NetApp hands storage operations to AI agents, but humans still draw the boundaries

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NetApp hands storage operations to AI agents (AI that carries out multi-step tasks rather than answering one question), but humans still draw the boundaries, according to SiliconANGLE. Artificial intelligence is turning nearly every enterprise workload into a data workload, and data governance is becoming the test of whether companies can trust autonomous systems with the infrastructure underneath. The question is no longer only where data lives, but what is allowed to act on it.

Enterprise data now sits across on-premises data centers (a building full of computers that runs online services), […] The post NetApp hands storage operations to AI agents, but humans still draw the boundaries appeared first on SiliconANGLE . UPDATED 16:27 EDT / OCTOBER 02 2026 AI NetApp hands storage operations to AI agents, but humans still draw the boundaries by Jonathan Anthony Artificial intelligence is turning nearly every enterprise workload into a data workload, and data governance is becoming the test of whether companies can trust autonomous systems with the infrastructure underneath.

Enterprise data now sits across on-premises data centers, public clouds and neoclouds, and storage providers are racing to tie that infrastructure to production AI . Adding another silo is the wrong answer, according to Sandeep Singh (pictured, right), senior vice president and general manager of enterprise storage at NetApp Inc., who calls for one data foundation that behaves the same way everywhere. They discussed why consistent data, clear accountability and policy guardrails (limits built in to stop a system doing certain things) must come before enterprises hand infrastructure decisions to AI agents.