2# Automation Mag: Roboyo on Shoppingspree, Gartner Hype Cycle, a ton of Knowledge and Barney Stinson!
Here we go with the second edition of the Automation Mag!
Your personal oasis where you can get the latest gossip and news from the world of process automation, digitalization and all related topics.?
In this new edition of the Automation Mag, you'll find news about Roboyo's latest shopping spree and Gartner's AI Hype Cycle report. We've also brought you a bunch of brain snacks to keep you busy next week.
To leave a little surprise, we'll leave the rest for you to figure out on your own.
Just a hint: Barney Stinson will be involved.
Now have fun and don't forget to leave feedback in the comments ??
What to expect in this MAG
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Find out what the world of?process automation, digitization, and artificial intelligence has been up to lately.
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1# Roboyo on Shopping Spree: Acquires WeMake and Lean Consulting ??
Roboyo Group, founded 2016 in Germany and the largest company for professional services for Hyperautomation on this (still) beautiful blue globe, continues to expand its European presence by acquiring British Lean Consulting and Portuguese WeMake.
Lean Consulting serves more the traditional consulting front, but with a strong focus on process automation. The British Company will strengthen Roboyo with a number of experienced consulting, training and automation specialists.
WeMake, on the other hand, is a leader in business process management (BPM), custom software development, cybersecurity and digital transformation and therefore a more interesting part of the latest shopping spree.
"We are very excited to partner with WeMake! As an industry leader in the implementation of BPM solutions, cybersecurity and IMS, the addition of WeMake to the group will not only strengthen our presence in the hyper-automation space, but also expand our geographic footprint in terms of talent and customers in Portugal and beyond."
Nicolas Hess, Founder and CEO?of Roboyo
Both acquisitions will strengthen and increase the company's global presence to over 500 employees in 20 cities in 13 countries and 3 continents.
If you are interested in the history of Roboyo and its founders Nicolas Hess, Christian Voigt, Sven Manutiu, you can take a look at this (very polished??) marketing video:
Which company would perfectly fit on Roboyos future shopping list? Leave it in the comments! ??
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2# Gartner Report: Hype Cycle for Artificial Intelligence
The ever-popular Gartner has once again released a new report on Artificial Intelligence. More precisely, the Hype Cycle of Artificial Intelligence.?
It?features “must-know” innovations expected to drive extensive benefits to any organization and ranks current AI topics, such as Natural Language Processing (NLP) or Deep Learning (DL), on their way to productivity maturity.
These Topics fall into four categories:
(for more information regarding each category click the link below the infographic)
Do you agree with Gartner, when it comes to the time the plateau of productivity is reached for every technology?
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Have you heard about the Bots & People Automation Podcast? ??
In our podcast, you can expect what your automation heart desires in two different formats every week: Automation Talk and Automation Insider!
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#AutomationTalk: What mindset is a must for successful automation? How does good business process management work? What impact can RPA have and how do you successfully implement RPA?
You can find the answers to these questions, among others, in our Automation Talks.
Get exclusive insights by interesting personalities from different industries and companies into the automation initiatives of large companies.
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#AutomationInsider: The rumor mill is bubbling! In this format, automation experts Nico Bitzer, CEO of BOTS & PEOPLE, and Andreas Zehent, Senior Director Business Transformation at SAP, discuss the hottest news in process automation, digitization, and new work. Listen in and always be up to date!
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Time is precious! That's why we've put together the three most interesting posts of the last few weeks. Read on!
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1# Ian Barkin: What is RPA (in 90 seconds)
Ian Barkin is doing the Ethan Hunt and attempts Mission Impossible by explaining RPA in 90 seconds.
See for yourself if he has succeeded:
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2# Pedro Berrocoso: Pushing ?? through the CoE learning curve
Pedro's post deals with the implementation of Process Automation, the transition to a Center of Excellence and what a CoE leader should be aware of the whole time.
