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Blue Prism Makes Digital Labor a Reality for Large EnterprisesToday at the Company's North American Partner World event in New York, Blue Prism continues to distinguish itself as the only enterprise-class Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software available for large, regulated industries, offering centralized management of a multi-skilled digital workforce that meets the needs of both business operations and the most discriminating of IT teams. Following a rigorous testing and roll-out process, the company has announced general availability of Version 5.0 of its enterprise RPA platform. As of Q1, more than 80 enterprises across the globe have successfully implemented Blue Prism's latest software robots in demanding enterprise back-office environments to eliminate the rules-based manual data entry and processing work that humans shouldn't be doing. This gives business functions a digital workforce that can be targeted to perform many different tasks that are best suited for machines, freeing up valuable human resources to focus on customer value driven work. "We are passionate about serving the unique and demanding requirements of large, complex and regulated enterprises. Providing a new pool of labor for these organizations is no small feat, as, if RPA is to be transformational, you must consider the needs of the business, as well as the stringent demands of enterprise IT," said Alastair Bathgate, CEO, Blue Prism. "We feel that IT requirements are generally passed over by other solutions in the market. In fact, most of these tactical products are implemented at a department level, which is the equivalent of shadow IT; shadow RPA." Blue Prism's universal, multi-skilled software robots completely automate complex processes and integrate with any application and any platform; other non-enterprise solutions, including SDKs and desktop recorded automation options are 'human assisted' automation for simple tasks. Blue Prism's enterprise RPA is controlled by the business and governed by IT, and supports a high volume of complex processes that have been relocated from the desktop into the data center. Here, RPA can be properly overseen and credentialed by IT pofessionals who have strict standards for security, control, data integrity, change management, scalability, robustness and scheduling. "Typical desktop 'RPA' are simple scripts recorded on personal computers to help workers save time with monotonous tasks. They are usually installed ad hoc within departments without IT's knowledge, until something goes wrong and then it becomes an IT problem," said David Moss, chief technology officer, Blue Prism. "Any 'RPA' solution with a record button should be a red flag for any IT architect evaluating solutions. If it's on the desktop, it lacks security and scalability appropriate for enterprise deployment. It should be a non-starter."
Making AI Actionable in the Enterprise Some of the new features in Version 5.0 include:
Earlier this month, Blue Prism was recognized as the Best Enterprise Application of AI at the AIconics awards in London, organized by AI Business as the world's only independently judged awards celebrating the drive, innovation and hard work in the international AI community.
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