Splunk State of Observability 2026: Avoiding the Hidden Costs of AI Agents
Cisco, Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
Cisco releases the Splunk State of Observability 2026 report, finding AI agent deployment is outpacing the ability to monitor it.
Cisco released the Splunk State of Observability 2026: Restoring Predictability in the AI Era report, its sixth analysis of the observability industry.
The research surveyed 2,050 ITOps and engineering respondents across 10 countries.
It finds that the urgency to deploy AI agents is outpacing organizations' ability to monitor them.
With AI costs growing more volatile, teams struggle to maintain both agent quality and financial predictability, and Cisco says observability is helping restore stability.