Month: January 2022

Edge Computing in 2022: Alliances and Technology Innovation Will Drive Use Case Development

by Chris Drake, posted in IT Leader

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• Sales of edge computing technology, services, and solutions will rise to US$10.9 billion in 2022, reflecting annual growth of almost 14%.

• Edge computing will enable new and more sophisticated use cases, including vertical edge applications such as AR-based maintenance, AI-enabled video/surveillance, and connected worker apps.

According to GlobalData’s latest forecast, sales of edge computing technology, services, and solutions will rise to US$10.9 billion in 2022, reflecting annual growth of almost 14%. IT infrastructure vendors, telecoms network operators, and cloud service providers will continue to drive new projects and initiatives, as they look for ways of generating revenue from this growing market.

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Robotics to Play Mega Role in Automation and Process Mining

by Charlotte Dunlap, posted in Big Data, Cloud Enable, IT Leader

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Summary Bullets:

  • Robotic process automation (RPA) represents the key component of intelligent automation solutions which will support DevOps and app modernization efforts in the coming year.
  • Emerging factors including process mining/task mining, low-code app platforms, API integration, test automation, intelligent document processing, and attended automation capabilities promise to fast-track the technology into enterprises’ digitization strategies.

The pandemic brought to the forefront the importance of intelligent automation and robotics advancements for addressing a changing global workforce, turning traditional business processes into workflow automations to vastly improve the customer experience.  The result will be a new workforce represented by RPA’s replacement of repetitive and mundane jobs, alongside new high-touch, high-productivity opportunities fulfilled by humans.  Robotics’ core heritage has always been RPA, but additional factors including process mining/task mining, low-code app platforms, API integration, test automation, intelligent document processing, and attended automation capabilities are coming to light and promise to fast-track the technology into enterprises’ digitization strategies. Continue reading “Robotics to Play Mega Role in Automation and Process Mining” →