• September 19, 2024

Gartner: Large Vendors Make Inroads in RPA

Last year, for the first time, Gartner produced a “Magic Quadrant” for RPA—a sign that, as a sector, the automation technology has entered the mainstream of business thinking. This year, the …

Half of U.S. Healthcare Providers Will Turn to RPA by 2023

Only five percent of U.S. healthcare providers currently have RPA investments in place today, but global consultancy Gartner predicts that number will rise to 50 percent in the next three years. …

Nearshoring to Tap RPA Talent

In the earliest days of RPA (a whole half-decade ago), some thought of the technology as a competitor to, if not an outright replacement for, offshoring. The notion was logical: offshoring …

Gartner Predicts RPA will Grow Significantly in 2020 as Part of Hyperautomation

The RPA space in 2020 will be marked by hyperautomation and disruption, according to Gartner. In its Predicts 2020: RPA Renaissance Driven by Morphing Offerings and Zeal for Operational Excellence, the …

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 …

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 …

Was 2019 the Year RPA Came of Age?

The roots of robotic process automation (RPA) lie in screen-scraping technology of the 1990s. Combined with optical character recognition and the ability to automate and manage workflows in low- or no-code …

RPA Pegged as Difference-Maker in 2020

As any year draws to a close, readers of business publications are treated to a bevy of experts predicting what technologies will drive a certain industry. Last week, Forbes and Gartner …

UiPath Confirms Layoffs

UiPath has been one of the great success stories in the RPA space, but the company has acknowledged that it will lay off around 400 employees. Since it was founded in …

Gartner Nods to RPA in Top Strategic Technology Trends List

At its annual IT conference in Orlando this week, Gartner included robotic process automation as part of its top strategic technology trend for 2020. The Stamford, Conn.-based consultancy defined the trends …