Amazing that it’s been two months since last writing, but it’s been a bit busy launching new products and getting customer implementations under our belts. Since the well-oiled machine is accelerating, and additional help is inbound, there is more time in the day to analyze the market and the rapid changes occurring. There has been a lot of AI washing, even more so than 10 months ago when this was penned . As expected, AI is the new cloud (these Microsoft AI commercials are driving me crazy). If you don't have AI in your message, you are not relevant. The buyers of technology are eating up the wording even though this is far from reality, as I have explained. The outcomes associated with generically attaching to a word is a good marketing move but creates a mess for the users of technology, and those analysts who cover and define markets. We already are seeing many end users of technology asking why they need so many different "AIOps" tools. For those who see this te
Jonah Kowall is the VP of Market Development and Insights at AppDynamics, driving the company’s product roadmap and vision, entry into new markets and providing technology and business insights. Previously 15 years as a practitioner at several startups and larger enterprises focused on infrastructure and operations, security, and performance engineering. In 2011 Jonah changed careers, moving to Gartner to focus on availability and performance monitoring and IT operations management (ITOM).