Enterprise Platforms Enable Responsible Agentic Applications

Vasan Sampath argues in a March 27, 2026 ETCIO opinion that enterprise platforms must embed governance, identity, data models, and workflow controls to enable agentic (autonomous) applications to operate legitimately. He says platform-level coupling reduces fragility and risk, shifts teams toward decision design and bounded autonomy, and lets organizations scale agentic behavior predictably while preserving human oversight and accountability.