The word transformation comes from two Latin words: tradere means “to change” and consultantsire means “to change or strengthen”. Technology propelled the word from one dimension to the other to meet increasing demands from the marketplace. Technology-enabled firms to increase their business by the very......
Robotic Process Automation is a brainchild of Dr.iousProject Inc. The company is known for being one of the first to release of robotic options to the enterprise, and for having one of the first VR tools that made multiaxed 3D world a reality. Now, they......
What is the key benefit of utilizing digital transformation? This would be the question that I would pose to important leaders within various industries. Having been successful in different industries from construction, to pharmaceuticals, and to consumer products the industry in which I have worked......
The business world is getting more and more isolated. Unlike generations ago, today’s business leaders have NO IDEA how their customers are interacting with their brands, vendors, and other organizations across the Internet. This disconnect deals many a time with unhappy customers. As technologies advance......
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is not a new concept, it has been around since the 1960’s. Robotic Applications, developed at the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), are composed of a series of small robots working in conjunction with humans. These systems are capable of performing......
When initializing a digital business transformation based on business trends and research it is vital to understand the underlying motivations and ethics behind each category. Most processes are fairly well defined with specific business drivers, actions, and best practices. But do your processes cover up......
If you are reading this and thinking”I already know that!,”then allow me to remind you of the phrase that started this post. The ultimate goal in any of my work is to create customer evangelists, people who advocate for the brands that are “good for......
Of late, I have been thinking about digital transformation. Looking at the current methods of change and the lack of adequate communication. I have been thinking about the difference between a business process and a process. You have to look at having customers make the......
Are you still waiting for customers to choose your product? Customer service will follow. Customers don’t choose your product. Your product did not choose them. Trends in customer service – Digital transformation change how consumers interact with your brand and may soon change the nature......
Digital transformation can occur on a variety of exciting platforms. It’s about using smart technologies to meet the dynamic needs of external customers, as well as to adapt to internal needs, for a business that has not been disrupted by trends. Using a single data......
Digital Transformation: Leveraging the Business in the Digital Age Digital transformation is about doing the business you are in, how you do business, how you react to change, how you set a purpose and a direction for your company or team, a bit like getting......
Doing business in the digital age requires a fresh look at direct customer engagement. Undergoing this triple architecture integration process enhances the understanding of the market, operations, and customer management. The new capabilities are not about building a new IT infrastructure. They demand a new......
The relationship between the customer and your company is shifting, and new competitors are emerging quickly. Whether your company moves to a more digital form of business, an online-based business, or an information-based business, digital transformation promises to deliver better service, increased sales, and increased......
An introduction to ROA and its open-source applications: RPA is currently used by many Fortune 500 companies and is in the process of entering the mainstream of many more Fortune 500 companies. At present, ROA has been co-designed by Microsoft and Sun Microsystems, with over......
This software was developed as an afterthought for automating information flow, but now when people look at various areas, they are looking at how they can implement robotic patterns as far as collecting information is concerned. People are trying to “conquer” the piece submission odds,......
RPA is a generic term for automation of operations that involves using robots and/or automation systems. I know you are wondering why anyone would use this term when the act of manually keying in data is slower than the automated version. The main reason is......
Robotic process automation is often called RPA due to its adoption of human processes when the latter is highly automated. Robotic process control (RPC) software can be part of RPA but is not defined as the same thing. Other applications, or toolboxes, in their cases,......
Outsourcing is a common term and a tautology. Do not confuse it with technology transfers overseas, when the outsourcing organization transfers a production center to an offshore outsourcing organization to benefit in cost reduction. Outsourcing is similar in nature yet more organized. So it reduces......
Do you really need a developer to code for you? Until now, this has been an absurd question to ask. If a developer should not make your code, who should? However, as you are about to read, things change… There are obviously many trends in......
Implementing a Robotics solution will have more impact on your IT and your ability to adapt to new business requirements than you might expect. This article will tell you the consequences of implementing an RPA solution that the process consultants and RPA experts are not......
Process automation has always been a popular term, and the needs of business users have met the demands of automation for the short term and long term. But, with time, no one can keep up with the changes in the industrial workflow because tasks are......
I recently read a book, “rosc reconstructing yet another system built in a similar way using a more rational approach. This same approach can be used with robotics. Further, suppose we need to optimize our processes. In that case, we will need a tool for......
Robot Process Automation(RPA) is defined as the specific learned manipulation capabilities of an aronic login procedural processor. It is specifically a high-level programming concept used to automate the logic manipulation tasks in all ElectronicIntegrated circuits(EIC). It is defined based on the SOA architecture of the......
I am sure you all know what robotics is, and you have seen the reduced man on the moon. We are going to discuss this topic in detail. Of course, you may wait and see if you have enough time to get informed, and if......
Does a business plan, strategic plan and business plans need to be unique, to be different from the competition are we not being served already by countless other companies? The answers to these questions go to show that we all have business success in common;......
