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title: Paessler Blog - All about IT, Monitoring, and PRTG | Jonah Kowall
description: "Jonah Kowall is SVP of Product and Design at Paessler GmbH, where he leads product strategy and design for PRTG Network Monitor and the company's observability solutions. As a computer scientist and open-source advocate, Jonah brings extensive experience in IT operations, security, and performance monitoring to help organizations modernize their monitoring practices.
\nJonah serves on the founding team and technical leadership committee for OpenSearch, a sub-foundation of the Linux Foundation, and is a maintainer of Jaeger, a CNCF graduated project for distributed tracing. He is also an active contributor to OpenTelemetry. His open-source work focuses on advancing observability technologies and making enterprise-grade monitoring accessible to organizations of all sizes.
\nPrior to joining Paessler, Jonah held leadership positions at Aiven, Logz.io, Kentik, AppDynamics, and Cisco, where he developed products for cloud and network observability. He also led research as Gartner Research VP focused on IT operations and monitoring. Jonah holds CISSP and CISA certifications.
\nIn his articles for the Paessler blog, Jonah shares practical insights on modern observability practices, open-source monitoring solutions, and network performance monitoring. His content bridges cutting-edge observability concepts with practical implementation, helping IT professionals leverage both established and emerging technologies to improve system reliability and performance.
\nAreas of Expertise:
\n \n - Observability and distributed tracing
\n - Open-source monitoring technologies
\n - Network performance monitoring and IT operations
\n - Cloud-native observability and OpenTelemetry
\n - Product strategy for monitoring solutions
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# Jonah Kowall
## Jonah Kowall is SVP of Product and Design at Paessler GmbH, where he leads product strategy and design for PRTG Network Monitor and the company's observability solutions. As a computer scientist and open-source advocate, Jonah brings extensive experience in IT operations, security, and performance monitoring to help organizations modernize their monitoring practices. Jonah serves on the founding team and technical leadership committee for OpenSearch, a sub-foundation of the Linux Foundation, and is a maintainer of Jaeger, a CNCF graduated project for distributed tracing. He is also an active contributor to OpenTelemetry. His open-source work focuses on advancing observability technologies and making enterprise-grade monitoring accessible to organizations of all sizes. Prior to joining Paessler, Jonah held leadership positions at Aiven, Logz.io, Kentik, AppDynamics, and Cisco, where he developed products for cloud and network observability. He also led research as Gartner Research VP focused on IT operations and monitoring. Jonah holds CISSP and CISA certifications. In his articles for the Paessler blog, Jonah shares practical insights on modern observability practices, open-source monitoring solutions, and network performance monitoring. His content bridges cutting-edge observability concepts with practical implementation, helping IT professionals leverage both established and emerging technologies to improve system reliability and performance. **Areas of Expertise:** - Observability and distributed tracing - Open-source monitoring technologies - Network performance monitoring and IT operations - Cloud-native observability and OpenTelemetry - Product strategy for monitoring solutions
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## [The $1.8 Million Wake-Up Call: Why Basic Infrastructure is Still King](https://blog.paessler.com/the-1.8-million-wake-up-call-why-basic-infrastructure-is-still-king)
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Feb 23, 2026 • 7 minute read
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## [Effortless monitoring coverage: Discovering gaps with sensor recommendations in Paessler PRTG](https://blog.paessler.com/effortless-monitoring-coverage-discovering-gaps-with-sensor-recommendations-in-paessler-prtg)
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## [Streamline your monitoring: Paessler AI tackles sensor similarity & reduces complexity](https://blog.paessler.com/streamline-your-monitoring-paessler-ai-tackles-sensor-similarity-reduces-complexity)
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## [Paessler PRTG's predictive and proactive AI features](https://blog.paessler.com/paessler-prtgs-predictive-and-proactive-ai-features)
 By [Jonah Kowall](https://blog.paessler.com/author/jonah-kowall)
Mar 21, 2025 • 3 minute read
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## [Paessler PRTG 2025 roadmap: Unified monitoring for your entire IT and OT infrastructure](https://blog.paessler.com/prtg-2025-roadmap-unified-monitoring-for-your-entire-it-and-ot-infrastructure)
 By [Jonah Kowall](https://blog.paessler.com/author/jonah-kowall)
Feb 19, 2025 • 7 minute read
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