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Itential outlines five resources for AI readiness in 2026

Source Decision Insights Coverage Published December 22, 2025 Companies 2
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2 companies named across 8 categories, one of 150 articles referencing Itential. Previous coverage: Aviz Itential Netskope and NSS Labs report updates - November 2025 (Dec 2025).

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Seniority
Director
Job function
Network / Network Architect
Persona
Platform / Infrastructure Architect
Buyer role
Decision Maker / Budget Holder
Decision stage
Where to buy
Adoption curve
Early Majority
Industry
Information Technology / Software & Services / IT Services / Cloud Services

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Itential curates five resources that show how infrastructure teams pair automation, orchestration, and governance to deploy AI-driven operations under established controls, relevant to enterprise IT and security decision-makers ahead of 2026.

Research overview

Analyst work cited by Itential reports that Artificial Intelligence (AI) in network and infrastructure operations is moving from pilot projects to production use, with buyers favoring platforms over isolated tools.

The research emphasizes that orchestration, consistent data, and governance are prerequisites for scaling AI across workflows and domains.

Product update

Itential describes FlowAI as an agentic orchestration model that embeds AI agents inside an existing automation platform so agents trigger and guide workflows while the platform enforces sequencing and approvals.

The platform model positions orchestration as the control plane for agent actions across multiple domains and approvals.

Technical breakdown

A demo on agentic AI for configuration compliance shows how intent can be translated into golden configurations and continuously validated against live state.

The example presents AI that executes within defined guardrails and existing workflows, reducing manual steps and validation gaps.

Operational impact

Lumen’s case is presented as an instance where prior investment in orchestration, governance, and repeatable automation preceded the introduction of AI into operations.

According to the account, AI was added to enhance decision-making inside established processes rather than to replace operational controls.

Key findings

The common theme across the resources is that readiness for AI-driven operations relies on automation, orchestration, and built-in governance rather than on standalone AI tools.

Leaders are encouraged to assess data quality, workflow integration, and control mechanisms when evaluating platform choices for infrastructure operations.

This “Blog Signals brief” is a fact-based summary of the vendor blog and condenses the vendor's resources for enterprise decision-makers evaluating AI readiness in infrastructure.

Blog post, originally published at itential.com. The publisher has since removed that page — its address was https://www.itential.com/blog/company/news-events/5-resources-every-infrastructure-team-needs-to-be-ai-ready-in-2026/.

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