• June 5, 2026
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NEWS FOR THE AI-POWERED INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION ECOSYSTEM

Microsoft, Celonis Make Acquisitions in Process Intelligence

A pair of acquisitions highlights the growing importance of process intelligence and the vital role it plays in the RPA and intelligent automation space. Microsoft, which publicly launched a process mining …

Microsoft Acquires Clear Software to Better Integrate RPA with Enterprise Platforms

Microsoft announced it has acquired Clear Software to enable better connectivity between its Power Automate Platform and popular enterprise platforms including SAP, Oracle and Salesforce. The Zionsville, Ind.-based company provides integration …

Blueprint Partners with Microsoft to Make Changing Vendors Easier

One of the reasons companies stick with a technology vendor they might not be 100 percent happy with is the time and expense associated with changing. Blueprint Software Systems, a Toronto-based …

Microsoft Officially Rolls Out Process Mining Tool for Power Automate

Microsoft has made process mining available to all customers, as part of its Power Automate RPA offering. A preview of the feature, called Process Advisor, was launched in December, and the …

Microsoft’s Vision to Bring RPA to a Billion

In the 2010 movie The Social Network, Mark Zuckerberg’s ambition for Facebook crystalized in a nightclub meeting with tech superstar Sean Parker. They were discussing Facebook’s early sales, which were in …

Microsoft Giving Away RPA

Just a week after having muscled its way into second place in the RPA market, according to a noted consultancy in the space, Microsoft has signaled that its moves to accumulate …

Blue Prism Users Access RPA Via Microsoft Marketplaces

U.K.-based RPA technology provider Blue Prism is making its automation software available on the Microsoft AppSource and Azure marketplaces. The move gives Blue Prism customers access to RPA software that comes …

Microsoft Announces General Availability of Power Automate Desktop, Previews Process Mining Capability

Microsoft, which jumped into the RPA space with great fanfare last spring with the acquisition of Softomotive, recently announced the general availability of its Power Automate Desktop solution. The desktop-based, low-code …

Microsoft India Offers Public Preview of Desktop RPA Solution

Microsoft India has launched a public preview of a new desktop-based RPA solution. The company said Power Automate Desktop expands its low-code capabilities enabling those without coding skills to automate repetitive, …

Where Giants Tread: Q&A with Microsoft’s Stephen Siciliano

In May 2020, Software juggernaut Microsoft made an enormous splash in the automation world when it acquired RPA technology provider Softomotive. Under the agreement, Microsoft added the Greek firm’s WinAutomation product …