Dynatrace enhances multi-cloud automation & visibility

Dynatrace has expanded its cloud-native integrations across Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform, as it targets organisations running multi-cloud architectures and AI-driven applications.

The software firm said the additions increase visibility across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud in a unified view. It described the integrations as part of its Cloud Operations offering. Dynatrace positioned the move around operational complexity, including reliability, resilience and cost management across multiple cloud platforms.

Companies increasingly run applications across more than one public cloud. They also deploy workloads that rely on large volumes of data and frequent changes in infrastructure. Observability tools track system behaviour and performance across that mix. Vendors in the space compete for contracts with large enterprises and cloud-first businesses.

Dynatrace said the expanded integrations draw on its Grail data lakehouse, Smartscape real-time dependency graph and Dynatrace Intelligence. The company said these components sit behind its approach to operations and automation in multi-cloud environments.

What changed

Dynatrace listed a set of enhancements tied to the integrations. It said expanded telemetry and metadata improve insight into AWS, Azure and Google Cloud services. It said this gives teams more information about the health and behaviour of cloud-native environments.

The company also pointed to ready-made health indicators, warning signals and customisable alerts. Dynatrace said these can surface risks early across cloud-native workloads, including those running on Azure Kubernetes Service and Azure AI Foundry.

Dynatrace said it has built-in automation for remediation. It said this resolves issues as they occur and reduces manual work. It said it also runs regardless of where workloads operate.

It also described an automated optimisation function. Dynatrace said it provides continuous assessment of cloud resource usage. It said this can inform decisions on performance and cost efficiency across multi-cloud deployments.

Customer view

Some customers described the work in terms of visibility and automation. SBS Software cited operational goals around autonomy.

"With the updated cloud solution capabilities from Dynatrace, we are achieving a new standard for cloud operations," said Alexandre Demailly, Head of Cloud Architecture Squad, SBS Software. "With Dynatrace, we have complete visibility into our cloud environments, moving us closer to achieving fully autonomous operations. This allows us to innovate more with less, all while maintaining end-to-end understanding and control of our technology stack."

Partner response

Dynatrace framed the announcement around the day-to-day work of platform and operations teams. It said teams face competing requirements across performance, cost and resilience as they run workloads across cloud providers.

"As organisations continue to expand their cloud environments, the day-to-day reality of keeping applications reliable has become far more complex," said Jay Snyder, Senior Vice President of Partners and Alliances, Dynatrace. "Teams are expected to deliver great performance, control costs, and maintain resilience across multiple cloud platforms at the same time. By expanding our cloud automation capabilities across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, Dynatrace not only makes it easier for platform teams to see what's happening across their environments, but also to prevent issues automatically, before they have an impact on customers."

AWS also commented on the expanded integrations, with an emphasis on scale and the need to address issues quickly.

"Dynatrace and AWS have worked together for years to help customers run critical workloads with confidence," said Chris Grusz, Managing Director of Technology Partnerships, AWS. "As customer workloads grow in scale and complexity, teams need visibility and tools to identify and resolve issues quickly before they impact the business. These expanded integrations help our joint customers operate more efficiently and confidently at scale."

Market context

Industry analysts have tracked a steady rise in multi-cloud adoption, alongside continued investment in monitoring and observability. Vendors increasingly bundle automation features and cost-related tooling alongside performance monitoring, as cloud spending comes under closer scrutiny.

"As enterprises increasingly adopt multi-cloud strategies, maintaining visibility and control has become a critical operational challenge," said Steve McDowell, Chief Analyst and Founder, NAND Research. "Dynatrace's expanded cloud-native integrations provide unified observability across the three major cloud platforms, enabling IT teams to manage performance, cost, and reliability from a single pane of glass. This approach to multi-cloud observability is essential for enterprises seeking to optimise cloud investments while maintaining operational excellence across a diverse multi-cloud infrastructure."

Dynatrace said support for AWS is generally available, while Azure support and Google Cloud Platform support sit in preview.