... streaming will become the default data infrastructure for agentic AI, creating a leadership opportunity for data management software vendors. Vendors that remain dependent on batch pipelines will introduce unacceptable latency into multistep AI workflows and face accelerating market share erosion. Insights ...
Analyst(s): Harshita Chibber | Nina Showell
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... Access Insights Already a Gartner client? Legacy workflows hinder the adoption and scaling of agentic AI systems to realize their true benefits. Product leaders must enable context management at the agentic workflow level and reimagine their business operating models in the intelligence supercycle. ...
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