• September 21, 2024

Process Mining: An Indispensable Companion to RPA?

In the few short years business publications have been chronicling the dazzling ascent of robotic process automation (RPA) as a cornerstone of digital transformation, a mountain of positive coverage has often …

White House Issues Guiding Principles for AI Regulation

Last week, The White House issued a set of principles it hopes will foster and guide the development of artificial intelligence for companies in the U.S. The document, part of the …

Report: RPA Use Growing Among Colleges and Universities

The breadth of industry verticals that are beginning to understand the benefits of RPA continues to grow. A recent report from Ernst & Young has detailed how colleges and universities can …

Automation Anywhere Names First CIO

One of RPA’s Big Three solution providers, Automation Anywhere, has hired Yousef Khan to be its CIO. Sales of RPA solutions surged in the last year, increasing more than 63 percent …

Blue Prism Dives Deep into SaaS Delivery

Last June, RPA provider Blue Prism announced it had acquired Thoughtonomy, a technology company specializing in delivering RPA via the software-as-a-service model. That deal came full circle this week, when Blue …

Appian Acquires Jidoka Parent

Appian, a provider of a low-code development platform that enables companies to build business applications, said it has acquired an RPA provider to add robotic process automation to its arsenal. Virginia-based …

Food Companies Using RPA to Make Pricing Decisions

RPA continues to find new applications in new verticals. A recent article in Retail TouchPoints points to the food industry as a case in point. Penned by consultants from Point B, …

Digital Workforce Expands into Germany

Digital Workforce, an RPA software provider based in Helsinki, Finland, has set its sights on the German market, opening sales offices in Munich and Stuttgart. The pureplay RPA company now has …

RPA Tops Many 2020 Trend Lists

A new year, especially when it launches a new decade, is a natural time to look both forward and back. In the case of the robotic process automation (RPA) industry, it …

RPA Skills in Demand – Companies Woo Undergrads in Search for Scarce Workers

The challenge of finding excellent candidates to fill technology roles of all kinds has been well documented. According to a recent Wall Street Journal report, employers are now recruiting promising students …