From AI Pilots to Production Reality: Architecture Lessons from 2025 and What 2026 Demands

A Beginning-of-Year Reflection for Enterprise Architects and Technical Leaders As we step into 2026, it’s worth pausing to reflect on the seismic shifts that defined enterprise architecture in 2025β€”and the hard lessons learned when AI hype met production reality. What began as breathless excitement around generative AI and LLMs has matured into a more nuanced […]

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Agentic AI in Enterprise: Why Infrastructure Readiness Matters More Than Model Capability

After 20+ years in enterprise architecture, I’ve seen that infrastructure readiness matters more than model capability for agentic AI deployment. Gartner predicts 40% of projects will be cancelled by 2027 due to infrastructure gaps, not AI failures.

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Production-Ready Agents: Observability, Security & Deployment – Part 8

Deploy AI agents to production with enterprise-grade observability, security, and resilience. Complete guide to OpenTelemetry, content safety, and Azure deployment.

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Data Pipelines for LLM Training: Building Production ETL Systems

Building production ETL pipelines for LLM training is complex. After building pipelines processing 100TB+ of data, I’ve learned what works. Here’s the complete guide to building production data pipelines for LLM training. Figure 1: LLM Training Data Pipeline Architecture Why Production ETL Matters for LLM Training LLM training requires massive amounts of clean, processed data: […]

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Observability Practices in AI Engineering: A Complete Guide to LLM Monitoring

Master AI observability with this comprehensive guide. Compare Langfuse, Helicone, LangSmith, and other tools. Learn which metrics matter, how to build evaluation pipelines, and implement production-grade monitoring for LLM applications.

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Advanced Multi-Agent Patterns: Workflow Orchestration and Enterprise Integration with AutoGen

πŸ“– Part 6 of 6 | Microsoft AutoGen: Building Multi-Agent AI Systems πŸ“š Microsoft AutoGen Series Introduction Communication Patterns Code Generation RAG Integration Production Deployment Advanced Patterns ← Part 5πŸŽ‰ Series Complete! With production deployment from Part 5, we now explore advanced enterprise patterns for complex workflows. ℹ️ INFO Advanced patterns address the complexity gap […]

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