ARMONK, N.Y. and AUSTIN,
Texas and LONDON, Dec. 13,
2017 /PRNewswire/ -- As businesses increasingly recognize
the opportunity to increase productivity, improve customer
experiences and deliver new products and services through
intelligent automation, Blue Prism (AIM: PRSM) and IBM (NYSE: IBM)
have joined forces to deliver a secure, scalable and easy-to-use
Digital Workforce for enterprises worldwide, such as Walgreens.
IBM has been working with Blue Prism to drive a digital
transformation strategy for customers. Clients across a range
of industry segments are utilizing Blue Prism to drive innovation
and improve overall customer service. Walgreens, for example, is
now using robotic processing automation (RPA) to support its HR
function, which meets the company's high standards of security and
governance while allowing employees to put more focus on their
customers and patients.
With an enterprise-wide automation offering from IBM and Blue
Prism, organizations can help scale and manage workloads with ease
while freeing up existing employees to spend more time on strategic
tasks. This results in businesses having more time to focus on
improving customer engagement, innovation and accelerating
transformation within the business.
"Clients often begin by seeking cost reductions through
automation, but quickly see the opportunity to be more agile and
focus on growing the top line," said Gene
Chao, Vice President, IBM Automation, IBM Global Business
Services. "Blue Prism's RPA software combined with IBM services
delivers on the promise of a truly intelligent and digitally
orchestrated model that increases productivity and enables
automation at scale."
"Blue Prism is now able to leverage IBM's broad services and
cognitive capabilities with our Digital Workforce," said
Alastair Bathgate, CEO, Blue Prism.
"Collaborating together we've seen great customer adoption from
enterprises looking to leverage the latest automation and cognitive
capabilities. Together we're delivering an unbeatable value
proposition across a broad range of industries, and we're just
getting started."
IBM has been working for three years deploying Blue Prism
software robots in its own cost saving initiatives in application
and infrastructure outsourcing, as well as transforming internal
operations. Together IBM and Blue Prism have completed
multiple client contracts across the Americas, Europe and Asia
Pacific.
Blue Prism's Operating System for the Digital Workforce
incorporates investments in over a decade of software development
and includes insights from more than 450+ global enterprise
customers. These include leading Fortune 500 companies in
highly regulated industries, including finance, insurance,
utilities, telecom, healthcare, retail and manufacturing. An RPA
pioneer & industry leader, Blue Prism pioneered the Digital
Workforce Operating System, invented the term RPA in 2012 and was
recently acknowledged by MIT Technology Review as one of the 50
smartest companies globally.
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, 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.
About IBM
IBM Global Business Services
consultants help organizations create new sources of value,
digitally reinvent operations for greater efficiency and drive
growth. For more information visit
https://www-935.ibm.com/services/automation/
Media Contact
Jeannine
Kilbride
IBM
Mobile: +1-860-997-6277
jkilbri@us.ibm.com
Andre Fuochi
Blue Prism
Mobile: +1-469-394-7274
andre.fuochi@blueprism.com
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