Low Down on Low-Code – Details, episodes & analysis

In this conversation, Dave Marcus and Francis Carden interview Prince Kohli, the CTO of Automation Anywhere. They discuss the evolution of RPA and AI in the automation industry, the differentiation of Automation Anywhere in a crowded market, and the value proposition of their platform. They also touch on the competition and partnership with Microsoft and the importance of delivering measurable business outcomes to customers. The conversation highlights the focus on AI agents, process orchestration, and solution accelerators as key areas of investment for Automation Anywhere.

Takeaways

• Automation Anywhere has evolved from traditional RPA to Gen 3 automation, which combines RPA with machine learning and AI.
• Their platform focuses on AI agents, process orchestration, and solution accelerators to deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Automation Anywhere competes with Microsoft in the automation space but differentiates itself by providing enterprise-level automation solutions.
• The convergence of marketing terms and the complexity of the automation market can confuse customers, but the focus should be on solving specific business problems.
• Customers value the ability to quickly deploy automation solutions and see tangible results, which Automation Anywhere enables through their platform.

  
  

Shell's Paul Kobylanski is back for a second episode of Low Down on Low-Code with John Rymer and Rob Koplowitz. Shell has unleashed 4000 business people to drive business optimization in an extremely complex, sophisticated and risk averse environment. Paul takes us through Shell's strategy to engage and energize the business to drive better business outcomes. Paul then takes us through Shell's governance program that allows Shell to unleash innovation while maintaining Shell's "resolute focus on safety".

In this week's Low Down on Low-Code, Dave Marcus and Rob Koplowitz are joined by Don Schuerman of Pegasystems. Don joins right on the heels of PegaWorld Inspire '24 and covers a wide range of topics from the 2024 World Champion Boston Celtics, to how his early days in stand-up comedy helped his career and then deep dives into Pega's AI strategy with particular emphasis on Pega Blueprint. At Analysis.tech, we're excited by the potential of Pega Blueprint and will be diving in deeper as we build out out AI in low-code and DPA research in the near future. 

At Analysis.tech we've been exploring low-code's role in driving business optimization. In this week's Low Down on Low-Code we dive into the role of the empowered business user in driving change, And, not all roads lead to the citizen developer. Rob and John dive into a real world case study of an optimization champion driving process effectiveness in marketing, featuring Sarah Koplowitz! 

In this week's Low Down on Low-Code, John Rymer and Andy Bartels welcome Clay Richardson, CEO and Founder of Digital FastForward and co-inventor of the term "Low-Code". They discuss how to accelerate time to value and effectiveness in addition to efficiency. 

In this week's Low Down on Low-Code Rob and Ryan are joined by author Phil Simon. Phil has written extensively on empowering the enterprise user with technology and takes a deep dive into his latest two books, Low-Code/No-Code: Citizen Developers and the Surprising Future of Business Applications and The Nine: The Tectonic Forces Reshaping the Workplace. 

In this week's Low Down on Low-Code podcast, Rob and John welcome Francis Carden (many know him as the Godfather of RPA). Francis was the founder of OpenSpan, an RPA pioneer, which he sold to Pega in 2016. He currently runs Automation Den and brings a deep and insightful perspective as he weaves us through 4GL's to RPA to his current passion, low-code. Francis helps us to understand low-code not as faster way to develop, but as a transformative force in the enterprise. 

In EP14 of Low Down on Low-Code Dave Marcus and Rob are joined by Rudy Kuhn, Lead Transformation Evangelist with Celonis. Rudy dives into the history of process mining and provides great insights into the critical role it plays in driving low-code initiatives. Rudy's history and perspective in this topic are legendary and we're so excited to have him on. 

In EP13 of Low Down on Low-Code, Rob and Ryan welcome Dave Marcus for a conversation on RPA in the enterprise. Dave brings unique insights to RPA, DPA and low-code through his history with Microsoft, K2 and most recently UiPath. The discussion hits on where and when to use RPA versus other tools and where the vendors will go with regard to integrating and extending offerings to create the most comprehensive automation strategies to support your enterprise requirements. 

In EP12 of Low Down on Low-Code Ryan and Rob welcome Jakob Freund, CEO and co-founder of Camunda. Jakob, Ryan and Rob dive into the critical need for orchestration in driving an enterprise automation strategy and a host of other topics. Jakob brings a unique and deeply knowledgable perspective, not only on process automation and orchestration, but on the automation imperative most organizations currently face. Stay until the end when Jakob gives his vision for AI in the world of automation.