DevOps practices are crucial for enhancing business speed and innovation by integrating developers and operations teams to achieve more agile IT solutions, yet the complexity and pace of software development can hinder these benefits. At Dynatrace Perform 2022, the focus will be on how automation can mitigate these challenges by streamlining DevOps workflows, reducing toolchain silos, and improving efficiency and code quality. The conference will showcase advancements in using AI and automation to enhance software development processes, enabling DevOps and site reliability engineering (SRE) teams to work more cohesively and address the speed-quality tradeoff effectively. Automation aids in overcoming the fragmentation caused by manual DevOps practices, addressing security vulnerabilities, and ensuring robust software delivery. By leveraging AI and automated processes, organizations can accelerate development without compromising quality, as the DevOps track will demonstrate through new integrations and strategies aimed at boosting productivity and innovation while maintaining high standards of code quality and security.