Case Study: Henderson Brothers achieves governed AI delivery and faster agent buildout with CData Connect AI

Henderson Brothers deploys 3 AI agents in half a day with CData Software

Henderson Brothers, a large independent insurance brokerage, faced the challenge of preventing shadow AI after a leadership mandate to deploy multiple AI agents by 2026. With a small data team, Manager of Applications David Yuhas needed a governed foundation that provided security and guardrails from the start to avoid ungoverned tools taking hold. To solve this, they turned to vendor CData Software and its product, CData Connect AI.

The solution implemented by CData Connect AI created a governed data layer with workspaces and toolkits that provided IT-defined guardrails for AI agents built in Microsoft Copilot Studio. This allowed Henderson Brothers to deploy their first production agent in just half a day without custom code. The results were significant: three agents were deployed, account assignment time was reduced, and the data team grew from two to five people because of the clear value delivered. CData provided the foundation that enabled secure, rapid scaling of AI.

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