The Ultimate Guide to AI Agents
A curated Irish edition of IndustrialDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for AI Agents (Agentic AI).
What to know about AI Agents
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.
Irish AI Agents News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Integrity360 expands identity services after CyberIAM deal
Access risks are rising as cloud and AI adoption multiplies digital identities, prompting the enlarged team to target more complex controls.
Storm partners ContraForce to boost Littlefish SOC
Incident triage at Littlefish's security operation should speed up, with analysts freed to focus on higher-risk threats and response actions.
Littlefish & ContraForce boost AI-led threat response
AI tools will cut incident triage from hours to seconds for Littlefish clients, helping analysts prioritise real threats as alert volumes rise.
EY Ireland & CrowdStrike launch cyber resilience tie-up
Critical sectors in Ireland are under growing pressure to keep services running as AI-driven cyberattacks outpace traditional defences.
KPMG names eight Irish tech finalists for 2026 prize
Healthcare and AI start-ups dominate the shortlist, as investors prepare to hear pitches from firms tackling accessibility, childcare and drug delivery.
Why AI projects struggle to move beyond the pilot stage
Many businesses are finding that AI pilots stall when ownership, adoption and measurement questions emerge after the first demo.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to AI Agents
Four Steps CISOs Can Take To Secure AI-driven Software Development
Boomi named Gartner Visionary for AI agent platform
Gartner flags 10 tech trends for 2027 as AI governance
Gigamon unveils tools to track shadow AI across networks
Ping Identity named leader in Gartner's new CIAM report
Featured News
Oracle Fusion AI: Autonomy is earned, one outcome at a time
Oracle's Kaushal Kurapati says the pace of AI development is surpising even to those driving it.
Oracle's racers: AI removes the grind, increases focus
Oracle Red Bull Racing and SailGP provide insights into AI's relentless incursion into the world of human performance.
Celonis banking head: Banks want proof before scaling agents
Celonis argues frontier AI models are too generic for regulated banking, urging firms to weigh cost, risk and process gains before scaling deployments.
Interview: Cloudera says AI agents reshape zero trust
Enterprises must update identity controls as software agents generate more requests and need tightly time-limited access to sensitive systems.
Exclusive: ABBYY says AI build costs will drive buying
Enterprises could cut AI spend by up to 80% by shifting document workflows away from custom builds and into standard platforms.
Exclusive: ABBYY brings zero-shot document AI to Vantage
Enterprises can now extract data from unseen document types without templates, as ABBYY rolls out zero-shot capabilities in Vantage.
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.
Mimecast CEO: Agentic AI threat novel but not entirely new
Hidden AI risks are already widespread in workplaces, with Mimecast saying users are driving shadow tools and most exposure still starts with people.
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Dell says agentic AI should shift routine tasks below the machine line, freeing staff for expert work while making the role temporary.
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Businesses can avoid costly ERP rip-and-replace projects by layering AI and automation onto existing systems, Rimini Street says.
Expert Columns
2027 Predictions: The race to AI readiness exposes true cost of effective enterprise data management
Predictions 2027: Why the future of work is 'AI and human' adjacent
AI agents will multiply your inference bill. Is your enterprise ready?
Security Learnings from the Open Source Front Line
It's time to embrace our robot overlords
Data Governance in the AI Era: Why One-Off Projects Fail
AI in Retail is Only as Good as its Data Foundation
The next eCommerce interface may not be a screen
In the AI era, channel value is being redefined
Stop saying AI hacked the system
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent AI Agents News
Sinch joins SpaceXSI network to aid Grok Build apps
Developers using Grok Build can now add customer communications tools earlier, as Sinch joins SpaceX Super Intelligence's partner network.
Confluent unveils Streamhouse & Lightning Tables for AI
The new tools aim to give AI systems a governed, real-time view of business data without moving it into separate databases.
Google Cloud launches new security tools for AI agents
The rollout aims to help companies patch AI-driven systems faster, as Google adds identity, perimeter and detection controls across its cloud security stack.
Perplexity launches Teammates AI agents for Max users
Access to Perplexity's new Teammates feature is limited to individual Max subscribers, leaving Pro and enterprise users waiting for a broader rollout.
Google Cloud unveils self-learning context tools for AI
The preview tools aim to cut manual upkeep and make AI agents more accurate as firms struggle to keep business context current.
Retailers back connected store plans at Logile summit
Retailers are pushing to link store planning with daily execution as they look to cut complexity, improve decisions and reduce operational risk.
KloudStax wins Google Cloud services Premier partner status
Rapid revenue growth and a bigger AI pipeline have helped KloudStax secure elite Google Cloud status, widening customer access to technical support.
Uptiq launches GovernAI for financial institutions
The tool is meant to ease board and regulator concerns by giving lenders audit trails, approvals and user controls for AI agents.
Reco & Cyera rank AI agent risks from sensitive data
Security teams can now prioritise AI agent exposures by linking permissions to sensitive data across business systems, Reco said.
Web Hole attack targets AI agents via abandoned sites
AI agents could be tricked into harmful actions by search results pointing to expired domains that attackers can re-register and poison.
Dropbox to buy Tigris Data in USD $350 million deal
The deal would extend Dropbox beyond file sharing as it races to meet rising demand for storage underpinning AI applications.
Nuix launches AI agent for forensic investigations
The new tool aims to speed legal and regulatory casework while preserving a traceable record of each AI-generated answer for scrutiny.
Blue Yonder launches AI-native order management tool
Retailers and distributors are being offered tighter control over inventory, cancellations and fulfilment costs as Blue Yonder adds AI agents to order management.
Genesys expands AI engineers to speed customer rollouts
By tackling integration and governance hurdles, the new engineering model aims to help enterprises move agentic AI customer service projects into production faster.
NVIDIA launches Minerva to spot AI factory faults early
The software aims to cut downtime and boost output for operators of massive GPU clusters by turning event storms into likely root causes.
1Password launches sign-in tool for personal AI agents
The move could let users approve AI logins without exposing passwords, as 1Password bets secure access will shape adoption of personal agents.
Google Cloud unveils Agent Compute Engine for AI agents
The new service aims to make AI agents faster to start, cheaper to run and safer to isolate as cloud demand shifts beyond chatbots.
Kyndryl & AWS launch modernisation service for firms
Many organisations are lagging on technology upgrades, and the new Kyndryl and AWS offer is meant to cut the risk of large-scale modernisation.
Google Cloud launches AI agent engine & governance
Enterprises can now run autonomous AI agents with tighter isolation and governance as Google Cloud expands controls across its own services and other environments.
Compliance teams risk fines when skipping AI checks
Teams using unverified AI guidance are far more likely to be fined, with 37% of those skipping expert review reporting a penalty, survey data show.