In the first post of this three-part series, we examined the wider issues that can arise in terms of sustainability and complexity. This week, we’re looking at the costs of relying on out-of-date workload automation (WLA) or scheduling technology. The need for a business to be responsive is – as we and those wiser than
This is the first post in a three-part series looking at the specific risks to businesses that rely on ageing automation technology. If you look at the automation market today, it can be a confusing landscape – particularly if you don’t already have experience of completing a successful automation project under your belt. On one
Last week, we discussed how the role of the CIO, far from being under threat, is becoming more vital than ever before for the successful implementation of wide-ranging projects – particularly where automation is involved. However, to turn that perceived threat into a clear advantage, CIOs will need to embrace changes to their function in
There’s an assumption that, with the rise of roles like digital transformation officers, CIOs are being overlooked; that they’re being replaced and superseded. That’s not true though. Or at least, it certainly shouldn’t be true, as there are different skill sets required for each. Where digital officers may have the brief to deliver against wide-ranging
If the constant pressure to modernize, transform and generally maintain a state of perpetual change feels like an invention of the modern age, you’d be wrong. In the 6th Century BCE, Greek philosopher Heraclitus stated that “the only thing that is constant is change”. While recognition of the need for change – or indeed, the
There’s an awful lot of marketing noise around the ‘machine learning’ and ‘artificial Intelligence’ capabilities of much consumer- and enterprise-facing software. But the interchangeable use of terms that mean different things has led to a lot of confusion. So let’s clear up, once and for all, exactly what machine learning means, and why it’s useful.
The benefits of automating repetitive operational procedures are clear, at least in theory. Workload automation can provide improved process efficiency, better visibility and allow a more agile response to an ever-changing technological landscape. But it’s that ever-changing nature that causes headaches for many automation solutions – adding highly-effective, but single-purpose, tools leads to an unavoidably
We’ve spent some time over the last few months talking about what Artificial Intelligence (AI) means for businesses, looking at where AI intersects with automation, and explaining why the term AI itself can be problematic. That last point is a key one, because without knowing what set capabilities a term like Artificial Intelligence encompasses, expectations
January is a great time to look at the year ahead and sketch out a few ways the automation market needs to evolve in 2019, to the benefit of both vendors and customers. Digital Darwinism, or slowly falling behind competition as you fail to adapt to new technologies, is a real thing. And it’s a
You don’t have to be a bank or insurance company to know the value of having bulletproof compliance and governance structures in place. In multi-national, multi-platform business, correctly handling and generating the masses of data required between on-premises, private and public cloud deployments around the world is a complex goal. In reality, that complex goal
Moore’s Law wasn’t intended to be a law. When Gordon Moore observed, in 1965, that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit was doubling roughly every two years it was exactly that: An observation. Albeit one that held true for half a century and dictated semiconductor development roadmaps. However, more recent discussions have
AI, most regularly associated with Artificial Intelligence, has become a bit of a stand-in term for what is really a broad selection of technologies that encompasses machine learning, predictive analytics, natural language processing, object recognition and more. To the uninitiated, it can be a bit confusing, and so everything ends up under the umbrella term
Where are you going? How are you going to get there? Two simple questions, the answers to which determine the future of your business. As the structure of business changes, you must get more from your investments. Changes that don’t deliver real-world value are dangerous distractions. The shift of operations to the cloud can deliver
Your company probably doesn’t have an IT infrastructure that’s entirely reliant on legacy systems, nor one that has done away with legacy overheads altogether. What’s more likely is that you’re somewhere in the middle, with a landscape that includes multiple public and private clouds, hybrid cloud and those inescapable legacy systems on premises. Figures given
Regular readers will not be surprised to hear us say that the key to streamlining essential business functions and operations is efficiency. And that the ‘secret’ to successfully using automation to improve efficiency in no small part lies in its security and visibility benefits. However, putting automation solutions in place doesn’t have to be a
In mathematics, the idea of ‘bounded value’ generally refers to the notion that there’s a limit to the value of ‘x’. Conversely, ‘unbounded value’ means there’s no maximum or minimum value of ‘x’. In automation, a similar notion carries through – there’s no minimum value you can extract by using a tool such as RunMyJobs®
Trust is an important part of any business transaction. Trust within an organization is often implicit but it is a more difficult proposition when it comes to the need to share data to third parties, partners and other external organizations. Most often, this is done via a distributed database of some kind, which could take
Automation means a lifetime of relaxation by the pool instead of endless toil at a desk, right? Not exactly – but neither does it have to be bad news. The gradual introduction of autonomous systems and processes isn’t a trend that’s going to go away, so rather than hope for the best, here are five
‘Praemonitus, praemunitus’, or for anyone without a knowledge of Latin proverbs, the more familiar ‘forewarned is forearmed’, originated as an expression used in the military to mean that knowing about problems in advance allows you to better plan for them. It might seem a little obvious to state that having more information to hand is
With increased pressure to do more with less, almost all business units are now required to work in a more agile way to maximize efficiency – and the same is true of finance. The CFO and finance department should seek to collaborate with the wider business, to find ways to modernize and digitize tasks and
Supporting the full weight of traditional process automation tools, and the overheads they incur, isn’t something that should be taken lightly. But without modernization, businesses can’t benefit from all that RPA and scheduling tools have to offer. Whether you aim for 100% automation or are simply looking to improve the efficacy of your existing scheduling
Fewer errors. Repetitive tasks eliminated. Speedier execution of processes. These are among the promises of ‘end-to-end automation’ or ‘100% automation’. But the shift can still be a daunting prospect for a company without prior experience. Concerns around a lack of process oversight and audit requirements, or vulnerability to errors going unnoticed, are entirely avoidable. In
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