The Enterprise Case for Open Models: Balancing Data Sovereignty, Vendor Independence, and the Path to Agentic Intelligence

This IDC Market Perspective argues that open models are central to enterprise AI because they enable transparency, sovereignty, and fine-tuned control essential for compliance, long-term flexibility, and domain-specific performance."Open models are becoming essential to enterprise AI because they enable transparency, sovereignty, and fine-tuned control necessary for compliance, long-term flexibility, and domain-specific performance. As AI evolves toward agentic architectures, fine-tuned open models provide the configurable intelligence and contextual precision required to align agent behavior with organizational knowledge and control frameworks, positioning open models as critical components within hybrid AI ecosystems that balance flexibility, accountability, and performance at enterprise scale." - Arnal Dayaratna, research vice president, Software Development, IDC