Agents

Humans compensate for bad data. Agents can’t. Here’s what changes. The Uncomfortable Number A March 2026 study by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services and Cloudera surveyed 230+ enterprise data leaders with a simple question: is your data ready for AI? Only 7% said yes. Only 7%. Completely ready. The other 93% are not — and are running AI experiments on a foundation that was never designed for what they’re asking it to do. ...

We are moving from a world of assisted software to a world of agentic software. The difference isn’t just speed—it’s responsibility. AI is the most important technology shift of our generation. Not because it writes code faster or answers questions better—but because it introduces agency into software systems. For the first time, we are building systems that don’t just assist humans, but act on their behalf. They decide, execute, adapt, and operate continuously. ...