Whether companies like it or not, a transition from ‘olden’ to ‘newer’ (or simply ‘better’) is what they’re doing. But with so many people in their current roles, this type of transition can be anything from awkward for the person doing the ‘old’ to downright......
When you are trying to reinvent and/or re leverage your business on the internet there frequently comes a time when the very business process of new ideas and thinking is just not what your company needs at that moment. When this happens what are you......
Autonomous behavior is becoming important in many fields of science, engineering, and even entertainment. vacations are now possible and people can travel around without having to stay in one place for a whole day. Computers can now decide to move from point A to point......
It is not actually a question as much as a question for discussion – if you do not have a culture that incorporates it. Let me explain how we need to think of transforming our firm. Digital transformation refers to the way our firm views,......
Have you ever considered using or buying conventional RPA products then you know that they are a big investment? They require that you hire a specialist to build your automation. You need to build integrations from your new RPA tool to your existing IT, And......
Most tasks performed in knowledge-intensive companies are solved in small time intervals, typically in less than 30 minutes, and with short deadlines. Many tasks are also characterized by the fact that they are solved in collaboration between several employees and that they require the use......
There can be many reasons why you would like to import Excel into a webpage. This article lets you in on your four best options. It could be that you have started tasks in Excel, and over time they have evolved into a business-critical state.......
This survey lets you know the most time-consuming admin tasks from Sales Managers, Marketers, and four other professions. We all spend a great deal of our working day doing admin tasks. Such tasks are necessary to run our business. But none of them are......
An example of how to create AI value How can AI create real business value? This article gives a real example of how AI can reconfigure how a business could be run. To set the scene for how you can create value with AI, we start with......
One of the hot topics in the automation world is No-code RPA tools. As the name indicates, no-code means that you can configure and create automation processes without code. This idea is intuitively appealing for many reasons. It means you remove one of the biggest......
Know the top 7 AI technologies and their practical business applications and how you can use them to automate different your business. The number of areas using AI is continually increasing. From a commercial perspective, seven AI technologies stand out. They will now be introduced......
This article lets you in on the top four RPA trends 2021: Learn why they can change your business and how to apply them. Four megatrends dominate new solutions in the process automation space: Hyperautomation AI-based automation No-code or low code RPA as a Service......
Some of the latest hyped tools are low-code and no-code. But what does that mean from an RPA perspective? The definitions Let’s start with the definitions. Low-code means that the tool requires very little or very simple coding to make it work. No-code......
RPA tools make it possible to integrate and automate dataflows between two online systems. But can you build and manage RPA tools without coding? RPA tools are great. They make it possible to automate your processes and business flow. So a great idea that has......
There can be many reasons why you would like to paste data from Excel into a business system. It could be because: Your four options Basically, you have four ways of solving such a migration task. We will now give you an overview of......
In this article, we will give your three reasons why you should not use RPA tools to run your business from a strategic perspective. Companies all over the world use RPA to make their business more efficient and see the technology as a core element......
There are three levels of Artificial Intelligence. What is Artificial General Intelligence, you might then ask? The answer is that its level of artificial intelligence that matches human intelligence. So anything that a human can do, AI can do to. This article outlines the consequences......
AI as a technology is projected to move in three phases. This first one is called Artificial Narrow Intelligence. This article presents the concept of this stage and explains what you can expect of the technology at this level. The fact that AI in the first stage......
Artificial Super Intelligence is the last and most advance of three AI development stages. This article lets you know what AI at level could mean. Let’s say we reach the Artificial General Intelligence stage. What happens them? Robots can now do everything we can. But that......
Zapier is a great tool for integrations. But is it still the best? In this article, we benchmark the platform against the five strongest startup alternatives. Millions of people rely on their services to make data flow seamlessly between business systems. This focus has made......
Do you still copy and paste data from Excel into your business systems? There are many situations where it is required to copy Excel data into a business system. The case is almost always the same. Your work starts in Excel, and then at some......
Stop Copy-pasting Excel automation can save you time and make you more efficient. Know the five best tools you can use to automate your business. Excel is one of the world’s most-used business applications in the world. It has been around since 1985, and it......
Does it make sense to talk about the 10 best Zapier alternatives? Zapier is the defacto standard for API integration for small and medium-sized businesses. There are many reasons why this is so. They were the first successful standard API integrator, they have the most......
Cognifirm lets you integrate web-based systems any way you like in 10 minutes or less. That is why we call it Easy RPA. Here is what it means for you. Your digital business Do you feel like 99% of your business runs digital? But......
Should you have an AI Strategy and why should AI have a management focus? Many companies have a set of domain strategies for the various functions of their business. They have a CSR strategy, an environment or a Co2 strategy, and of course, an HR......
We, as a society, will eventually get to a stage where AI applications are widely implemented in our daily life. This will not only change the way we live as persons. Core elements of our society will be disrupted, too, and the forces behind this......
