Agentic AI drives enterprises away from public clouds [Video]

AI agents benefit from the data sovereignty, customization, and lower costs of on-premises servers and other options outside the public clouds.

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AI agents are nothing new. AI itself was old but is new again, and AI agents and agentic AI are another chapter. Agentic AI, known for its autonomous decision-making and complex goal management, radically transforms enterprise operations. The significant change is that public cloud providers are often not the desired platform of choice. Companies big and small are instead looking for smaller, more distributed platforms, including on-premises hardware servers and smaller devices. Let’s explore the driving forces behind this transition and its future implications for enterprise AI.

Agents are on the rise

Agentic AI refers to artificial intelligence systems designed with autonomous decision-making capabilities, enabling them to act independently to achieve specific goals. We’ve seen many instances of this idea over the years, more recently with personal digital assistants on our phones and devices …