The Ultimate Guide to AI Agents

2026 · Indian Edition

Also known as Agentic AI.

AI agents represent a transformative area within artificial intelligence, focusing on autonomous or semi-autonomous systems capable of performing complex tasks and making decisions to enhance business operations and personal productivity.

Our recent stories highlight how AI agents are rapidly evolving across sectors—from cybersecurity and data management to customer experience and enterprise automation. Companies are integrating AI agents to improve efficiency, drive innovation, and manage security risks in increasingly sophisticated ways.

By exploring these developments, readers can gain insights into the potential benefits, emerging applications, and challenges associated with AI agent deployment. Whether you're interested in how AI agents enhance software development, automate workflows, or secure enterprise environments, this tag offers a comprehensive look at this dynamic and impactful technology.

Indian AI Agents news
Analyst Insights
Teradata adds agentic, multimodal AI to vector store
Gartner · Agentic AI · Hybrid Cloud
Today
CData boosts Connect AI with secure MCP agent tools
Gartner · Agentic AI · Virtualisation
Today
AI agents and enterprise transformation: Turning hype into measurable value in 2026
Gartner · Agentic AI · Data Protection
Last week
IRONSCALES adds AI agents to counter next‑gen phishing
Osterman Research · Agentic AI · UC
Last week
Tamr doubles SaaS revenue as AI drives data mastering
Gartner · Agentic AI · UC
Last week
Expert columns
Why the next endpoint and SASE disruption will not come from a security vendor
By Chandrodaya Prasad of SonicWall
Today
Upgrade advantage: More value, less effort for partners, MSPs & MSSPs
By Sarah Choi and Mahpara Banday of SonicWall
Yesterday
How the universal adoption of AI can help women in insurance balance the scales
By Laura Drabik of Guidewire
Yesterday
Female representation in AI is a win-win situation for businesses
By Emma Irwin of Dataiku
Last week
Agentic AI and the question of equitable intelligence
By Marlene Wolfgruber of ABBYY
Last week
Safe AI needs all voices: Celebrating the women who help drive CSA's AI safety initiative
By Illena Armstrong of Cloud Security Alliance
Last week
AI-era contact centres become strategic CX data hubs
By Martyn Riddle of Verint APAC
Last week
Designing equal opportunity in AI and adtech leadership
By Kathy Lu of Nexxen
Last week
The AI infrastructure trap: Why your 'AI-ready' project may already be obsolete
By Fabio Straessle of G+D Netcetera
Last week
How insurance providers are making their customer data AI ready
By Helen Richardson of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Insurance
Last month
AI is rewriting the B2B marketing playbook for CIOs, CTOs & CMOS
By James Foote of Polaris
Last month
Beyond technology: How leadership drives contact centre performance
By Ed Creasey of Calabrio
Last month
2026 begins: Crypto's heavyweight rumble - round by round
By Easy Crypto
Last month
Stop burning money on manual marketing tasks
By Adrian Randall of Arcadian Digital
Last month
Preparing campus and branch networks for AI demand
By Dimitri Polydorou of Cisco
Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
Interviews
Elastic says AI search & context now decide customer loyalty
Discussing Big Data
Today
Why the all-AI social network looks more fad than legacy
Discussing Cloud Services
Last month
Exclusive: Celonis' Pascal Coubard shares APAC ambitions and growth
Discussing Procurement
Thu, 11th Dec 2025
Exclusive: Oracle's marketplace passes 400 Fusion AI agents
Discussing Unified Communications
Tue, 11th Nov 2025
Oracle launches new AI Agent Marketplace for Fusion suite
Discussing Digital Transformation
Thu, 16th Oct 2025
Recent news
Microsoft unveils 365 E7 suite & Agent 365 for AI control
About Data Protection
Today
AvePoint adds Google Cloud to AI AgentPulse control
About Data Protection
Today
SailPoint adds AI agent tools to identity security
About Enterprise security
Today
Datadog unveils MCP Server for governed AI observability
About Cloud Services
Today
Boomi unveils Meta Hub & EU instance for AI agents
About Data management
Today
MathWorks joins Edge AI group to boost embedded AI
About Education, Learning & Training
Today
SailPoint unveils AI-driven adaptive identity security shift
About Digital Transformation
Today
Balyasny builds AI research platform for hedge fund teams
About Wall Street
Today
Descartes unveils AI agents to automate freight tracking
About Geofencing
Yesterday
Wise predicts agentic AI shift in business by 2026
About Unified Communications
Yesterday
Luma unveils unified AI agents to streamline creativity
About Copyright
Yesterday
DRA launches Chennai's first AI home sales assistant
About Customer Relationship Management
Yesterday
Healthcare AI pilots outpace sector's regulatory readiness
About Cloud Services
Yesterday
Google warns of surge in enterprise zero-day attacks
About Virtualisation
Yesterday
Salesforce unveils Agentforce AI tools for healthcare
About IT Department
Last week
Job moves
KnowBe4 appoints Kelly Morgan as Chief Customer Officer
Move at DocuSign
Last month
KnowBe4 appoints Yuneeb Khan as Chief Financial Officer
Move at PwC
Last month
DryRun Security adds Andrew Peterson to drive AI shift
Move at Palo Alto Networks
Last month
NeuBird AI names Venkat Ramakrishnan president & COO
Move at Cisco
Last month
Zendesk names Craig Flower COO to drive AI first shift
Move at HP
Last month
Okta names Dan Mountstephen to lead APJ identity push
Move at Centrify
Last month
KnowBe4 marks AIDA decade & names AI innovation VP
Move at KnowBe4
Fri, 30th Jan 2026
INVNT names James Nicholas Kinney Global Chief AI Officer
Move at Microsoft
Wed, 14th Jan 2026
Ping Identity names Adnan Chaudhry Chief Revenue Officer
Move at Salesforce
Wed, 14th Jan 2026
OutSystems appoints Fay Sien Goon as new finance chief
Move at ServiceNow
Tue, 13th Jan 2026
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