In a previous feature in CIO magazine about enterprise architects, generative AI had emerged but its practical impact on enterprise technology had not yet been widely felt. Today, it has sparked a wave of agentic AI solutions from major SaaS providers, and that is reshaping both enterprise architecture and the enterprise architect role. CIOs and architects are moving from designing around relatively stable applications and integrations to planning operating models where agents can execute parts of business processes.In a previous feature in CIO magazine about enterprise architects, generative AI had emerged but its practical impact on enterprise technology had not yet been widely felt. Today, it has sparked a wave of agentic AI solutions from major SaaS providers, and that is reshaping both enterprise architecture and the enterprise architect role. CIOs and architects are moving from designing around relatively stable applications and integrations to planning operating models where agents can execute parts of business processes.
Agentic AI’s rise is making the enterprise architect role more fluid
