AI Agents and the Future of Digital Work: A Blueprint from CData and Microsoft

CData and Microsoft are promoting a joint approach to scaling agentic AI that emphasizes enterprise data connectivity, business context, and governance rather than further model development. Citing research that 73% of organizations view data connectivity as the main obstacle to AI scaling, the announcement argues that many projects remain unprepared for production because of shadow AI, weak governance, and architectural gaps, with Gartner forecasting that more than 40% of agentic AI initiatives could be canceled by 2027. Microsoft’s Work IQ, Copilot Studio, and Agent 365 are presented as the intelligence layer, while CData provides more than 350 data connectors, semantic capabilities, inherited identity, and audit trails. The companies will demonstrate agents coordinating order-to-cash workflows across Salesforce and Dynamics 365 at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit, with presentations from CData Chief Product Officer Ken Yagen and Microsoft product leader James Oleinik.

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