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Alois Reitbauer discusses how Dynatrace leverages AI to enhance observability and autonomously resolve software issues.

Dynatrace 's Chief Technology Strategist Alois Reitbauer explains how AI-powered observability is moving beyond monitoring to autonomously fixing software issues — and why the best AI doesn't replace human judgment, it sharpens it. Topics Include: Dynatrace helps global enterprise companies observe, optimize, and protect their software. The platform goes beyond monitoring — it takes automated action to fix issues. Business observability connects technical data to real-world operational decisions. Dynatrace has been investing in AI for 14 years, starting with root cause analysis. AI eliminates human confirmation bias when diagnosing critical system failures. Generative AI now enables Dynatrace to propose and implement code-level fixes. AI works best augmenting humans — like a GPS, not an autopilot. The Dynatrace-AWS partnership began with aligning on a shared long-term vision. Joint engineering calls and shared roadmaps made the two teams feel like one. Dynatrace experienced Amazon's famous silent document-reading meeting culture firsthand. Good partnerships require honesty, investment, and knowing when to say no. AI is maturing from an efficiency play toward genuine human…

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Guest: Alois Reitbauer

Topics covered

• AI-powered observability
• software issues
• human judgment
• business observability
• Dynatrace-AWS partnership
• automated action
• generative AI

Keywords

• observability
• AI
• software optimization
• root cause analysis
• human augmentation
• Dynatrace
• AWS partnership
• automated fixes

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Organizations: Dynatrace, Amazon Web Services

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