• October 6, 2024

Large Firms Continue to Gobble RPA Startups: IBM Acquires WDG Automation

Large enterprise software firms continue to snap up RPA technology providers to add the increasingly important capability to their portfolios. The most recent instance saw IBM agree to acquire WDG Automation …

C-Suite Spotlight: Appian’s Michael Beckley

Appian has been thinking about workflows and automation for much of its 21-year history – far longer than robotic process automation has been in existence. But, its commitment to providing “low-code” …

Back to School: Automation Platform Simplifies College Reopenings

Covid-19 abruptly ended the school year for around 15 million college students in March. How they return to campuses safely for in-person classes has become one of the most intriguing questions …

Automation for CCPA Processes

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which went into effect on Jan. 1 of this year, forces companies to disclose what personal information they have collected on California residents and to …

RPA Providers Offer Free Services for COVID-19 Response

Only three weeks ago, there were 125 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. That number, at the time of publication, has swelled to nearly 50,000 and is still accelerating. As …

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, …

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 …