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From RAG to ontology: Databricks bets on context as the key to trusted AI agents

Genie Ontology aims to unify business definitions across systems, but analysts say data quality and governance will make or break adoption.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 17, 2026 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Governance Data Management

DocLang aims to make documents readable by AI, not humans

Development of the AI-native DocLang document format raises questions about its impact on human workers, as well as on governance and accountability.

By Paul Barker

Jun 16, 2026 5 mins

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Snowflake’s Horizon Context aims to give AI agents a common understanding of the business

These new capabilities could help CIOs reduce the complexity of deploying AI agents into production, analysts say.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Jun 2, 2026 6 mins

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Snowflake to acquire MCP-focused Natoma to boost governance for AI agents

The acquisition could help enterprise CIOs struggling to deploy agentic workflows spanning heterogeneous systems via MCP while positioning the vendor as the orchestration layer for AI agents, analysts say.

By Anirban Ghoshal

May 28, 2026 5 mins

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The cookbook for safe, powerful agents

Capability without control is a liability. If your AI agents have broad credentials and unmonitored network access, you haven't deployed a tool — you've deployed a highly-privileged vulnerability.

By Abigail Wall

Apr 21, 2026 6 mins

Data Governance Network Security Threat and Vulnerability Management

Addressing the challenges of unstructured data governance for AI

As technology and regulations evolve, enterprises need to address data governance throughout pipelines, models, and AI agents. AI can help.

By Isaac Sacolick

Apr 21, 2026 10 mins

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The cure for the AI hype hangover

The road ahead for enterprise AI is not hopeless, but will require more discipline and patience than the hype led us to believe.

By David Linthicum

Feb 13, 2026 5 mins

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Zero-trust data governance needed to protect AI models from slop

Gartner recommends new measures to defend against AI-generated data in the enterprise.

By Maxwell Cooter

Jan 26, 2026 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Governance Generative AI

Microsoft Fabric IQ adds ‘semantic intelligence’ layer to Fabric

Where Microsoft promises enterprises better understanding of their data for workers and autonomous agents alike, analysts fear deployment hurdles and vendor lock-in.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Nov 19, 2025 6 mins

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Why context engineering will define the next era of enterprise AI

Agentic AI systems need a deep understanding of where they are, what they know, and the constraints that apply. Context engineering provides the foundation.

By Saket Saurabh

Nov 18, 2025 7 mins

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