The Data Streaming Imperative for the Age of Agentic AI
Discover why Gartner® views data streaming as the architectural backbone for Decision Intelligence and Agentic AI — and how forward-thinking data and analytics leaders can prepare their organizations today.
Real-Time Data Is Reshaping Intelligent Systems
We’re proud to be included as a reference vendor in the new Gartner report “Use Data Streaming to Enable Decision Intelligence and Agentic AI.” In this research, Gartner highlights how data streaming is becoming essential to powering real-time decision systems and AI-driven architectures.
A complimentary copy of the report is available for download through the form on this page, to help data and analytics leaders understand how to build scalable, real-time foundations for the future of intelligent systems.
In the report, analysts reveal that data streaming is no longer a niche technology for operational analytics — it’s the essential layer for intelligent, autonomous decision systems.
“Streaming solutions are emerging as a critical component in evolving real-time use cases like decision intelligence and agentic AI, where more complex real-time pipelines are required.”
(Source: Gartner, October 2025, ID G00833678)
Enterprises that successfully align their streaming architectures with real-time use cases unlock the ability to power decision-centric solutions, automate operational intelligence, and enable emerging AI agents that act based on live context.
From Data at Rest to Data in Motion
Traditional batch data can tell you what happened. Real-time data tells you what’s happening right now, but more importantly allows your systems to act on it.
Gartner notes that “AI systems’ increasing diversity and complexity demand equally sophisticated approaches to data architectures, including enhancements to data ingestion, data processing, and data persistence. Data streaming architectures offer solutions to these.”
Organizations that embrace streaming are better positioned to:
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Deliver real-time insights that drive business responsiveness
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Support decision intelligence platforms and AI agents with continuous data flows
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Move from reactive monitoring to autonomous, context-aware decisioning
Ververica’s Perspective: Simplifying Real-Time Intelligence
At Ververica, we believe the future of data isn’t just stored: it’s streamed and actioned in real time.
Our platform provides the real-time data backbone that powers intelligent decision systems, connecting pipelines, analytics, and AI-driven agents through the proven performance of Apache Flink®.
With Ververica, organizations can:
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Build AI-ready data architectures without unnecessary complexity
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Deliver mission-critical real-time processing across domains and use cases
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Evolve from fragmented batch systems to unified, event-driven intelligence
The result: simplified operations today, and a clear path to agentic AI tomorrow.
See What Gartner Says About the Future of Data Streaming
Download the Gartner report to explore:
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How to identify the real-time use cases that matter
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Key steps to align architecture and tools with AI-driven needs
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Gartner’s perspective on how streaming enables Decision Intelligence and Agentic AI
Source & Compliance
Gartner, Use Data Streaming to Enable Decision Intelligence and Agentic AI, Thornton Craig, Joe Antelmi, Michele Launi, 14 October 2025.
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