• September 21, 2024

C-Suite Spotlight: ABBYY’s Scott Opitz

In August 2019, Digital Intelligence provider ABBYY acquired process intelligence company TimelinePI to bolster its offering for organizations implementing RPA and other intelligent automation programs. Recently, ABBYY named Scott Opitz, TimelinePI’s …

CFOs Overwhelmingly Expect Intelligent Automation, Says Report

The notion that AI and intelligent automation has completely transformed finance departments was confirmed in a new report from Oracle and analyst firm Enterprise Strategy Group. According to the research, an …

Chinese RPA Provider Nets $30 Million in Series B Funding

How the global coronavirus pandemic affects investment decisions remains to be seen. One deal that had been in the pipeline, however, was announced this week. Encoo Tech, a pureplay provider of …

Blue Prism Expands to South Africa

RPA software pioneer Blue Prism recently announced it has opened an office in Cape Town, South Africa. The company said it has established a local presence in South Africa in response …

CEOs Say AI and Automation Critical to Addressing ‘Skills Gap’

Results of an annual survey of CEOs indicates that RPA and AI technologies are an opportunity for organizations to address a disappointing “skills gap” they say is affecting organizations’ ability to …

Report: RPA Investment Grows in Indian Manufacturing, More Needed

More than a third of Indian manufacturing companies have named RPA as a top priority in investment decisions this year, according to a report from EY India. After big data—with a …

Appian Adds RPA to Full-Stack Automation Offering

Appian, a provider of a low-code development platform that enables companies to build business applications made a trio of announcements about automation offerings, featuring a big move into RPA. The moves, …

CEO Spotlight: Element Blue’s Steven Gerhardt

Element Blue is a Houston-based software solutions consultancy that got its start in the early 2000s building platforms for enterprise web portals and business to business digital experiences. The company has …

Microsoft Eyes April 2 for RPA Availability

Microsoft announced that it will make its flagship RPA product, which it unveiled at a splashy November announcement, has pegged April 2 as the date UI flows will be available worldwide. …

GAO Latest U.S. Gov’t Agency to Leverage GSA for RPA

The General Services Administration (GSA) has steadily expanded the reach of its Centers of Excellence (CoE) program that is, among other things, helping various departments in the United States federal government …