Data study ·
84% of companies will manage their networks with AI agents within the next twelve months
Original title, in Spanish: “El 84% de las empresas gestionará sus redes con agentes de IA en los próximos doce meses”
- Publication
- IT User (Spain)
- Author
- Unsigned
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- 30 September 2026 · read in the page metadata · updated on 29 September 2026
Summary
An Omdia study conducted for Cisco, "The Impact of Agentic AI on Network Operations", shows that 84% of companies plan to manage their networks with AI agents within the next twelve months. The daily volume of alerts (4,100 on average) exceeds human capacity and is pushing organisations towards AgenticOps models, in which agents detect, reason and act in production. 75% have already deployed AI in NetOps and 51% use agents operating in production; 82% allow changes in production without prior approval. Organisations remain attentive to governance, however: 86% want an integrated platform and 69% require detailed explanations of agents' actions. Analyst Jim Frey (Omdia) highlights how quickly this transition towards autonomy is happening.
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84 %
share of companies planning to manage their networks with AI agents within the next 12 months
organisations surveyed by Omdia for Cisco
« el 84% de las empresas espera operar sus redes mediante agentes de IA en los próximos doce meses »
Source: Omdia, "The Impact of Agentic AI on Network Operations" (pour Cisco)
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95 %
share of organisations that consider their current non-agent-based AIOps tools insufficient in critical areas
organisations surveyed by Omdia for Cisco
« el 95% de las organizaciones considera que sus herramientas actuales de AIOps no basadas en agentes se quedan cortas en áreas críticas »
Source: Omdia, "The Impact of Agentic AI on Network Operations" (pour Cisco)
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4,100 alerts/day
average number of monitoring alerts and events generated per day by an organisation
average organisation, Omdia study for Cisco
« Una organización media genera 4.100 alertas y eventos de monitorización al día »
Source: Omdia, "The Impact of Agentic AI on Network Operations" (pour Cisco)
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100 specialists
number of IT specialists needed to handle the daily volume of alerts manually
average organisation, Omdia study for Cisco
« Resolver manualmente ese volumen requeriría unos 100 especialistas de TI »
Source: Omdia, "The Impact of Agentic AI on Network Operations" (pour Cisco)
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92 %
share of performance incidents requiring correlation across ten or more tools
organisations surveyed by Omdia for Cisco
« El 92% señala que los incidentes de rendimiento abarcan múltiples ámbitos y requieren correlación entre diez o más herramientas »
Source: Omdia, "The Impact of Agentic AI on Network Operations" (pour Cisco)
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57 %
share of organisations that consider change processes unable to keep pace with current demands
organisations surveyed by Omdia for Cisco
« el 57% que los procesos de cambio no pueden seguir el ritmo que exige el entorno actual »
Source: Omdia, "The Impact of Agentic AI on Network Operations" (pour Cisco)
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450 %
maximum increase in total traffic generated by tasks performed by AI agents
Cisco internal tests
« las pruebas internas muestran que las tareas realizadas por agentes pueden generar hasta un 450% más de tráfico total »
Source: Cisco
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75 %
share of organisations that have already deployed AI in network operations (NetOps)
organisations surveyed by Omdia for Cisco
« El 75% ya han implantado IA en NetOps »
Source: Omdia, "The Impact of Agentic AI on Network Operations" (pour Cisco)
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51 %
share of organisations using AI agents operating in production
organisations surveyed by Omdia for Cisco
« el 51% utilizan agentes que operan en producción »
Source: Omdia, "The Impact of Agentic AI on Network Operations" (pour Cisco)
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80 %
share of organisations comfortable granting high or full autonomy to AI
organisations surveyed by Omdia for Cisco
« el 80% se sienten cómodos otorgando alta autonomía o autonomía total a la IA »
Source: Omdia, "The Impact of Agentic AI on Network Operations" (pour Cisco)
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24 %
share of organisations that accept AI acting without human oversight
organisations surveyed by Omdia for Cisco
« el 24% aceptan que la IA actúe sin supervisión humana »
Source: Omdia, "The Impact of Agentic AI on Network Operations" (pour Cisco)
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82 %
share of organisations allowing AI to make changes in production without prior approval
organisations surveyed by Omdia for Cisco
« el 82% permiten que la IA realice cambios en producción sin aprobación previa »
Source: Omdia, "The Impact of Agentic AI on Network Operations" (pour Cisco)
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86 %
share of organisations that see an integrated platform as the most effective way forward
organisations surveyed by Omdia for Cisco
« El 86% consideran que una plataforma integrada es la vía más eficaz para avanzar »
Source: Omdia, "The Impact of Agentic AI on Network Operations" (pour Cisco)
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69 %
share of organisations requiring detailed explanations of AI agents' actions
organisations surveyed by Omdia for Cisco
« el 69% exigen explicaciones detalladas de las acciones impulsadas por agentes »
Source: Omdia, "The Impact of Agentic AI on Network Operations" (pour Cisco)
Classification
- Country
- Worldwide scope
- Company size
- All sizes
- Industries
- Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms · All industries, or industry not specified
- Companies
- Omdia (study author), Cisco (study author)
- Keywords
- agentic ai, network management, netops, aiops, autonomy, ai governance
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to IT User. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.