Accelerating agentic AI with data-driven infrastructure
The Summer 2025 CData Product Showcase delivered an exciting vision of the future: one where enterprise-grade AI agents operate seamlessly across your data ecosystem. As enterprises push toward real-world agentic AI, the message was clear: Actionable, governed, and connected data is not a nice-to-have—it's a must.
Agentic AI represents a shift from passive, query-based interactions to proactive, tool-using agents capable of taking informed action. But making this leap requires infrastructure that can:
Reliably access and integrate enterprise data
Govern and audit agent permissions
Enable action through tool and API integration
CData recently introduced our Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers as the foundational layer for secure, performant agent-data interaction, showing how this technology and our full connectivity portfolio bridge the AI readiness gap.
Missed the live event? Here are the top highlights across each product line, plus a look at what's ahead.
CData MCP Servers: Powering agentic AI with live, writable data
CData's newest innovation, MCP Servers, implements Anthropic's Model Context Protocol, enabling LLMs to securely read from and write to live enterprise systems. That means your agents aren't just analyzing—they're performing meaningful tasks.
Key highlights:
Live, read/write agent access across more than 270 data sources
SQL-like interface for LLMs, supporting structured queries and stored procedures
Beta access available now, with support for Anthropic’s Claude
Coming soon: A remote MCP Server built into CData Connect AI, bringing the power of MCP to SaaS environments
CData Sync: Agent-orchestrated ETL, open table formats, and more
CData Sync continues to evolve data movement with AI and automation in mind.
New this summer:
Microsoft Mirroring integration for efficient Delta replication in OneLake
Reverse ETL expansion to Pardot, Sage Intacct, and Salesforce Marketing Cloud
MCP orchestration: Use natural language prompts via LLMs to create and run jobs in Sync
Coming soon: Iceberg support, waterfall job dependencies, and full MCP Server support for orchestrating Sync via AI
CData Arc: Secure, scriptable, AI-enhanced MFT and EDI
CData Arc delivers enterprise-grade automation for EDI and MFT—and it's getting smarter.
New in this release:
Python scripting support across flows, maps, and connectors
Improved REST connector with Swagger import and real-time testing
Peppol E-Invoicing support for EU compliance
Coming soon: LLM-powered mapping assistance, encryption key rotation, and custom dashboards via report builder
CData API Server: Instant RESTful access for AI and applications
CData API Server transforms any database into a secure, enterprise-ready API with just a few clicks.
Key updates:
Drag-and-drop API generation for hundreds of data sources
Security features like rate limiting, access control, and logging built in
Ideal for agentic AI: Combine with MCP Servers for governed access to internal data without exposing it to the internet
Available in community and commercial editions
Data community insights from viewers
We asked our audience during the showcase:
The results reinforced what we heard in customer and analyst conversations—agentic AI will only succeed if it's built on connected, secure, and governed data infrastructure.
Watch the full showcase on demand
See every demo, announcement, and roadmap update in the full recording. Watch the Summer 2025 Showcase on demand.
Want a deeper dive? Contact us to learn how CData can support your AI or data integration strategy today.
