IBM makes its RPA move, acquires WDG Automation The trend of large enterprise vendors acquiring smaller robotics process automation firms continues.

Robotic process automation will evolve as organizations marry agentic AI to the older technology to remake business processes.

IBM said Wednesday it is acquiring WDG Automation, a Brazilian firm that specializes in robotic process automation, or RPA, which allows companies to automate common, repetitive computer tasks.

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IBM’s acquisition of WDG comes in a time when the RPA market’s biggest players are seeing surging demand for their software.

RPA reduced the processing time for a terabyte of data from two months to one day. CBP went through DHS’ First Source contract vehicle for the IBM RPA solution.

IBM updates Cloud Paks for data, automation with RPA tools, industry accelerators IBM's Cloud Paks integrate data, AI and Red Hat OpenShift for hybrid deployments.

The RPA (robotic process automation) market is growing at twice the pace of the overall global software market.

As providers have started to use RPA tools, I've observed examples of outcomes posted by companies that provide RPA in healthcare, such as IBM, New Dawn Robotics and Telus International.

IBM RPA, part of IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation, will enable Telecom Egypt’s engineers and IT operators to track the network’s operating capacity and service quality across Egypt.