{"id":31932,"date":"2019-10-14T04:28:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T08:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cybercon1.com\/?p=31932"},"modified":"2019-10-14T04:28:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T08:28:00","slug":"rpa-basics-what-it-is-benefits-downsides-use-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/14\/rpa-basics-what-it-is-benefits-downsides-use-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"RPA basics: What it is, benefits, downsides, use cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Diann Daniel – <\/a> BOSTON — Robotic process automation<\/strong> is among the most talked-about technologies today. Not understanding what it means in 2019 may feel akin to not knowing what Games of Thrones<\/em> is about or who Taylor Swift is. In truth, you’re not alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here at the IFS World Conference<\/a>, Bob De Caux, VP of AI and RPA at IFS, clears up the confusion around robotic process automation and explains RPA basics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How would you define robotic process automation?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob De Caux: Robotic process automation<\/strong> is [metaphorically] a software robot sitting in front of your computer, seeing everything a human would and interacting with the screen in the way that a human would. It’s not intelligent — you tell it what to do, and it performs those [rules-based, repetitive] tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are some examples of robotic process automation?<\/strong> Read On: <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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