For the past three decades, NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) has been continuing to grow. What started as a solutions provider for the call center industry has become a company that not just makes software but can serve as a key technology partner for all types of firms in various industries. A big step forward for the Israeli...
Satya Tummala, founder and CEO of Nouveau Labs, says “we foresee growing to a 100-plus strong team in the next 12 months.”
Kodak Alaris offshoot and self-learning software provider AI Foundry has named robotic process automation (RPA) expert Percy Johnson, Jr. as its new vice president of solutions. Johnson, who has worked in mortgage processing innovation for Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and Countrywide, will be a leading member of the company’s “agile lending” and “agile mortgages” solutions,...
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group will invest in robotic process automation to fulfill processing that would otherwise require almost 10,000 human employees.
Kryon Systems, a robotic process automation (RPA) provider based in Tel Aviv, closed last week on a $12 million round of funding led by New York private equity firm Aquiline Technology Growth and Vertex Ventures, a global group of capital funds. The company plans to put this series B round into developing its platform and...
Global automation services provider Symphony Ventures has acquired RPA4Excellence, a Mexico City-based robotic process automation (RPA) consultancy. The move comes just weeks after the London-headquartered company opened its first Latin American office in Buenos Aires, highlighting the concerted push by Symphony Ventures to expand in the region. Arnold Schiemann and Jaume Sues, the leadership team...
Four out of five executives across 13 different industries already invest in artificial intelligence (AI), and nearly 100% of those surveyed said they plan to do so by 2020, according to a new study from Indian outsourcing giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Even more encouraging is the fact that executives in 10 of the analyzed...
London-based robotic process automation (RPA) provider Symphony Ventures has opened its first Latin American office in Argentina. The announcement of the new location in Buenos Aires came within weeks of the company receiving a $4.5 million USD Series A investment from London-based private equity firm Livingbridge, and the timing highlights the company’s eagerness to make the push...
Many bankers are worried that they won’t have jobs for much longer. A recent LinkedIn survey of those working in the financial services sector found that one out of three retail banking professionals (34%) are concerned that automation could put them out of work. Among all employees in the industry, 25% are worried that automation...
While many companies already have digital chatbots, robo-advisors, and other digital automation, the bulk of workplaces are still fully run by human brains. While some professions — like a butcher or hair stylist — may remain this way for some time, most companies with more than a few employees will soon be embracing automation. The...