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Let’s start with something most people get wrong. Automation isn’t magic. It’s math. It does exactly what it’s told. Nothing more, nothing less. Every action, every response, every output is a reflection of truth in motion. And that’s where value actually begins. Most organizations still treat automation like a shortcut: a way to go faster, to handle more alerts, to “keep up.” But speed isn’t the value. Truth is.

Vercel helps you ship fast. We help you ship safe with code‑first observability that connects errors to the code and deploys behind them. Together you get speed with clear insight into what is running in production. Today we’re launching our native integration in Vercel’s Observability category so you can connect Rollbar to your Vercel projects in minutes, map environments cleanly, and track deployments from day one.

The AI SRE landscape has exploded over the past year, with vendors racing to add artificial intelligence capabilities to their platforms. For engineering leaders evaluating these solutions, the sheer number of options can feel overwhelming. Some vendors are building AI-native solutions from scratch, while others are retrofitting AI onto existing workflows. Cloud providers are embedding agents into their ecosystems, and observability platforms are adding intelligence layers to their telemetry data.

Across Europe, the cautious optimism business leaders held towards AI agents has evolved into more widespread enthusiasm. What was once a curiosity is now core to how many European organizations operate, respond, and innovate. According to PagerDuty’s latest agentic AI survey, three-quarters or more of organizations in France, Germany, and the UK are deploying multiple AI agents. This growing confidence reflects a broader trend.

It’s now easier than ever to start testing Kubernetes with Dynatrace and Gremlin. With a new strategic integration, Kubernetes services set up in Dynatrace are automatically discovered in Gremlin to make testing set up simple and fast. At a time when AI is driving massive expansions in infrastructure and dramatically increasing deployment speed, being able to set up and test new services quickly is more important than ever. ‍

Today marks an exciting milestone for BigPanda and for the future of IT Operations. We’re thrilled to announce that BigPanda has acquired Velocity, an AI SRE company whose technology and team share our passion for transforming how enterprises keep the digital world running. Velocity brings deep expertise in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and major incident response, developed alongside some of the world’s most sophisticated technology organizations.

The tech world loves buzzwords. We’ve lived through the Cloud Era, the Mobile Era, the AI Era (we’re still in that one, apparently). But 2025 marks something different. Something developers have been craving for years but couldn’t quite name. Welcome to The Builders Era. Not because of some shiny new framework or yet another platform promising to 10x your productivity. The Builders Era is happening because developers are done being spectators in their own craft.

Modern engineering teams face competing priorities. Developers are expected to deliver new features faster than ever, but users expect rock-solid reliability with every release. Shipping quickly can feel like you’re gambling with user trust. If you move too fast, you risk outages, but if you move too slowly, innovation stalls.