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Sopra Steria’s Update on GenAI Experience: Focus on Software Engineering
Mar 26, 2024, by Dominique RaviartDuring the summer of 2023, we met with Mohammed Sijelmassi, Sopra Steria’s CTO and Digital Transformation Office head and discussed how Sopra Steria was deploying internally and helping clients externally with GenAI and LLMs. Earlier this month, we met with Mr. Sijelmassi again to assess Sopra Steria’s progress on its transformation, its work with clients, and use cases. [...]
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Sopra Steria Articulates its Expectations for GenAI
Jul 26, 2023, by Dominique RaviartSopra Steria is the latest vendor to announce a significant investment in GenAI/LLMs and its incorporation into its software engineering platform (Ingine). We recently met with Mohammed Sijelmassi, who holds two roles at Sopra Steria: CTO and Digital Transformation Office. We discussed how Sopra Steria is deploying internally and helping clients externally with GenAI and LLMs. [...]
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TCS Takes Systematic Approach to Salesforce Verticalization with Crystallus
Jul 04, 2023, by Dominique RaviartWe recently talked with TCS’ Salesforce practice about its verticalization initiatives. Product verticalization has been one of Salesforce’s key strategies (along with Customer 360/cross-selling and geographic expansion) since 2014, when it launched its Industries business unit. Like SAP, Salesforce acknowledges that organizations spend time and effort customizing thei[...]
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Capgemini's CIAP 2.0 Assists Enterprises in Rapid & Cost-Effective Scaling of Automation Initiatives
Nov 10, 2020, by John WillmottCapgemini has just launched version 2 of the Capgemini Intelligent Automation Platform (CIAP) to assist organizations in offering an enterprise-wide and AI-enabled approach to their automation initiatives across IT and business operations. In particular, CIAP offers: Reduced TCO and increased resilience through use of shared third-party components Support for AIOps and DevSec[...]
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Democratizing RPA through the Connected Entrepreneur Enterprise
Jun 03, 2019, by Mike SmartFollowing on from the Blue Prism World Conference in London (see separate blog), NelsonHall recently attended the Blue Prism World conference in Orlando. Building on the significant theme around positioning the ‘Connected Entrepreneur Enterprise’, the vendor provided further details on how this links to the ‘democratization’ of RPA through organizations. [...]
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IPsoft Looks to Reduce Time to Value While Increasing Return on AI
May 20, 2019, by John WillmottNelsonHall recently attended the IPsoft Digital Workforce Summit in New York and its analyst events in NY and London. For organizations unfamiliar with IPsoft, the company has around 2,300 employees, approximately 70% of these based in the U.S. and 20% in Europe. Europe is responsible for aproximately 30% of the IPsoft client base with clients relatively evenly distributed over the s[...]
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Blue Prism Offers A Lever for Culture Change to Mature Enterprises
Apr 18, 2019, by John WillmottBlue Prism adopted the theme “Connected RPA – Powering the Connected Entrepreneur Enterprise” at its recent Blue Prism World conferences, the key components of connected-RPA being the Blue Prism connected-RPA platform, Blue Prism Digital Exchange, Blue Prism Skills, and Blue Prism Communities: Components of Blue Prism's connected-RPA Blue Prism i[...]
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Automation Anywhere Monetizes Bot Store to Provide ‘Value as a 2-Way Street’
Apr 16, 2019, by John WillmottAutomation Anywhere’s current Bot Store contains ~500 bots and has received ~40K downloads. In January 2019, these bots were complemented by Digital Workers, with bots being task-centric and Digital Workers being persona- and skill-centric. So far, downloads from the Bot Store have been free-of-charge, but Automation Anywhere perceives that this approach potentiall[...]
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Automation Anywhere Looking to 'Deliver the Digital Workforce for Everyone'
Apr 15, 2019, by John WillmottAutomation Anywhere, as with the RPA market in general, continues to grow rapidly. The company estimates that it now has 1,600 enterprise clients, encompassing 3,800 unique business entities across 90 countries with ~10,000 processes deployed. At end 2018, the company had 1,400 employees, and it expects to have 3,000 employees by end 2019. The company was initially slow to go-to-market in Europ[...]
