SAN JOSE, Calif., June 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Automation
Anywhere, a global leader in robotic process automation (RPA),
today announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft that will
help thousands of enterprises of all sizes across multiple
industries improve business processes through automation.
Customers will now be able to access Automation Anywhere bots
from Microsoft Azure to help manage large, unstructured datasets,
decrease time-to-market and lower operating costs.
The expanded relationship is anchored in a strategic product
collaboration leveraging Automation Anywhere's RPA platform and
Azure that will enable joint product integration, co-selling and
joint marketing between the two companies to benefit mutual
customers. A multi-million-dollar investment by Automation Anywhere
will help to advance the adoption of RPA and provide
a scalable, secure and reliable way to manage customer
migrations to the cloud for companies globally.
Automation Anywhere has also selected Azure as its preferred
cloud provider enabling mutual customers to have access to
automation technology from anywhere, at any time and for any user.
Organizations can host Automation Anywhere's RPA platform on Azure,
on-premises, in a public or private cloud to help drive
productivity, increase innovation and boost ROI.
Automation Anywhere pioneered the concept of an intelligent
digital workforce, which leverages software bots that work
side-by-side with employees to automate repetitive tasks and
processes – liberating people to focus on higher level business
initiatives that only humans can do.
Combining sophisticated RPA, AI and embedded analytic
technologies, Automation Anywhere customers span continents and
industries, including 90 percent of the world's top healthcare
companies, 85 percent of the world's top technology companies, more
than 85 percent of the world's top banks and financial services
companies, and 80 percent of the world's top telecommunications
companies.
This collaboration will also enable mutual customers to:
- Leverage software bots to automate complex business processes
and provide deep integrated capabilities with Microsoft products,
including Microsoft Power Platform, with a single click enabling
increased speed and ease of use.
- Leverage the award-winning Automation Anywhere Bot Store – the
industry's first online market for preconfigured downloadable RPA
bots – which will feature new Microsoft-enabled bots and Digital
Workers, in addition to more than 60 Microsoft-specific bots
already on the platform.
- Access Automation Anywhere products on the Azure Marketplace
beginning next quarter. This version is optimized for the Azure
environment and includes the Express Install feature for fast, easy
installation and deployment.
- Deploy Automation Anywhere's Express Install feature to help
facilitate, simplify and expedite RPA in the cloud and quickly
creating requisite Virtual Machine (VM) and SQL environments.
Supporting Quotes
Frank Della Rosa, IDC Research
Director, SaaS and cloud software:
"Cloud computing provides the foundation on which to build a
digital enterprise. Digital enterprises rely on innovation
accelerators like AI-enabled automation to increase agility and
disrupt markets. The combination of Automation Anywhere and
Microsoft Azure creates an intelligent digital workplace,
where software bots operate with maximum efficiency and accuracy
enabling enterprises to unlock the value of
intelligent automation in the cloud."
John Cottongim, Director of
Automation, Mars:
"Leveraging Automation Anywhere in combination with Microsoft
Azure's Infrastructure-as-a-service and cognitive capabilities
allows Mars to move with speed to deliver greater business value
and improved customer experience across our organization."
Alysa Taylor, Corporate
Vice President, Cloud and Business Microsoft Business
Applications and Industry:
"Digital transformation has revolutionized the modern office.
Microsoft is one of the leaders of this revolution, and we're
excited to partner with Automation Anywhere as they take digital
office technology to the next level. Automation Anywhere's vision
aligns with ours, which is to infuse data and intelligence into all
of its products, applications, services and experiences."
Mihir Shukla, CEO and
co-founder, Automation Anywhere:
"Organizations are seeing the multiple benefits of RPA –
allowing companies to become more efficient, reducing costs through
automation and freeing up employees to focus on what they do best –
to be creative and innovate. Our expanded relationship with
Microsoft will help more businesses achieve these advantages much
faster."
Microsoft will feature Automation Anywhere's automation products
in its Executive Briefing Centers (EBCs), around the globe. This
will allow customers to see hands-on demonstrations of Microsoft
products as they are enabled by Automation Anywhere technology.
Interact with Automation Anywhere:
- Visit our website: www.automationanywhere.com
- Check out our monthly webinar series BotVisions:
https://www.automationanywhere.com/company/webinars
- Follow us on Twitter: @AutomationAnywh
- Connect with us on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/automation-anywhere
About Automation Anywhere
Automation Anywhere is a leader in Robotic Process Automation
(RPA), the platform on which the world's leading organizations
build world-class Intelligent Digital Workforces. Automation
Anywhere's enterprise-grade platform uses software bots that work
side by side with people to do much of the repetitive work in many
industries. It combines sophisticated RPA, cognitive and embedded
analytic technologies. More than 2,800 customer entities and
1,600 enterprise brands use this AI-enabled solution to manage
and scale business processes faster, with near-zero error rates,
while dramatically reducing operational costs. Automation Anywhere
provides automation technology to leading financial services,
insurance, healthcare, technology, manufacturing, telecom and
logistics companies globally. For additional information, visit
www.automationanywhere.com.
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