• March 12, 2026

NEWS FOR THE AI-POWERED INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION ECOSYSTEM

Microsoft Eyeing Softomotive?

Microsoft could be bolstering its position in RPA once again. According to multiple published reports, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant is in talks to acquire RPA technology provider Softomotive. Last November, …

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. …

RPA Part of $5 Billion Partnership Between Microsoft and KPMG

As part of a $5 billion multi-year partnership, global consultancy KPMG, said it will utilize Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud platform. One of the capabilities KPMG will offer its clients …

Microsoft Enters RPA Space

When is it time to take a technology seriously? When the biggest software company in the world decides its time to enter the space. Microsoft, as part of an update to …

Automation Anywhere Integrates with Microsoft Cloud Service

Automation Anywhere this week announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft that will integrate the San Jose, Calif.-based RPA provider’s technology into the Seattle software giant’s cloud offering. Under the agreement, customers …

Reimagining a Century-Old Company for the AI Era

Reimagining a Century-Old Company for the AI Era

In 1915, Deluxe Corporation was one of the most innovative companies in the nascent payments space when it invented the pocket checkbook and a proprietary process for printing checks. One hundred …

IDC Names ‘Leaders’ in IDP Market Assessment

IDC Names ‘Leaders’ in IDP Market Assessment

As the market for AI-powered intelligent automation grows, the component technologies of the platforms that deliver it are becoming more complex. Intelligent Document Processing (IDP), a capability that supports orchestration and …

Sector Assessments Shine Light on Expansion of Intelligent Automation Space

Sector Assessments Shine Light on Expansion of Intelligent Automation Space 

As technologies that can be applied to process automation continue to proliferate, platforms that can integrate the growing number of tools and capabilities involved are becoming increasingly important for businesses. Those …

Levi’s Using Agentic AI to Automate Corporate Workflows on Road to Agentic Commerce

Levi’s Using Agentic AI to Automate Corporate Workflows on Road to Agentic Commerce 

Levi Strauss & Co. has begun developing an integrated agentic AI orchestration platform to automate and coordinate workflows across its corporate functions.  While the company said it intends to integrate the platform …

Building Tomorrow’s Workforce: People, Skills, and the Human Side of Automation

Building Tomorrow’s Workforce: People, Skills, and the Human Side of Automation

The thorniest ongoing challenge for automation providers in an AI age is allaying workers’ fear that the technology is an existential threat to their livelihood. In the face of that, and …