Informationweek IT Automation: Still Room for Improvement in Some Spots We've come a long way with autonomous computing. Here's a look at what's working in production, and areas that are still considered a work in progress. Image: Egor - stock.adobe.com IT operations was an early focus area for autonomous computing, artificial intelligence, and automation. Now that we have some history, which automation and AI techniques are working in IT, and which have yet to make an impact? Here are four areas of automation that work well in production now: 1. Network automation. Automation tools have enabled IT to automate network provisioning along with network health monitoring for performance, maintenance, and diagnostics.