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Agentic AI Use Cases Fail When the Wrong Projects Get Funded, Warns Info-Tech Research Group

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Organizations across every sector are rushing to adopt agentic AI in data management, but many lack a reliable way to decide which use cases are worth funding. New insights from Info-Tech Research Group provide a structured method to qualify and prioritize those use cases before investment. The firm’s blueprint, Create Your Agentic AI Roadmap for Data Management, helps data leaders qualify agentic AI use cases through three gates: agentic fit, readiness, and complexity, before scoring them to deliver a sequenced, fundable roadmap.

ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The hype around agentic AI is growing rapidly, but many organizations lack a consistent way to evaluate where it can deliver value. Vendors and internal teams often push for AI agents to solve problems that simple automation could handle at a lower cost and with less risk. Info-Tech Research Group’s new blueprint, Create Your Agentic AI Roadmap for Data Management, helps data leaders separate genuine agentic opportunities from routine automation and invest only where the organization is ready to deliver.

Organizations are under pressure to show results with AI, but moving too soon can be costly. Agentic AI requires stronger data governance, controls, and oversight than traditional AI. Many teams overestimate their readiness and then watch pilots stall when data quality and governance gaps appear. The firm’s blueprint helps teams identify gaps early by validating every use case candidate through three gates: fit, readiness, and complexity.

“The fastest way to waste an AI budget is to invest in agentic AI before confirming whether a use case actually needs an AI agent,” says Jason Edwards, principal research director at Info-Tech Research Group. “Teams need to make sure the data and governance foundations are ready, understand how complex the use case will be to build, and confirm that an agent is the right solution before they move forward.”

Key Challenges Data Leaders Face With Agentic AI in Data Management
Info-Tech’s research points to four common barriers:

Agent-washing hides the truth. Vendors and teams label ordinary automation as “agentic,” which makes honest comparison nearly impossible.No consistent way to qualify ideas. Teams choose use cases based on excitement and demos, not with a repeatable test of fit, readiness, and complexity.Readiness is overestimated. Data quality and governance gaps often stay hidden until a project is funded and a pilot is already underway.Complexity is underestimated. The real cost, effort, and risk surface too late, and the initiative stalls.

Info-Tech’s Three-Phase Framework for Prioritizing Agentic AI Use Cases
The Create Your Agentic AI Roadmap for Data Management blueprint guides teams through the following three phases:

Phase 1: Define the use cases. Teams choose their highest-priority data management domains, select and scope candidate use cases, and document them in a structured register.

Phase 2: Qualify the use cases. Teams run each candidate through agentic fit, readiness, and complexity gates to confirm whether it needs an agent, check the data and governance foundations, and analyze how hard it is to build.

Phase 3: Prioritize and act. Teams score the qualified candidates on benefit, effort, and risk, then sort them into a sequenced roadmap.

The Create Your Agentic AI Roadmap for Data Management blueprint includes an Agentic AI Scoring Kit, which runs candidates through a three-gate model, and an Agentic AI Candidate Definition Workbook, which standardizes how use cases are scoped. These tools help CIOs, data leaders, and governance teams turn a long list of competing ideas into a clear roadmap with owners, guardrails, and measurable goals that leadership can fund.

For exclusive and timely commentary from Info-Tech’s experts, including Jason Edwards, and access to the complete Create Your Agentic AI Roadmap for Data Management blueprint, please contact pr@infotech.com.

About Info-Tech Research Group

Info-Tech Research Group is the “get things done” partner for over 30,000 IT, HR, and marketing leaders worldwide. The fastest growing research and advisory firm, Info-Tech enables leaders to make well-informed decisions and transform their organizations through AI, strategic foresight, step-by-step methodologies, practical tools, industry-leading advisory, and training programs. For nearly 30 years, tens of thousands of private and public organizations have trusted Info-Tech to lead their most important initiatives through periods of change and deliver outcomes that truly matter.

