In this lightboard, Keith Babo, Chief Product Officer at , explores how organizations can scale adoption of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) in complex, enterprise environments. While MCP streamlines agent-tool integration, it introduces new challenges around tool registry, multiplexing, and security. Learn how agentgateway ( ) provides a unified, AI-native data plane to standardize tool access, ensure secure communication, and deliver consistent observability across distributed systems. Topics Covered: Common challenges when adopting MCP at scale Why enterprises struggle with unsecured or undersecured tool servers How agentgateway simplifies multiplexing and tool registry Benefits of a unified AI-native data plane for secure, governed agent communication Join the Community: kgateway Community Bi-Weekly Meeting → #community-meetings kagent Community Meeting → #community-meetings1 agentgateway Community → Explore More from : Solo Blog → Gloo Gateway [Product] → Gloo AI Gateway [Product] → Gloo Mesh [Product] → Request a Demo → Join the Community → Level up your cloud connectivity with free training courses from the Solo Academy → Follow Us: Twitter/X → LinkedIn → YouTube → @soloio_inc #AgentGateway #MCP #AIdataPlanes #AgenticAI #AIAgents #ModelContextProtocol #Observability #Security #CloudNative #Solo #Soloio #