2026 The State of Real-Time Data: Q&A with the Researchers

IDC surveyed 623 senior technology decision-makers at $1B+ enterprises on real-time data and agentic AI. On September 23, guest speaker Shari Lava of IDC joins Solace CTO Josh Carroll to walk through what she found.

What you’ll learn:

• Where organizations really stand on agentic AI adoption today
• The number one barrier stopping AI agents from reaching production
• What the most mature organizations do differently — and how to close the gap
• Why 71% of tech leaders believe that Agentic AI is overhyped

Speakers:

Guest Speaker: Shari Lava
Group Vice-President, AI, Data, and Automation, IDC, who led the research behind the 2026 State of Real-Time Data study.

Josh Carroll
Chief Technology Officer
Solace

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