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New Global Report Finds Enterprises Hitting Agentic AI Inflection Point
BOSTON, January 22, 2026--Dynatrace (NYSE: DT), the leading AI-powered observability platform, today released The Pulse of Agentic AI 2026, an inaugural global study focused on how observability and reliability determine the successful operationalization of agentic AI. The survey of 919 senior global leaders responsible for agentic AI implementation reveals that enterprises are not stalling because they doubt AI, but because they cannot yet govern, validate, or safely scale autonomous systems.
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