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# Enterprise software enters its agentic era, not feature cycle
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/enterprise-software-enters-its-agentic-era-not-feature-cycle/
- Published: 2026-09-23T16:15:24.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-23T16:15:24.000Z
- Description: Forrester is distinguishing incremental product updates from a structural reorganization of how business applications function—moving from tools that respond to user commands toward systems that execute tasks autonomously within guardrails.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-ai, AI & ML, enterprise software, agent architecture

Source: [Featured Blogs - Forrester](https://www.forrester.com/blogs/how-business-applications-become-agentic/?ref=adjacent.media)

Forrester is distinguishing incremental product updates from a structural reorganization of how business applications function—moving from tools that respond to user commands toward systems that execute tasks autonomously within guardrails. Companies that embed autonomous decision-making into existing software stacks will compress cycle times and reduce manual labor bottlenecks. Those that treat agentic capabilities as a UI layer on top of legacy systems will waste investment. The competitive pressure now runs through whether vendors can architecturally integrate AI agents into workflows without forcing customers to rip-and-replace their entire tech infrastructure.