
secure observability and IT management software built to enable
customers to accelerate their digital transformation. Our solutions
provide organizations worldwide—regardless of type, size, or
complexity—with a comprehensive and unified view of today’s modern,
distributed, and hybrid network environments. We continuously
engage with IT service and operations professionals, DevOps and
SecOps professionals, and database administrators (DBAs) to
understand the challenges they face in maintaining high-performing
and highly available hybrid IT infrastructures, applications, and
environments. The insights we gain from them, in places like our
THWACK community, allow us to address customers’ needs now and in
the future. Our focus on the user and our commitment to excellence
in end-to-end hybrid IT management have established SolarWinds as a
worldwide leader in solutions for observability, IT service
management, application performance, and database management. Learn
more today at www.solarwinds.com.
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