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Justin "Hutch" Hutchens, Trace3 Innovation Principal, breaks down why observability alone is no longer enough for modern reliability teams. In this blog, Hutch explores the rise of Agentic SRE and how AI is helping teams move beyond visibility into action, accelerating triage, reducing toil, and improving incident response in environments too complex for traditional alert-driven models. With deep expertise in innovation, infrastructure strategy, and emerging AI operations, Hutch explains why the future of SRE is not just understanding what’s happening, but enabling systems to reason, decide, and respond in real time. Read the blog to see where reliability is headed and why Agentic SRE is becoming a category-defining shift. Link in the comments!

There's a myth circulating that AI readiness starts with picking the right model. The reality is that AI readiness really starts with your data, governance, and security posture. The companies moving fastest with AI are getting serious about what data AI can access, how that data is classified, and what guardrails are in place before adoption scales. At Trace3, we are seeing that the strongest AI conversations move beyond model hype and toward the harder questions. Is the data trustworthy? Is access governed? Can teams move quickly without creating unnecessary risk? If you need help answering any of these questions for your organization, Trace3 is here for the assist!

Enterprise AI costs are becoming an “invisible budget line." Engineers adopt pricier top-tier models and vendors shift from seat-based pricing to consumption billing, all without a formal budgeting decision. It's time to start treating AI spend like a FinOps problem: Build visibility, assign ownership, and use a governance framework so leaders can forecast, optimize, and defend AI investment before renewals or board scrutiny force the issue. Read more in our latest whitepaper from Madhu Joshi, Brian Moresco, Colby Buchanan, and Chelsea Robertson

The future of AI is agentic, and that makes observability more important than ever. In his latest blog, Innovation Principal Troy Cogburn explores why traditional observability methods fall short for agentic AI and what organizations need next: better visibility, stronger evaluation, and runtime controls that help stop issues before they become business risks. Troy and the rest of the Trace3 Innovation Team always have their thumb on the pulse of emerging trends, helping you make sense of what's next. Read Troy's full post to see how your organization can close the observability gap in agentic AI. Find the link below in the comments!

The Orange County Business Journal highlighted Trace3 in this week's issue with a feature on how we're helping leading the way on the journey to the autonomous enterprise. Trace3 CEO Joe Quaglia talked with OCBJ's Kevin Costelloe about our recent successes and what's next.

Trace3’s Innovation Team is always tracking the trends, signals, and shifts that are shaping enterprise technology to help you stay ahead of what’s next. This edition of the Trace3 Innovation Newsletter explores topics like agentic pen testing, the AI productivity paradox, and why agentic AI calls for a new security playbook. Big thanks to our Innovation team for staying on top of what’s new, what matters, and what’s coming next!

Save the date for your next trip to Las Vegas with #TeamTrace3. Evolve returns February 24-26, 2027! Follow along here on our LinkedIn to be the first to know about the keynote speakers we're inviting and the trends we'll dive into. Until then, take a look back at some of the incredible speakers who have graced the Evolve main stage over the years. Who's been your favorite Evolve keynote speaker? Let us know in the comments!

Trace3 voices shaping the conversation at this year's One Identity UNITE conference.Trace3 Advisory CISO Janel Schalk recently took the stage as part of the Industry Experts Roundtable led by Ian Sutherland. Janel joined fellow leaders to discuss why identity security matters, what experts are seeing across the marketplace, and the latest issues organizations need to address. Her perspective reflects the kind of practical, security-forward guidance Trace3 brings to clients every day. Thank you to One Identity for convening such an insightful conversation!

Everyone wants AI agents. Very few organizations have the foundation to run them well. The real blocker usually isn’t choosing between Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 Copilot, or Foundry, it’s whether the business already has governed data, safe testing environments, and the operational rigor to manage agents once they’re live. In our latest Trace3 blog from Trace3 Digital Consulting, we break down why agent success depends on more than the platform. This is a timely read for anyone building in the Microsoft ecosystem. Catch the full post on the Trace3 blog, linked below in the comments.

AI is accelerating data exposure, and most organizations still lack a complete picture of where sensitive data lives, who has access to it, what’s being overshared, and what AI tools can already see. Click through to see how organizations can build a stronger data security foundation to discover with context, protect with precision, govern with confidence, and implement AI safely.