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A First Look at Blue Prism’s New RPA Initiatives
Jan 24, 2019, by NelsonHall AnalystToday’s announcement from Blue Prism covers new product capabilities, new service and design support services, and a new go-to-market framework that underscores the importance of automation as a means to enable legacy organizations to compete with 'born-digital' startups. Blue Prism’s announcement is equal parts perspective, product, and process. Let’s exami[...]
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NIIT Technologies Adapts Data & Analytics Around Big Data & AI
Jan 17, 2019, by Dominique RaviartIn a recent meeting with NIIT Technologies, we discussed how its Data & Analytics offering has been adapting, with a focus on developments around big data and AI. Here are the main talking points. Overcoming tool fragmentation One priority has been NIIT Tech’s Xpress Suite, one of Data & Analytics’ most popular offerings, which seeks to overcome the fragment[...]
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The Move to B2B Platforms: Q&A with Manuel Sevilla, Capgemini CDO
Jan 15, 2019, by John WillmottPlatforms have been increasingly important in B2C digital transformation in recent years and have been used to disintermediate and create a whole raft of well-known consumer business opportunities. B2B platforms have been less evident during this period outside the obvious ecosystems built up in the IT arena by the major cloud and software companies. However, with blockchain now emer[...]
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7 Blockchain Predictions for 2019
Dec 04, 2018, by NelsonHall AnalystBlockchain has progressed considerably as an emerging technology during 2018. Many of 2017’s PoCs have become deployed commercial solutions as standards have begun to solidify, and with more organizations beginning to explore the potential of distributed ledger architecture and smart contracting. We are still at the very beginning of the lifecycle of this particular technology, and no[...]
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Blue Prism Launches "Blue Prism Digital Exchange" to Accelerate RPA Value Realization
Nov 13, 2018, by NelsonHall AnalystAutomation marketplaces are swiftly becoming a standard offering for leading RPA and intelligent automation providers, and with good cause. Automation is coming of age in the era of the ‘appified’ technology space, one in which tech buyers increasingly expect best practices and new capabilities to be offered on an as-needed, storefront basis. Within the space of a single year, such[...]
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Highlights from IBM & The Weather Company at Red Bull Racing (vlog)
Oct 16, 2018, by Mike SmartMike Smart presents summary highlights from IBM and The Weather Company at Red Bull Racing.[...]
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UiPath’s Go! Automation Marketplace Aims to Accelerate RPA Adoption in Enterprise Clients
Oct 08, 2018, by NelsonHall AnalystUiPath held its 2018 UiPathForward event October 3-4, 2018, in Miami, Florida. The focus of proceedings was the October release of the company’s software and a related trio of major announcements: a new automation marketplace, new investment in partner technology and marketing, and a new academic alliance program. The analyst session included a visit from CEO Daniel Dines an[...]
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Sopra Steria’s Digital Enablers Program: Increased Adoption & AI in Mind
Sep 07, 2018, by Dominique RaviartWhile Sopra Steria may be known for its execution excellence and its investment in delivery industrialization, it had not really invested in creating accelerators and IP. Then, early last year it launched its Digital Enablers program with accelerators in mind. The company followed a slightly different approach to some of its peers in India, and initially focused on providing its d[...]
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7 Process Characteristics That Are Key to Blockchain Adoption
Aug 30, 2018, by NelsonHall AnalystWith the rise of every new technology, there is a parallel rush among enterprises to incorporate it into the near-term IT roadmap, and for good reason: new technologies offer cost savings, CX improvement, better risk management, and a host of other benefits that look terrific in annual reports and quarterly earnings documentation. Nowhere is that trend more prevalent than in block[...]
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IPsoft’s Challenging Vision for Cognitive Automation
Jun 12, 2018, by NelsonHall AnalystI recently attended IPsoft’s Digital Workforce Summit in New York City, an intriguing event that in some ways represented a microcosm of the challenges clients are experiencing in moving from RPA to cognitive automation. The AI challenge Chetan Dube loomed large over proceedings. IPsoft’s president and CEO was onstage more than is common at events of this type, chai[...]
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Tech Mahindra’s Blueprint for Next Gen IT Services
Jun 01, 2018, by Rachael StormonthReaders of the NelsonHall Quarterly Updates on Tech Mahindra over the last two years will be aware of initiatives that have taken place to turn around the LCC business it acquired, and also of recent investments such as a minority stake in Altiostar. This blog looks at some of the other sectors in which Tech Mahindra operates, and at some broad developments around service delivery. [...]
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