--- title: IDC on the right networking approach for agentic AI description: IDC's 2026 AI in Networking Special Report Survey reveals that networking infrastructure is a primary bottleneck preventing enterprises from moving AI projects... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/idc-on-the-right-networking-approach-for-agentic-ai-tzqb7zjch twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: IDC on the right networking approach for agentic AI | daily.dev og:description: IDC's 2026 AI in Networking Special Report Survey reveals that networking infrastructure is a primary bottleneck preventing enterprises from moving AI projects... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/idc-on-the-right-networking-approach-for-agentic-ai-tzqb7zjch og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TZQB7zJCH.png og:image:alt: IDC on the right networking approach for agentic AI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # IDC on the right networking approach for agentic AI **[Google Cloud](https://daily.dev/sources/gcp)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary IDC's 2026 AI in Networking Special Report Survey reveals that networking infrastructure is a primary bottleneck preventing enterprises from moving AI projects from pilot to production. Key concerns include security (32.6%), automation challenges (26.8%), and talent restrictions (24.7%). Agentic AI amplifies these issues by creating dynamic, distributed interactions across multiple clouds, frameworks, and APIs. IDC argues that networking must serve as a foundational infrastructure control plane — not just connectivity — providing consistent policy enforcement, observability, and governance. The report also examines the tension between platform-based and best-of-breed approaches, concluding that the ideal solution is an open, modular platform that can integrate specialized tools while maintaining consistent governance across agentic workflows. The content is sponsored by Google Cloud. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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