(EDIT: The original image source: Ralph Aboujaoude Diaz)
"When the hype hits reality hard, you know that there is no shortcut to awareness, experience and mastery."
Pedro Berrocoso
See what else Pedro has to say about it:
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3# Bots & People: "How long does it take to automate a process, starting from the first idea phase to employment?" ??
Yeah, we also post stuff sometimes! ??
This time we posted an interesting snippet out of our last event "Homemade Automation: A Field Report" with Carsten Langhammer, Head of Competence Center RPA at Gothaer.
If you want to know how long Carsten and his team work on an automation project from start to finish (and why he is so happy about it):
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Here are some Brain Snacks to deepen your knowledge. Enjoy your meal! ??
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1# IA Simplified: Robotic Operating Model (ROM) with Alexander Hübel
Alexander Hübel is Head of Automation & AI at Turbotic. Together with Tolani Jaiye-Tikolo they discuss the Robotic Operating Model (ROM), which is Blue Prisms "approach to successfully delivering maximum business benefit through the scaled deployment of Robotic Process Automation."
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2# Andreas Zehent: "Business Process Transformation (BPT) - defined"
Andreas Zehent is working as a Senior Director of Strategic Customer Transformation at SAP and also a lecturer at the Bots & People Automation Academy for the topics Automation Strategy, Automation Mindest, Digital Lean and Human-Centered Transformation.
You don't know what Business Process Transformation (BPT) is?
If you want to know more about this human-centered automation approach, just read Andreas's article:
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3# eBook: What Makes Automation Work Everywhere?
Ever wondered what other people think? Now you have the chance to read minds! ??
We would like to introduce you to an interesting eBook recently published by the PATeam in partnership with Automation Anywhere.
Here you can dive into the minds of five different experts from the automation industry and learn what they think about the question "What makes automation work everywhere?".
And you know what?
Just like Kevin Costner in Bodyguard, we threw ourselves in front of the form and left our data there so that you wouldn't have to.
Now have fun with it. We almost died for you!
Was our sacrifice worth it? Tell us in the comments! ??
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4# Tool Comparison: One Process automated with two different tools
Alisa Kliuchnikava automated the same process of automatically generating invoices through an API request within two different tools.
# UiPath ??
# Power Automate Desktop ??
Which tool do you prefer? Let us know!
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Life is too short to take it seriously. Have a laugh! ??
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1# Video: AI makes a music video with (very) trippy results!
YouTuber DoodleChaos utilized the artificial intelligence of VQGAN + CLIP and Disco Diffusion V5.2 Turbo to create a music video based on the song Canvas by Resonate.
The result looks like the ayahuasca trip of a Berlin hipster on a South American trip.
And that's something we definitely don't want to deprive you of:
For a more detailed explanation of how DoodleChaos achieved this (it's not just putting some audio into a tool and everything else is magic), please click on the video and read the additional information below.
We are very curious to see what else we will hear about AI and Co. in the near future!
Do you have other similarly mind-blowing combinations of AI and art to share?
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2# Slider: What would Barney Stinson think about Process Automation
Barney Stinson and Process Automation. This will be LEGEN…wait for it…DARY ??
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3# Video: Charlie Chaplin and Automation
Charlie Chaplin was a master of comedy. Check out this short video of him to see that you're not the only one who sometimes struggles with automation ??
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1# IA Simplified ep #7 - Building an IDP business case as a mid-sized business
This is the second time we mention IA Simplified today, but it's just a really good source of interesting topics and conversations regarding AI and Process Automation.
This time's guest, Kalle Raita, the founder of Digisalix, will bring some insights about building an Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) business case as a mid-sized business.
When will the online event start?
Fr, 23. Sept. 2022, 14:00 (CET)
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Deep Opinion is also doing an online event with focus on Intelligent Automation:
"This Summit is a hands-on community event with 6 speakers with years of experience in the field of Intelligent Automation."
These are some of the speakers you can meet there:
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