Enterprise Applications

Microsoft has released Common Data Service (CDS) for Power Apps, Flow and Power BI. This Common Data service was the missing piece in Microsoft’s vision in connecting data with modern workplace apps in Office 365. This new feature will make end-to-end applications building accessible to a whole new range of more business-minded people, further helping to bridge the gap that has always existed between IT and business.

Digital Knowledge Management (DKM) developer Yext, Inc. has announced the launch of Yext Brain.

SAP SE  has acquired Contextor SAS, a European robotic process automation (RPA) firm to help accelerate the development and expansion of its SAP Leonardo Machine Learning portfolio.

Blue Prism has joined the party by launching its own Robotics Process Automation (RPA) “app store” - its new Digital Exchange (DX) – following similar announcements from competitors Automation Anywhere and UiPath in 2018.

Australian technology and data management business Database Consultants Australia (DCA) has acquired Tenix Solutions a provider of compliance management, digital platforms, infringement processing and collections services for government enterprises and private sector organisations.

Services organizations have been using transmittal workflows for years. The process consists of collecting multiple documents — some contractual, some operational and some informational — and attaching a summary cover sheet to create a deliverable package. This package, which can be delivered either by courier, mail or fax, today is mostly sent by email.

Two Australian hospitals have been officially recognised as the first hospitals to adopt the highest international standards of digital health at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) AsiaPac18 Conference and Exhibition. St Stephen’s Hospital Hervey Bay (UnitingCare) and The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne are being accredited as Stage 7 – the most advanced stage of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM).

As organisations have become more sophisticated in their quest for productivity and competitiveness, they have increasingly realised that the quality and loyalty of their employees is one of the most important factors. Managing HR processes and compliance requirements effectively can take valuable time and resources away from strategic initiatives, so it’s essential for businesses to streamline and automate HR processes wherever possible, according to M-Files.

ABBYY FlexiCapture Connector is now available for the UiPath robotic process automation (RPA) platform via the newly launched marketplace, UiPath Go!. This enables RPA developers, line-of-business users and partners to instantly have the power of ABBYY’s enterprise-level intelligent capture integrated directly within a UiPath robotic process flow. Additionally, ABBYY was selected by UiPath as the Best Technology Partner at its #UiPathForward Americas partner event on October 3rd.

Tim Ebbeck is Senior Vice President and Managing Director in ANZ, Automation Anywhere. Tim has spent the past 30 years transforming some of the world’s largest technology companies including Oracle, SAP and NBN Co in Australia. In an interview with IDM, he outlined his key priorities for Automation Anywhere in ANZ, including the opening of three new operations in Canberra, Sydney and Auckland before year-end, with plans to further expand in 2019.

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