IDC & Google Cloud Roundtable
From Intelligence to Action: Grounding Agentic AI in Enterprise Reality

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Singapore’s enterprises have moved beyond exploring AI to scaling it as a strategic business capability, yet trust and data readiness remain the biggest barriers to turning AI experimentation into measurable business outcomes. According to IDC research, only 23% of AI applications in Asia/Pacific successfully progress from proof of concept to production, underscoring that enterprise AI success depends as much on governance and data quality as it does on model performance.
The operative question for C-level leaders is no longer whether AI can be piloted, but whether it can be trusted to operate at scale. The answer lies in unifying operational and analytical workloads so that AI agents can work with trusted, real-time enterprise data under existing business rules and governance.
Join IDC & Google Cloud for an exclusive executive dinner exploring why the future of enterprise AI depends not simply on building smarter models, but on grounding autonomous intelligence in trusted enterprise data, governed business processes and the systems of record that run the business.
50%
of Asia/Pacific organisations are expected to unify operational and analytical workloads through HTAP by 2029, enabling AI agents to work with trusted, real-time enterprise data

Speakers
Rajiv Ranjan
Based in the IDC Bangalore office, Rajiv Ranjan works as an Associate Research Director Worldwide Enterprise Infrastructure Domain with the Asia/Pacific team and leads the Future of Digital Infrastructure Research for India. Rajiv has a specific focus on cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) research program management. He manages the advisory assignments for IT vendors in the areas of cloud infrastructure strategy, go-to-market strategy, strategic marketing, and end-user insights across technologies and industry verticals. In a previous stint with IDC, Rajiv led the Asia/Pacific Enterprise Storage Infrastructure research practice.
Prior to joining IDC, Rajiv worked with Dell Technologies managing the product marketing assignments for the company’s storage portfolio for selected Asia/Pacific geographies. In this role, Rajiv managed the field marketing, product management, go-to-market, and marketing campaigns for its storage products, driving storage revenue and market share in the operating geographies. He has an overall 17 years of work experience in market research, product marketing, and sales/business development.
Rajiv is a management graduate from ITM group of institutions and has completed his Engineering degree in Telecommunications from the BMS college of Engineering, Bangalore.
Event Sessions
One Day Event 7:30 pm
Open Discussion: From Intelligence to Action: Grounding Agentic AI in Enterprise Reality
AI agents from answering questions to executing governed workflows. Discover why grounding agents in core business systems is the key to measurable outcomes.
One Day Event 7:05 pm
IDC Keynote: From Intelligence to Action
One Day Event 7:00 pm
IDC Welcome Address
Anil George
Sudipto Guha
Agenda
IDC & Google Cloud Roundtable
Thu, Nov 12
Registration, Tea/Coffee & Networking
Welcome Address by IDC
Rajiv Ranjan
Associate Research Director Worldwide Enterprise Infrastructure Domain, IDC
IDC Keynote: From Intelligence to Action
Rajiv Ranjan
Associate Research Director Worldwide Enterprise Infrastructure Domain, IDC
The Agentic Enterprise: Turning AI Insight into Governed Action
Open Discussion: From Intelligence to Action: Grounding Agentic AI in Enterprise Reality
Rajiv Ranjan
Associate Research Director Worldwide Enterprise Infrastructure Domain, IDC
Summary & Close
Networking
Venue
