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Robotic Process Automation (RPA): Disrupting Humans with Algorithms

By Dick Weisinger

Robotic process automation (RPA) is the use of software and hardware robots to perform jobs normally done by humans, like data entry. RPA typically is used to refer to tasks which go beyond standard automation and also the ability to…

Algorithmic Management: Algorithms That Can Manage People

By Dick Weisinger

Algorithmic management is is a system where algorithms rather than humans decide how business operations should be performed. Charles Schwab and Uber are two companies that are already experimenting with the use of algorithmic decision making. Uber’s app, for example,…

Document Capture: Turning Paper Documents into Searchable Data

By Dick Weisinger

Despite the rise of electronic documents, paper and paper-based processes in businesses are still common. Document capture, the scanning of paper documents into electronically viewable images, can bring paper documents into electronic workflows.  Why is that important? There are many…

Big Data Trends: Expect 2017 to be Even Bigger

By Dick Weisinger

Fast Growth in Adoption Adoption of Big Data is expected only to grow. IDC predicts that the Big Data market will grow at a rate of 11.3 percent annually.  Other data-intensive technologies, like IoT, will also continue to accelerate the demand…

Cloud Computing: Number of Cloud Applications to Surpass On-Premise in 2017

By Dick Weisinger

IDG recently released a report of their survey on cloud computing which provides more data points to document the rapid adoption of cloud computing across global businesses. US businesses on average are budgeting $1.77 million for the cloud in 2017…