Workday’s new dev tools help enterprises connect with external agents

For now, Agent Gateway and ASOR only support external agents that are built on vendor platforms in Workday’s Agent Partner Network. Currently, these partners include the likes of Accenture, Adobe, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Auditoria.AI, Compa, Deloitte, Glean, Google Cloud, IBM, Kainos, KPMG, Microsoft, Paradox, PwC, and WorkBoardAI.

The Agent Gateway, according to Abhigyan Malik, practice director at Everest Group, is Workday’s way of providing a mechanism that allows for governed, predictable orchestration of AI agents, not only within its core applications but also in conjunction with external systems.            

Orchestration and governance is critical for enterprises working with advanced agentic applications across a heterogeneous technology stack as it allows them to have control agents in terms of their access to data, which is particularly relevant in HR and financial contexts, Malik said.