Paul Kelly

Head Nerd

Paul Kelly, hailing from Cork, Ireland, is a seasoned expert in the managed services provider (MSP) industry with a robust career spanning over 25 years. Beginning his journey in IT in 1999, Paul has accumulated a wealth of experience and expertise that uniquely positions him to understand and address the dynamic needs of businesses.

After 16 years of impactful contributions at two different MSPs, Paul joined N‑able in 2015 as a Solutions Engineer. His role evolved significantly over the years, culminating in his current position as a member of the esteemed Head Nerd team since 2022. In this capacity, Paul focuses on N‑central, patching, security, automation, and, more recently, cloud management.

Paul’s extensive background and deep understanding of the industry enable him to demonstrate the substantial benefits of N‑able products, always striving to enhance business operations and drive success for partners.

Outside of work, Paul is a dedicated family man who loves traveling with his loved ones. He is also a passionate sports fan, enjoying rugby, hurling, football, and baseball both from the stands and from the comfort of his couch at home.

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Upgrading Windows 10 Devices to Windows 11 Using PowerShell

Expanding Your N-central Monitoring Capabilities with Log File Monitoring

Securing N-central with N-able SSO, Entra ID, and Adlumin

A Nerd’s Eye View On Inform Sydney and Melbourne

Unlocking the Ecoverse: Your Guide to Accessing N-central's New Ecoverse Features

Alert Smarter, Act Faster: The N-central and AlertOps Advantage

Unlock Your Potential with Free, On-Demand N-able Certification

A Nerd’s Eye View On Empower Berlin

Asset Management Efficiency: How N-central and ScalePad Lifecycle Manager Work Together

Streamlining N-central Agent Installation: Minimum Permissions Required

The Importance of Keeping Your N-central Server Up to Date

What's Next for the N-able Head Nerds: A Preview of 2025

A Nerd’s Eye View on N-central’s Enhancements in 2024

New Assets View, a Seismic Change to N-central

Understanding Swagger Operations: A Guide to RESTful API Interactions

Faster Fixes, Smoother Communication: How N-central’s New Features Transform Tech Support

Maximise Your Knowledge of N-central With These Head Nerd Boot Camps On-Demand

A Nerd’s Eye View of the N-able Roadshows

Getting Started with N-central REST APIs: Tips and Tricks

Using Customer-based Custom Properties in N-central

My 5 Favourite Things About Cloud Commander

Microsoft Releases Out-of-band Updates to Address Critical Windows Server Domain Controller Issue

CVSS Scores Enhance N-central Patch Management

A Nerd's Eye View on N-central's Enhancements in 2023

2024—An Exciting Year Ahead With N-able

A Head Nerd's Guide to Building Custom Monitoring

Managing Apple Devices in N-central is Now Better Than Ever

Why Do Monitoring Service Thresholds Overlap?

Are You Sure Your Devices Are Fully Encrypted with BitLocker?

6 Best Practices for N-central Patch Setup Wizard

5 Easy Automation Opportunities to Simplify Your IT Processes

4 Reasons You Should Monitor for BSOD (Blue Screen of Death)

Empower Prague—A Nerd’s Eye View: Paul Kelly

5 Reasons N-able N-central Patch Management is Best in Class

Why You Should Utilize the SNMP Monitoring Tools in N-central

BIG Changes to Windows Feature Updates

5 ways to help grow your MSP business this new year

Making RMM Notifications work for you in N-central

Leveraging PowerShell scripts in N-central Automation Manager

N-central: an overview of key features released in 2022

The importance of meeting your MSP customers face-to-face

The power of N-central's reactive support tools

N-central: Getting customers’ Active Issues under control

What is a Sales Engineer and what do they do?

Five More Things You Might Not Know About N-central

Using N-central for Server Hardware Monitoring

Five Things You Might Not Know About N-central

Planning on switching RMM solutions? Here are a few things you should do

N-central Custom Properties, If You’re Not Using Them, You Should Be

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