Ep. 24 - IBM TechXchange 2025: AI, Agents, and DevOps in Transition

IBM TechExchange 2025 featured AI, Agents, Observability and other technologies that are changing the way that developers work. In this Enterprise Automation Excellence podcast, hosts Dan Twing and Tom O'Rourke discuss Dan's learnings from the event and what these trends mean for developers, as well as the implications for automation, development and DevOps teams. A key theme is howthese new tools require rethinking development processes, with a particular focus on the need for guardrails and check points for systems that are relying on non-deterministic AI as part of the solution.  Key PointsAI-Assisted development tools continue to evolve, helping developers work faster, rather than replacing them Many new AI-based development projects have not moved out of the experimentation stageGuardrails are essential at multiple levels, from the application itself to security monitoring and production operation checkpointsAgentic AI applications differ fundamentally from traditional apps and require completely different approaches to building, testing, and monitoringObservability tools are bringing together resource and performance monitoring with traditional systems operations solutionsWhile TechXchange for focused on IBM's solutions, this evolution of development and operations reflects a fundamental shift that impacts every enterprise technology stack Takeaways for Automation LeadersPrepare your automation workflows for AI-assisted development projectsConsider what guardrails your automation solution can provide to address unexpected behaviors in AI-based applications AI-based applications will operate differently and introduce new failure modeswhen unanticipated inputs provide unexpected outputs Takeaways for I&O and DevOps LeadersAI-assisted development will change application architectures, behavior patterns, infrastructure usage and support modelsObservability platform development is accelerating, evaluate your vendor strategies to make sure that your tools fit your operations and business needsThis isn't a passing trend, it reflects a new, faster trajectory of technology change FooterIBM TechXchange 2025 (https://www.ibm.com/community/ibm-techxchange-conference/) EAE Podcast Home: https://em360tech.com/podcast-series/enterprise-automation-excellenceFeedback & Questions: mailto:[email protected]

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