What is AI? This article gives you a non-tech introduction to AI and what it means in layman terms. You will get introduced to the most used types of AI. Everyone has heard of artificial intelligence, but it is probably difficult for many to explain......
This article lets you know what Deep Learning is. And not from a tech perspective. We aim to let you know how you can use the technology to make you better or how you can use it to make things that were not otherwise possible.......
In this article, we review the top 10 reasons why you should have an AI strategy. Artificial intelligence will be such a significant business change driver, that you can’t afford not to have an AI strategy. Everything else will be too unprofessional. The alternative to......
AI has the potential to drive your business to new levels of efficiency. On levels that are beyond the scope of the digital technologies that currently drive Digital Transformations. This article will let you know why that is so, and how it will happen. In......
Will AI take over my job? AI has the potential to replace many jobs, because AI can do tasks more efficient than a human can. This topic will be explored in this article. We will start by talking on the dynamics that make AI better......
Do you know the best ways to get up to date in the world of AI? . We have collected ten great ways to get to know the business side of AI in ten different media categories. So you can find the best way to......
The Future of Artificial intelligence can be difficult to predict. However, there is a roadmap on how the technology that the AI scientist are in agreement of. So, they all see the technology evolves in the same high-level direction. The big point that they are......
What is AI? First, let’s start by defining what artificial intelligence is. The definition I like best is to define artificial intelligence as not human intelligence. So intelligence is made by machines, as opposed to natural intelligence made by humans. One often uses the term......
The knowledge Pyramid and AI The knowledge pyramid can be used to explain why AI is different from IT. Here is how. The fundamental difference is that AI works with knowledge, not data, and the significant differences between knowledge and data are essential. It is much more......
Are you looking for the best AI online courses, but not sure if you have found the right one? This article helps you pick the one that is best for you out of the ten best AI online courses 2021. We all know that AI......
Deep Learning is a technology that can be brought much closer to our everyday lives than conventional IT can. In fact, Deep Learning can predict human behaviour. Here is how. Conventional IT systems are designed as math and logic-based tool. For them to work, they......
How does AI work? AI works by looking for patterns that can explain a given behaviour. The patterns that can describe a user’s behaviour the best arise in a learning process. So you train your AI, you don’t code AI like you do when you......
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Is AI IT? That is a relevant question to ask. At first glance, you could choose to look at AI as a branch of IT. But is that a correct point of view? This article gives you in the information you need to make up......
If you are familiar with the use of Robotics technology, then it will be logical to compare what the Cognifirm Assistant is programmed for and what Robotics is capable of since the common denominator is digitalization and process optimization. However, there are so many differences......
The knowledge Pyramid The knowledge pyramid is also known as the DIKW pyramid, explains the information hierarchy from data to wisdom. It can also be used to understand the difference in perspectives between AI and IT. The conceptual difference between AI and IT is that......
What are the future perspectives of AI? The future of Artificial Intelligence is difficult to predict. But experts have a general idea of the trend it will follow. This article let you know what that most likely will be.. As a manager you, are likely to have......
This article gives you a non-tech introduction to AI and what it means in layman terms. You will get introduced to the most used types of AI. Everyone has heard of artificial intelligence, but it is probably difficult for many to explain what the domain......
From a business point of view, a very relevant question would be to ask: Why makes AI smart? How can it improve the way I run my business? And what exactly makes AI so different from the IT I know and use today? These are......
What are the 10 best AI books? That is an exciting but also tricky question to answer. The reason is that AI is such a broad topic, and this is naturally reflected in the literature. You can get books that let you know how to......
If you depend on how your website users are interacting with it, then working with content analysis will be beneficial. Knowing Socrates’ quote from 2400 years ago about wisdom being in knowing not so much actually knows anything applies here too because knowledge can never......
How can you improve your content if it it’s not engaging? Today, we’re going to be talking about how users interact with the different types of pages on a website and what actions we should take in order for us as marketers or designers, to......
If you want to be successful, it’s important not only for your website users but also those in the real world. The more understanding we have of what customers are interested now on a site and how they behave outside-of-website too will allow us communicate......
The only way a user will visit your site is if they want to interact with the content on it. This means that Content Analytics looks for patterns and trends that can explain how users are interacting within this space, based off one thing: what......
A/B testing is a wonderful tool for marketers, advertisers and business owners alike. The process can be difficult to know the right steps in order capture your audience’s attention with new ads or website designs that will attract more clicks from potential customers than ever......
Do you monitor your competitor’s activities? Do you know when they launch new products when they change their prices? Such information can be vital to position your offerings to market fits. The problem is that it can be a tedious task to do so. You......
If so, then it’s time for you to monitor their price and product changes. With Site Monitor, we make it easy for you to keep an eye on the competition. You know how important it is to keep your prices competitive, but sometimes it can......
Recently, global management consulting advisor McKinsey and Company found that the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to build in 2022. Companies are deriving the most benefits from AI to professionalize or industrialize their capabilities, with additional emphasis on embracing the best practices. Indeed, artificial intelligence can......