TDWI Checklist Report | Building an Agentic MetaFabric for Next-Generation Enterprise Operations
August 29, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) dominates enterprise agendas, with organizations investing heavily in AI-driven initiatives to gain competitive advantage.
However, while the pressure is on many organizations to deliver on the promise of AI, the path to realizing value is often challenged by fundamental issues: integration and data pipelines. Established techniques for data integration, such as manually engineered ETL pipelines, are inadequate for the scale, speed, and complexity of modern data environments.
One approach to overcome these challenges is to leave the data where it is and integrate it using an abstraction layer such as a data virtualization layer. Some enterprises are considering a semantic layer as part of a larger data fabric. Today, a new possibility is emerging: utilizing agentic AI to create intelligent virtual connections for AI agents to access, understand, and act upon data wherever it resides. We can call this approach an agentic MetaFabric.
This TDWI Checklist highlights the capabilities that a MetaFabric should have, offering practical guidance and outlining steps organizations can take to meet the data demands of modern business.