LONDON and AUSTIN, Texas, May 22,
2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Prism (AIM: PRSM), a leading
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) provider, today announced that it
has been selected to provide access to Microsoft's cutting-edge AI
technologies, expertise, advice and support as the company
incorporates Microsoft AI into its Digital Workforce.
As part of this ongoing collaboration, Blue Prism is now the
only RPA vendor to achieve both Microsoft Gold Certified partner
status as well as offer a certified cloud reference architecture
for Microsoft Azure. Microsoft also won a Blue Prism Global Reach
Award for helping drive automation with global enterprise and
government clients looking to streamline operations and increase
productivity.
Since last October, both companies have continued to work
closely not only on product integration but also on joint marketing
and sales efforts. As a result, global customers like Mashreq Bank,
Npower and Telefonica O2 are utilizing Blue Prism's Digital
Workforce while taking advantage of native access to Microsoft
Cognitive Services and the Microsoft AI Platform.
"Our customers are looking beyond the automation of work
processes. They are looking to deploy a digital workforce that can
easily integrate with their other best-in-breed AI and cognitive
solutions," said Alastair Bathgate,
CEO, Blue Prism. "Being selected by Microsoft helps enable this
vision by providing everyone with unprecedented access and
flexibility to the latest automation capabilities, while ensuring
that it is done in a sustainable, scalable way. Our digital
workforce when coupled with the Microsoft AI Platform and Microsoft
Cognitive Services delivers an innovation breakthrough."
Blue Prism complements the workplace with an elastic,
multi-faceted and multi-talented digital workforce, helping
organizations automate and scale business processes via AI, machine
learning, intelligent automation and sentiment analysis. The
Digital Workforce Platform eliminates vendor lock-in by providing
access to the best of breed AI technologies and Intelligent
Automation skills through Blue Prism's Technology Alliance Program
(TAP) that transforms how organizations can leverage technology to
deliver true operational agility.
"Blue Prism and Microsoft continue to be at the forefront of
innovations driving intelligent automation," said Holly Muscolino, Research VP, Content
Technologies and Document Workflow at IDC. "This relationship is
more than enabling and embedding technology—it covers a broader
go-to-market strategy which will see RPA play an even greater role
in driving digital transformations. It can deliver real and
tangible business benefits of AI and machine learning driving
automation which enterprise users can take advantage of now."
Janet Lewis, vice president of
Worldwide Financial Services at Microsoft said, "Today's
enterprises are always looking for new ways to make their
operations faster, more secure and more efficient—which is what
drives them to seek out cloud and automation solutions. Working
with Blue Prism to bring their best-in-class software robots to the
cloud not only delivers on that promise but enables enterprises to
truly realize the digital transformation they're working
toward."
Blue Prism continues to win awards and industry accolades
including a Silver Stevie® Award in the Most Innovative Tech
Company category. The company was also named one of MIT Tech
Review's 50 Smartest Companies, as well as the winner of the 2017
UK Tech awards last year, and acknowledged by Everest Research as
an RPA market leader in their PEAK Matrix Assessment report for
2018.
About Blue Prism
As the pioneer, innovator and market
leader in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Blue Prism delivers the
world's most successful Digital Workforce. The company's software
robots automate repetitive administrative tasks while meeting the
requirements of the most demanding IT environments, where security,
compliance and scalability are paramount.
Blue Prism provides a scalable and robust execution platform for
best-of-breed AI and cognitive technologies and has emerged as the
trusted and secure RPA platform of choice for the Fortune
500. Billions of transactions and hundreds of millions of hours
of work are executed on Blue Prism robots from renowned companies
including Aegon, BNY Mellon, Coca-Cola, Commerzbank, IBM, ING,
Maersk, Nokia, Nordea, Procter & Gamble, Raiffeisen Bank,
Siemens, Westpac and Zurich. For
more information about Blue Prism (AIM: PRSM),
visit www.blueprism.com and follow the company
on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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