What is Hyper Automation ?

Hyper Automation is an "End-to-End automation beyond Robotic Process Automation (RPA) by combining complementary technologies like Low Code RPA, Packaged AI Tools , Low-Code application platforms (LCAPs),Workflow engines, Conversational AI to augment business processes and augment humans". Hyper Automation is at the top of 10 strategic emerging technology trends of 2020.

In addition to extending across a range of tools, Hyper Automation also refers to the sophistication, or steps, of automation (i.e., discover, analyze, design, automate, measure, monitor, reassess.)

How Microsoft Power Platform aligns to Hyper Automation

The Microsoft Power Platform perfectly aligns with the emerging need for Hyper Automation, and Microsoft Power Automate serves as the critical automation service supporting an organization’s push for Hyper Automation. Power Automate and Power Platform can help enterprise architects define an automation strategy, leverage Digital Ops, and augment their business with AI.

The Microsoft Power Platform is a DigitalOps platform. The platform enables anyone in your organization to leverage the benefits of business intelligence and data visualization, low-code application development, seamless automation, and conversational AI

The advantage of Power Automate compared to other automation services is that by design, Power Automate is built for integration to a broader ecosystem of services that leverage automation as one element of a more expansive set of aptitudes. This means your organization has a head start on digital transformation and Hyper Automation by choosing Power Automate and the Power Platform.

With the launch of RPA capabilities, Power Automate(UI Flow) can now automate processes across data from non-API based applications with data from programmatic API-based services whether that data resides on-premises or in the cloud. Power Automate natively integrates with Microsoft Azure, Dynamics 365, and Microsoft 365, offering seamless automation for tools offering powerful compute and cognitive services, enterprise resources planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and productivity. Beyond the Microsoft ecosystem, we have over 300 connectors that enable automation for widely used enterprise applications. 

Hyper Automation Competitors in Market

• Microsoft Power Platform
• Pega System provides integrated BPM & RPA solutions
• Appian-low code app vendor partnered with Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism & UIPath
• Oracle have partnered with multiple RPA Vendors

Reference Materials

https://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/gartner-top-10-strategic-technology-trends-for-2020/

https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/digitally-transform-your-enterprise-with-microsoft-power-automate/

https://www.leapwork.com/blog/hyperautomation-what-why-how