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VOL. 5 · AI HORROR EDITIONFIVE CAUTIONARY TALES

INTEGRATION NIGHTMARES EXPOSED

MODERNIZATION COLLIDES WITH AI DELUSION

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Which horror story is yours?

The Danger Lurks in the Wiring

SAN FRANCISCO — The most dangerous failures rarely announce themselves. They lurk in the integration layer: brittle connections, aging middleware, and fragmented data.

Modernization exposes these weaknesses. AI magnifies them by enabling agents to reason, decide, and act on whatever context connected systems provide.

These five cautionary tales reveal what happens when modernization and AI adoption outpace visibility, governance, and reliable execution.

THE LESSON: fix the foundation before giving artificial intelligence the power to act.

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CAUTIONARY TALES
What happens when AI can act without visibility, governance, and control.

Five cautionary tales

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BUYING AI IS NOT ENOUGH

Whether you are replacing legacy integrations, consolidating platforms, or launching AI projects, the same foundation matters.

Applications, data, and workflows must connect reliably before intelligence can deliver meaningful outcomes.

A Control Plane establishes who can act, what they can access, and which policies apply. An Execution Plane turns approved intent into action by retrieving context, validating data, orchestrating work, and handling errors across systems.

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Plate 6. Measure twice. Connect once.
Modernizationcreates the foundation.
Controlestablishes the boundaries.
Executiondelivers the outcome.
Without all three, modernization adds more complexity and AI becomes another disconnected experiment or a new source of risk.
GOOD NEWS

THE FOUNDATION ALREADY EXISTS

Workato’s advantage starts with its enterprise iPaaS heritage. We do not just govern AI. We connect the systems, data, and workflows agents depend on, then orchestrate their actions on a proven production runtime.

That foundation earned Workato recognition as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for iPaaS, positioned furthest in Completeness of Vision.

Today, Workato ONE unifies integration, governance, and execution, while AIRO turns business intent into production-ready solutions.

The real horror is not an agent making a mistake. It is an agent with the access and authority to act on it.
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