To learn more about Info-Tech’s HR research and advisory services, visit McLean & Company, and for data-driven software buying insights and vendor evaluations, visit the firm’s SoftwareReviews platform.

Media professionals can register for unrestricted access to research across IT, HR, and software, and hundreds of industry analysts through the firm’s Media Insiders program. To gain access, contact pr@infotech.com.

For information about Info-Tech Research Group or to access the latest research, visit infotech.com and connect via LinkedIn and X.

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Capturing the Beauty of Anhui through Images–2026 Anhui Photography Season Concludes

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HUANGSHAN, China, Nov. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A news report from Crionline.

Spanning summer and autumn across three successive photography tours, the “Picturesque Anhui • Imaging Anhui” 2026 Anhui Photography Season officially wrapped up on November 4. Co-hosted by the Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique (FIAP), the Anhui Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and the Foreign Affairs Office of Anhui Provincial People’s Government, the event drew 116 photographers from 38 countries and regions. They visited 46 distinctive cultural and tourism attractions across five cities: Hefei, Chizhou, Anqing, Huangshan and Xuancheng. Through their lenses, they presented Anhui’s landscapes, cultural heritage and vibrant everyday life to the world.

Looking back on the three sessions: The first session kicked off in Hefei. Photographers documented the city’s innovation-driven urban landscape as well as the picturesque scenery and intangible cultural heritage of Chizhou’s ancient villages. The second session took them deep into Huangshan and Anqing. They explored time-honored Huizhou villages, magnificent mountains and Huangmei Opera culture, immersing themselves in Huizhou traditions and the cultural charm of the Yangtze River region in western Anhui. The concluding third session was held in Huangshan and Xuancheng, focusing on brilliant autumn hues, Huizhou‑style ancient architecture, and the traditional craftsmanship behind the Four Treasures of the Study.

From lush summer greens to rich autumn colours, the photographers produced more than 11,000 high‑resolution photographs. Reflecting the unique perspectives of international participants, these images will be disseminated globally in diverse forms. They will help tell compelling stories of Anhui’s cultural tourism and further boost the province’s international profile.

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JOYEE N01 Global Mass Production Launch and First Batch Delivery of 2,000 Overseas Orders Kicks Off

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YANCHENG, China, Nov. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On October 28, the ceremony for the global mass production launch of the JOYEE N01 and the first batch delivery of 2,000 overseas orders was grandly held at the Yancheng Branch of China FAW. At the event, FAW Bestune delivered the first batch of 500 vehicles to African customers, marking the official entry of the JOYEE N01 into the global market.

As a flagship product, the BESTUNE XIAOMA has earned recognition from nearly 300,000 users since its launch in 2024. Built upon this blockbuster model and refined with a user-centric philosophy, the JOYEE N01 is an upgraded masterpiece — a solid step forward in elevating the user experience with a global vision.

The JOYEE N01 carries forward the adorable design language: rounded body lines paired with a rich array of exterior color options, winning over young families at first glance. All trims come standard with CATL batteries, delivering a maximum range of over 300KM. The four-door design ensures convenient access to the rear seats. In terms of safety, drawing on FAW’s 70-plus years of automotive manufacturing heritage, the vehicle is fully equipped with a high-strength steel body, dual front airbags, and an electronic stability control system. The product is scheduled to roll out in overseas markets one after another in the fourth quarter of 2026.

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7th World Media Summit opens in Beijing

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BEIJING, Nov. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The 7th World Media Summit held its opening ceremony in Beijing on Saturday under the theme “Media in the Intelligent Age: From Consensus to Action.”

Xinhua News Agency and the Beijing municipal government jointly organized this year’s summit, which runs from Thursday to Monday.

It drew nearly 500 representatives from nearly 330 mainstream media outlets, think tanks and government bodies from 112 countries and regions, as well as the United Nations and other international organizations.

Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony.

The World Media Summit was initiated in 2009 and is now a major global platform for media exchange and cooperation. The last summit was held in Urumqi, the capital city of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in 2024.

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