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RJ Gazarek

Director of Product Marketing

RJ Gazarek is the Director of Product Marketing for ITSM and Database at SolarWinds. He has worked for various tech companies over the last 10 years, focusing primarily on IT, security, and the role of developers. RJ's specialty is in portfolio marketing and systems thinking, understanding the flow of resources and power in dynamic organizations, and encouraging higher levels of collaboration. Product marketing is the core of his work, from product launches and sales enablement, to market analysis and buyer-in messaging.

Posts Featuring RJ Gazarek

Automation Strategies to Help Hit Your SLAs

Today’s workers want immediacy in a world that’s always on. Luckily, automation tools have evolved to help ITSM teams meet demand. According to global research from the SolarWinds® State of…

Does Self-Service ITSM Really Work?

The SolarWinds State of ITSM Report is an in-depth review of over 2,000 ITSM systems, aggregating more than 60,000 data points from mid- and small-market SolarWinds® customers globally. The report…

5 Metrics That Lay the Foundation for Database Observability

Database observability is the number one way to keep data moving smoothly around your environment. But have you ever wondered how the modern observability solution forms such a comprehensive picture…

More Service Desk Agents Aren’t the Answer

The more service desk agents on hand to tackle tickets, the faster issues get resolved, right? Maybe not. Over 13 months, we analyzed over 2,000 global SolarWinds® Service Desk IT…

The 4 Pillars of Effective Database Observability

SolarWinds just dropped a whitepaper, From Monitoring to Mastery: Optimizing Database Performance With Observability. Among the highlights is a breakdown of the four most critical components of database observability. Has…

4 Takeaways from the SolarWinds State of ITSM Report

The SolarWinds State of ITSM Report has arrived. To uncover key trends, challenges, and practices in today’s IT Service Management (ITSM) landscape, we’ve analyzed over 2,000 ITSM systems and more than…

Dear ITSM – We need to talk…

Dear IT Service Management, After ten years of working in different areas of tech, I’ve seen a lot of things, from cybersecurity to DevOps to ITSM. I’ve discovered that no…