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Sopra Steria, Dynatrace Launch European Observability and AIOps Practice

Sopra Steria, a European digital transformation leader, and Dynatrace, an AI-powered observability platform, announced the launch of a dedicated practice for observability and AIOps across Europe. The practice begins in France and Norway, targeting critical sectors such as banking, insurance, telecommunications, retail, and the public sector. It addresses challenges from complex IT infrastructures, microservices, and hybrid environments, as well as regulatory requirements like DORA and NIS2. Dynatrace Intelligence, the platform's AI engine, provides real-time, end-to-end visibility into application health, identifying and explaining root causes of anomalies to enable faster remediation. Sopra Steria delivers the practice through certified teams, a four-phase methodology, joint governance with Dynatrace, and integration into existing client environments, aiming to reduce downtime, optimize costs, and accelerate innovation for large organizations.

• Sopra Steria and Dynatrace launched a dedicated Observability and AIOps practice for Europe.
• The practice starts in France and Norway, targeting banking, insurance, telecom, retail, and public sector.
• Dynatrace Intelligence, the AI engine, identifies and explains root causes of anomalies to reduce downtime.

Software Stocks Recover 40% From SaaSpocalypse Low

The software sector has rebounded nearly 40% from its April lows, following the "SaaSpocalypse" selloff triggered by AI disruption fears. Analysts at Jefferies recommend focusing on data platforms and cybersecurity, which show more reliable AI monetization than consumer apps. They highlight Snowflake, Dynatrace, Palo Alto Networks, and Okta as key picks. Snowflake shares surged 22% after beating Q2 earnings, while Palo Alto also surpassed estimates. Doximity's stock doubled after its CEO cited a 10x return on AI search investment. Meanwhile, Salesforce and Anthropic CEOs stressed their complementary relationship rather than competition. The recovery underscores software's durable moats, including proprietary data and sticky workflows, even as frontier labs partner with established vendors.

• The IGV software ETF is up nearly 40% from its April 2026 lows.
• Snowflake shares rose 22% after Q2 earnings beat, with adjusted EPS of $0.62 vs. $0.45 expected.
• Palo Alto Networks beat fiscal Q4 estimates with adjusted EPS of $1.02 vs. $0.98 expected.

AI Scaling Creates Breaking Points for SRE Teams

Dynatrace published findings from The State of SRE and Platform Engineering 2026, a global survey of 919 IT leaders, showing that rapid AI adoption is redefining SRE and platform engineering responsibilities. The research finds AI workloads demand new observability, tooling, and standards: 67% of SREs name AI model monitoring their top use case, 58% report monitoring model performance and accuracy, and many teams cite tool integration and fragmented data as major barriers. Gartner projects SRE adoption to rise to 80% of enterprises by 2028. Dynatrace said it intends to acquire Arize to better embed AI-native evaluation into its observability platform and close gaps between model evaluation and operations. The study highlights increased executive support for SRE, broader IDP adoption among platform engineering teams, and a shift toward observability as the control plane for AI-driven operations.

• Dynatrace released findings from The State of SRE and Platform Engineering 2026 based on a global survey of 919 IT leaders.
• Dynatrace announced its intent to acquire Arize to integrate AI-native evaluation into its observability platform.
• Gartner projects 80% of enterprises will adopt SRE practices by 2028, up from 30% in 2024.

Quantum Metric Launches Felix Agentic Platform GA

Quantum Metric announced the general availability of Felix Agentic, its enterprise agentic analytics platform, on July 16, 2026. The Summer 2026 release introduces mobile crash analytics, AI traffic analytics, background agents for continuous KPI monitoring, and a no-code Adobe Experience Platform connector. Felix Agentic continuously monitors digital customer experiences across web and mobile, detects anomalies, and quantifies revenue impact without requiring analyst queries. The company reports record growth, with 30 consecutive quarters of growth, 25% of the Fortune 100 as customers, and a 37% year-over-year increase in sessions analyzed. Felix Agentic, powered by Google Gemini, was initially launched on March 25, 2026. The updates target product, digital, and analytics teams at large enterprises.

• Quantum Metric announced general availability of Felix Agentic on July 16, 2026.
• New capabilities include mobile crash analytics, AI traffic analytics, and an Adobe Experience Platform connector.
• The company reported 30 consecutive quarters of growth and 25% of the Fortune 100 as customers.

Summer '26: Everything Quantum Metric just launched

A blog post summarizing Quantum Metric's Summer '26 product launch, covering new features and updates.