POST-COVID-19 AND FIRST STEPS FOR THE INDUSTRY
“ Recent events have kickstarted digital transformation journeys for many organisations , with remote working , increased demand , or a sudden burst in volumes pushing a lot of organisations to think about automation ”
— Chris Duddridge , Area Vice President and Managing Director , UiPath ( UK and Ireland )
of cloud is not new , how we leverage our relationships with cloud vendors is truly transformational for businesses . Most organisations are now looking for cloud-ready technology that they can adopt quickly , knowing that you tick every security box , compliance box and regulatory box necessary .” Other strategic additions to automation Duddridge has seen in the last six months include intelligent document understanding , some of which are AI and machine learning enabled , as well as OCR , process discovery , process mining , business process management and RPA .
“ across public and private sector clients in the UK and Ireland , innovation not only being an aspiration , but a necessity to find work arounds by enabling technology at speed , and we felt compelled to help them , playing our part in mitigating the devastating effects of the pandemic .” However , he believes that while it has accelerated the agenda it hasn ’ t changed anything , and the technology remains the same . “ The spirit of what we are trying to achieve in getting software robots to take on the mundane rules-based repetitive processes at speed and
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POST-COVID-19 AND FIRST STEPS FOR THE INDUSTRY
Reflecting on the industry since COVID-19 , Duddridge has witnessed businesschief . eu