Without an AI Operating Model, You Cannot Survive in This World: DevOps at Think 2026
IBM, Friday, May 8th, 2026
IBM reveals AI-powered DevOps tools and platforms designed to manage the complexity of hybrid cloud environments and agentic systems.
At IBM Think 2026, company leaders emphasized that AI has become integral to DevOps operations and is essential for managing increasingly complex hybrid IT environments. IBM introduced new tools including the Concert platform, HCP Terraform powered by Infragraph, and Concert Protect with Secure Coder to help organizations observe, control, and secure agentic IT systems.
The conference highlighted that as enterprises deploy billions of AI agents and microservices, traditional DevOps practices must evolve to include AI-driven automation, unified observability, and comprehensive security frameworks.
Key themes included managing hybrid complexity across cloud and on-premises infrastructure, using AI as a unifying operational layer, and shifting from reactive troubleshooting to governed, policy-driven operations.