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Digital transformation #mindcandy 26 September 2025
- AI is becoming architecture, not just a tool. Agentic AI is cutting ERP process time by 60%. That’s a business redesign signal.
- Developers are already AI-first. With 84% using AI tools, governance is no longer optional—it’s strategy.
- Data is going liquid. Streaming enables predictive maintenance, personalised retail, and real-time decisions.
- Generative AI is table stakes. The question isn’t if but how you integrate it into workflows.
- Hardware is now your soft spot. IoT and forgotten APIs are rising attack surfaces.
- Bad data = missed revenue. Without clean, trusted first-party data, AI doesn’t guide work—it misguides it.
You are the upgrade
Data, acceleration, and the future of intelligence: Lessons from 25 core books (and links to 114 other books) about AI, technology abstraction, and consciousness.
What The New AI Architecture Means For Business
The rapid rise of artificial intelligence, and particularly the shift toward agentic AI, is introducing an entirely new layer of architectural complexity.
Benchmarking AI-assisted developers (and their tools) for superior AI governance
84% of developers confirming they are currently using (or planning to use) AI coding tools in their daily workflows.
Tap into real-time insights with data streaming
Explore what data streaming is and how it powers everything from personalized retail experiences to predictive maintenance in factories, all in real time.
How to Integrate Generative AI as a True Partner in Digital Transformation
Most business leaders no longer ask “should we use AI?” The question has shifted to “how do we use AI in a way that actually changes how we work?”
Hardware vulnerabilities soar amid spread of IoT devices
https://betanews.com/2025/09/23/hardware-vulnerabilities-soar-amid-spread-of-iot-devices/
New attack vectors and often forgotten targets like APIs and hardware are vulnerable and should be a key focus for CISOs today
Bad Data = Missed Revenue: Why GTM Success Starts with Clean Data and Execution-First Intelligence
Companies that invest in structuring their first-party data today are laying the groundwork for AI systems that don’t just guide work; they do it.
AI Tools for Data Management: From Hype to Business Impact
https://www.unite.ai/ai-tools-for-data-management-from-hype-to-business-impact/
For companies aiming to excel, they must steer away from the hype and look for tools that utilize AI meaningfully instead of a legacy solution packaged in an AI wrapper
Firms Improving Data Management for AI Outcomes, ISG Says
Advanced data software tools help companies provide integrated, trusted, well-governed data for effective AI implementations, new research says
How Agentic AI Is Quietly Rewriting The Rules Of Organizational Efficiency In ERP And Beyond
In ERP, agents can cut process time by as much as 60%, accelerating invoice matching, approvals and reconciliations while reducing errors
