Solace-sponsored IDC survey finds real-time data leaders triple AI project success rates
XLK•Agentic AI is increasing demand for real-time data
Agentic AI drove demand: 80% investing in or running AI agents; 90% increased focus on real-time data.
Connecting agents to trusted data emerged as a top production hurdle; 46% cited data quality and consistency as the leading technical challenge.
IDC survey links real-time data maturity to AI performance
Solace released an IDC-sponsored 2026 market study linking real-time data maturity to enterprise AI performance.
- Leaders in real-time data were over three times more likely to deliver measurable results across most AI projects.
- Leaders reported about 23% average annual gains in speed to market, risk reduction, and faster response to change.



