The Ultimate Guide to AI Agents

2026 · Canadian Edition

Also known as Agentic AI.

AI agents represent a transformative area within artificial intelligence, focusing on autonomous or semi-autonomous systems capable of performing complex tasks and making decisions to enhance business operations and personal productivity.

Our recent stories highlight how AI agents are rapidly evolving across sectors—from cybersecurity and data management to customer experience and enterprise automation. Companies are integrating AI agents to improve efficiency, drive innovation, and manage security risks in increasingly sophisticated ways.

By exploring these developments, readers can gain insights into the potential benefits, emerging applications, and challenges associated with AI agent deployment. Whether you're interested in how AI agents enhance software development, automate workflows, or secure enterprise environments, this tag offers a comprehensive look at this dynamic and impactful technology.

Canadian AI Agents news
Analyst reports
AI agents and enterprise transformation: Turning hype into measurable value in 2026
Gartner · Agentic AI · Data Protection
Yesterday
IRONSCALES adds AI agents to counter next‑gen phishing
Osterman Research · Agentic AI · UC
Yesterday
Tamr doubles SaaS revenue as AI drives data mastering
Gartner · Agentic AI · UC
Yesterday
Autonomous AI 'agentic customers' set to reshape banks
Gartner · Agentic AI · Data Protection
Yesterday
Mid-market firms stall at pilot stage for agentic AI
Everest Group · Agentic AI · DevOps
3 days ago
Expert columns
Female representation in AI is a win-win situation for businesses
By Emma Irwin of Dataiku
Yesterday
Agentic AI and the question of equitable intelligence
By Marlene Wolfgruber of ABBYY
Yesterday
Safe AI needs all voices: Celebrating the women who help drive CSA's AI safety initiative
By Illena Armstrong of Cloud Security Alliance
Yesterday
Designing equal opportunity in AI and adtech leadership
By Kathy Lu of Nexxen
4 days ago
The AI infrastructure trap: Why your 'AI-ready' project may already be obsolete
By Fabio Straessle of G+D Netcetera
5 days ago
How insurance providers are making their customer data AI ready
By Helen Richardson of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Insurance
Last week
AI is rewriting the B2B marketing playbook for CIOs, CTOs & CMOS
By James Foote of Polaris
Last week
Beyond technology: How leadership drives contact centre performance
By Ed Creasey of Calabrio
Last week
2026 begins: Crypto's heavyweight rumble - round by round
By Easy Crypto
Last week
Stop burning money on manual marketing tasks
By Adrian Randall of Arcadian Digital
Last month
Preparing campus and branch networks for AI demand
By Dimitri Polydorou of Cisco
Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
How AI helps neurodivergent professionals showcase their strengths
By Susanna Ray of Microsoft
Mon, 19th Jan 2026
Agentic AI to redefine channel partners' business models
By Trevor Boal of Extreme Networks
Thu, 15th Jan 2026
AI's 2026 security fallout: identity chaos & deepfake fear
By OpenText Cybersecurity
Wed, 14th Jan 2026
Agentic AI double agents expose dangerous security gaps
By Pieter Danhieux of Secure Code Warrior
Wed, 14th Jan 2026
Interviews
Surveillance, AI and the security gaps behind the camera
Discussing Data Protection
Last month
Why the all-AI social network looks more fad than legacy
Discussing Cloud Services
Last month
AI models help Canadian farmers turn data into decisions
Discussing Big Data
Thu, 29th Jan 2026
Exclusive: Oracle's marketplace passes 400 Fusion AI agents
Discussing Unified Communications
Tue, 11th Nov 2025
QueerTech pushes to hard-wire inclusion into Canadian tech
Discussing Grants
Wed, 29th Oct 2025
Recent news
Salesforce unveils Agentforce AI tools for healthcare
About IT Department
Today
OpenAI launches Codex desktop app for Windows devs
About Cloud Services
Today
MariaDB to acquire GridGain to power low-latency AI
About Hybrid Cloud
Today
B2B marketers struggle to manage brand visibility in AI
About Chief Technology Officers
Today
MHP backs ADMARES digital factory for modular homes
About Digitalisation
Today
Hiswai launches Zuno AI chat to power smarter websites
About Cloud Services
Today
Forcepoint adds ARIA AI assistant to Data Security Cloud
About Cloud Services
Today
RecordPoint unveils MCP Server for governed AI data
About Data management
Yesterday
ExpressVPN unveils beta MCP server for AI VPN control
About Firewalls
Yesterday
Agentic AI boosts elite cyber teams but hinders rookies
About Education, Learning & Training
Yesterday
Sahar Group selects Ramco for Black Hawk MRO digitisation
About Productivity
Yesterday
RecordPoint unveils MCP Server to govern enterprise AI
About Data Protection
Yesterday
Delinea buys StrongDM to boost AI-era identity security
About Virtualisation
Yesterday
Delinea buys StrongDM to tackle AI-driven access risk
About DevOps
Yesterday
LiveRamp unveils AI agents for data-driven marketing
About Data Protection
Yesterday
Job moves
KnowBe4 appoints Kelly Morgan as Chief Customer Officer
Move at DocuSign
Last month
KnowBe4 appoints Yuneeb Khan as Chief Financial Officer
Move at PwC
Last month
DryRun Security adds Andrew Peterson to drive AI shift
Move at Palo Alto Networks
Last month
NeuBird AI names Venkat Ramakrishnan president & COO
Move at Cisco
Last month
Zendesk names Craig Flower COO to drive AI first shift
Move at HP
Last month
KnowBe4 marks AIDA decade & names AI innovation VP
Move at KnowBe4
Fri, 30th Jan 2026
INVNT names James Nicholas Kinney Global Chief AI Officer
Move at Microsoft
Wed, 14th Jan 2026
Ping Identity names Adnan Chaudhry Chief Revenue Officer
Move at Salesforce
Wed, 14th Jan 2026
OutSystems appoints Fay Sien Goon as new finance chief
Move at ServiceNow
Tue, 13th Jan 2026
HackerOne hires new leaders to drive AI security push
Move at IBM
Thu, 11th Dec 2025
Top players
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