Another RPA acquisition in 2020 – IBM is acquiring WDG
IBM is looking to strengthen its Hybrid cloud story. The IBM cloud team plans to add WDG Automation’s RPA and AI-driven, omnichannel chatbot capabilities to two areas where enterprises have critical automation need...
Microsoft and the emerging RPA Landscape
We had more action on RPA last week – one of the news outlets ran a headline saying: Microsoft’s Acquisition Of RPA Firm Softomotive Prompts Sector Leaders Including UiPath And Automation Anywhere To Brace For War. Business Insider The headlines may be a bit jazzier than the actual situation but things sure are getting...
UiPath’s “Hyperautomation” Release
UiPath announced its latest 20.4 Stable Release which is also called UiPath "Mr. Robot" apparently "to deliver a Robot for Everyone and make Attended Automation the central focus point."...
Microsoft & Softomotive – a perfect match?
Edit May 19, 2020: Microsoft has confirmed the acquisition of Sofotomotive. There are strong rumors that Microsoft is in talks to buy Softomotive. Softomotive is one of the pioneers in automation. Softomotive was founded in 2005 in Greece and moved its headquarters to London in 2015. It is a gold partner for Microsoft. Softomotive has two...
The real meaning of RPA and why it’s here to stay
What does Robotic Process Automation (RPA) stand for? Is it screen scraping? Yes, it is the most visible part of RPA but there is much more to it! In fact, it is much more than the technology itself. If we think in terms of technology, we are likely to get stuck thinking it has...
Tag UI – A useful Open Source RPA that is also cross-platform
Tag UI is an open-source RPA maintained by AI Singapore, a government-funded initiative. It has quite a few contributors and has good documentation. Here is a demo of the tool from creator Ken Soh. Let us check out this Open source automation option. Tag UI TagUI is an open-source, cross-platform, command-line RPA tool that allows...
UiPath Activity Creator – Build custom activities quickly
UiPath provides you with the puzzle pieces to automate. These are called UiPath activities. Now if the puzzle pieces are not there, you may get them from the Community marketplace or may have to create them by yourself. Now UiPath has an easier way to create these Custom activities – the UiPath Activity Creator. It...
Impact of Covid19 on RPA Automation
In response to Covid19, we are seeing RPA helping with the immediate impact. We are also seeing adverse impacts due to the crisis. To tide over this, there is some pro-bono work being done. ...
Top Five Emerging RPA trends
With many new and exciting technologies being added, RPA is more capable than ever before. This is leading to a much bigger market and more capable players....
Hyperautomation Tools That You Should Know About
It has been over seven years since RPA went mainstream. As RPA goes beyond simple automation to Hyperautomation, What are the new RPA skills required for this fast-evolving market? The term Robotic Process Automation (RPA) was coined around 2012 by Blue Prism. Current RPA leader, UiPath (then Deskover) started building the RPA platform to...