Enterprise agent sprawl
Nearly all surveyed organisations say they worry about uncontrolled AI agents in their stacks — OutSystems found 94% of firms flagged agent sprawl as a concern. Vendors are already pitching governance-first products: Commvault announced features to build agentic workflows with trusted data, governance controls and recovery capabilities to support controlled deployment. (manilatimes.net) (prnewswire.com)
Companies are racing to deploy artificial intelligence agents, but many now say the bigger problem is keeping track of them. OutSystems said 94% of organisations in its new survey are worried about “agent sprawl” across their technology stacks. (outsystems.com) OutSystems released its 2026 State of AI Development report on April 13, 2026, based on a survey of 1,900 information technology leaders. The company said 96% of respondents already use artificial intelligence agents in some form, and 97% are exploring broader agentic artificial intelligence strategies. (outsystems.com) An artificial intelligence agent is software that can take actions on its own, such as routing work, querying systems, or triggering follow-up tasks. The sprawl problem starts when different teams launch those agents in separate apps, data stores, and workflows without one control point. (gartner.com) (outsystems.com) The timing reflects how fast these systems are moving into mainstream business software. Gartner said in August 2025 that 40% of enterprise applications would include task-specific artificial intelligence agents by the end of 2026, up from less than 5% in 2025. (gartner.com) Vendors are already selling tools built around that fear. Commvault said on April 13, 2026 that new and forthcoming features in Commvault Cloud will let customers build agentic workflows with “trusted data, governance, and recovery” while keeping control over data and agents. (prnewswire.com) Commvault tied that launch to security and resilience, not just productivity. The company said its platform is adding artificial intelligence capabilities meant to govern access, support recovery after failures, and reduce the risk that autonomous tools act on bad or exposed data. (prnewswire.com)
