SolarWinds 2026 Report: Where IT Lags & How AI Moves It Forward

The 2026 SolarWinds report reveals a critical gap between IT infrastructure complexity and traditional monitoring capabilities, with 77% of practitioners citing a lack of cross-environment visibility. This is driving a rapid adoption of AI and AIOps – 90% of leaders trust AI to improve observability, reduce alert fatigue, and lower MTTR. The report highlights the need for unified observability and consolidation of the average seven monitoring tools currently used by organizations to move from reactive firefighting to proactive IT management.