Fire your salesmen. Robots can be more persuasive than humans.
“What you’re going to hear is the Google assistant actually calling a real salon to schedule an appointment for you” - — Pichai, Google’s CEO told…
What is the dark data and why should organisations start looking into it?
Since it's halloween 🎃🧛 I decided to bring more light to the subject of dark data. Time to talk about skeletons in the clos.. I meant databases 😈. When…
How software robots will bring humanity back to your work
Business Automation has emerged as a significant tool for organisations in recent years. The technology is growing and evolving constantly and it’s certainly…
Area4: What gets measured gets improved
It's a cliche for a reason. The new year's resolutions. The "I know I should be drinking less". "I know I should be writing my morning journal". It rarely comes…
Area4: A peculiar danger of automation
You might think that automation is always good. You might even think that the more automation the better. I don't blame you. I used to think that too. As I…
Area4: The Human factor
The big elephant in the room is the human element of automation. I have alluded to my stance on that in the previous posts but I wanted to dedicate a whole article…
Area4: Data Analytics in a Restaurant
This is a story we usually encounter: A company gathers vasts amounts of data, but then it just sits there and gathers dust. Usually, the main culprit is fragmentation.…
Area4: The Pharma Case
The big ol' Pharma. My friend works in the above-mentioned industry. It seemed to me they have it all figured out. They are at the bleeding (no pun intended) edge.…
Area4: Be present
When diving into automation for your company don't live in the future, live in the present. Whilst the promise of this autonomous future seems incredible, the true…
Area4: The robots
Ah! This was inevitable. When I talk to regular people about automation they picture (I picture, they picture) huge assembly lines with welding robots. You can't…
Area4: Equity Trader
Big companies look for big projects. Their automation solutions are always huge rollouts with multi-million $$$ invested in the software. Is that the best…
Welcome to Area4: Improvement
People get crazy about the newest research into AI and humanoid robots that will automate their jobs away. To me, the more exciting prospect is fixing the small…
What Is The Real Difference Between Automation And AI?
The terms Artificial Intelligence and Automation are often used interchangeably. They’re are associated with software or physical robots and other machines…
Enter RPA: The Era Of Meaningful Work
As AI and cognitive automation technologies have been developing with increasing speed, it comes at no surprise that we wonder about AI and robotics’ impact…
Why RPA Implementations Fail?
Robotic Process Automation hype is at an all-time high, having turned into one of the fastest growing technologies of recent years. According to a survey…
Want Smooth RPA Implementation? Look At Proof Of Value - Not Proof Of Concept.
The growing amount of data and the pace of digital technologies development means that the existing structure of companies stop to be effective. Many companies…