India, Oct. 22 -- Cisco has released the Splunk State of Observability 2026: Restoring Predictability in the AI Era report, marking its sixth analysis of the observability industry. This year's research, which surveyed 2,050 ITOps and engineering respondents across 10 countries, exposes a significant disconnect: the urgency to deploy AI agents is rapidly outpacing the ability to monitor them.

With AI costs becoming more volatile, organizations are struggling to maintain both agent quality and fiscal predictability. This year's report highlights how observability is helping to restore stability and financial predictability of agentic AI systems, providing the governance to build trust with agents and ensure AI spend is tethered to busine...