Humza Akhtar – författare

Learn how Systems of Action move agentic AI beyond the pilot stage through business context, decision traces, governed action, and coexistence with systems of recordKey FeaturesDesign an Intelligence Context Layer around enterprise business objectsKeep systems of record authoritative while humans and agents actApply transferable Systems of Action patterns across industriesPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionEnterprise AI pilots often stall when agents meet fragmented data, systems designed around human workflows, and production requirements for control and auditability. From Systems of Record to Agentic Systems of Action shows how to build Systems of Action that work with the systems of record an enterprise already depends on, without making wholesale replacement a prerequisite.You'll learn to design an Intelligence Context Layer that keeps business context, enrichments, retrieval structures, and decision traces connected to business objects. The architecture is worked through on MongoDB, showing where agent memory and working state fit, how source systems remain authoritative, and how humans and agents reason and act through governed paths.Written by MongoDB practitioners and industry specialists, the book covers event-driven synchronization, information modeling, semantic retrieval, controlled writeback, multi-agent coordination, human oversight, identity, and auditability. Worked examples span insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, and financial services, each exposing a different operating condition so readers can transfer the architecture to their own industry. MongoDB Vector Search, Time Series, Atlas Stream Processing, MCP, and agentic RAG appear where they solve a concrete design need.What you will learnKeep systems of record authoritative while agents actDesign an Intelligence Context Layer around business objectsCapture decision traces and decision-relevant contextUse retrieval, memory, and state in agent workflowsSynchronize context with event-driven data flowsCoordinate multi-agent workflows with human checkpointsDesign governed writeback, identity, and audit controlsScale agent systems into shared enterprise infrastructureWho this book is forThis book is for enterprise and solution architects, AI architects and engineers, product owners, engineering managers, platform and data engineers, senior developers, data and platform engineers, engineering leaders, and technology leaders responsible for bringing agentic AI into production. Its architecture applies across industries; worked examples come from insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, and financial services. Familiarity with enterprise architecture, data platforms, and core AI concepts is helpful; no prior MongoDB experience is required.

This book relates research being implemented in three main research areas: secure connectivity and intelligent systems, real-time analytics and manufacturing knowledge and virtual manufacturing.Manufacturing SMEs and MNCs want to see how Industry 4.0 is implemented. On the other hand, groundbreaking research on this topic is constantly growing. For the aforesaid reason, the Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), has created the model factory initiative. In the model factory, manufacturers, technology providers and the broader industry can (i) learn how I4.0 technologies are implemented on real-world manufacturing use-cases, (ii) test process improvements enabled by such technologies at the model factory facility, without disrupting their own operations, (iii) co-develop technology solutions and (iv) support the adoption of solutions at their everyday industrial operation. The book constitutes a clear base ground not only for inspiration of researchers, but also for companies who will want to adopt smart manufacturing approaches coming from Industry 4.0 in their pathway to digitization.