59 For example, Microsoft Fabric provides a unified analytics estate for organisations standardising OneLake, Lakehouse and Direct Lake patterns for retrieval-augmented generation. Azure Databricks is a unified, open analytics platform well suited to largescale data engineering and machine learning. Meanwhile, Azure Database for PostgreSQL supports lightweight vector retrieval close to transactional systems. Selecting the right platform – rather than defaulting to one – is what separates an AI experiment from an AI capability. Security is the foundation of the AI frontier factory, not an afterthought. Agentic AI multiplies access pathways, so the AI frontier factory must harden the ground beneath every workload. We assess existing investments in Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Purview and Entra, then extend them with additional solutions to better govern AI specifically. Concentric – a partnership between Microsoft and Concentrix – combined with Purview, is a critical part of data governance from discovery to categorisation, monitoring and data protection inside the tenant that grounds all AI systems. Microsoft Entra ID provides role-based access control for agent identities, ensuring an agent acts within the boundaries of the user it serves. Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Azure AI Content Safety address prompt, model and runtime risks. Another key partner is Elastic, which delivers AI for IT operations and large language model (LLM) observability to monitor and optimise LLM performance, cost, safety and reliability. Ultimately, the Coretek AI frontier factory turns AI from a series of pilots into an operating discipline – envisioned with the business, engineered on Microsoft platforms and strategic partner solutions, grounded in trusted data, and secured by design. That is how we see enterprises move from AI curiosity to compounding the value of AI deployed systems. Clint Adkins is chief revenue officer at Coretek “ Selecting the right platform – rather than defaulting to one – is what separates an AI experiment from an AI capability” Photo: iStock/Patamaporn Umnhanat
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