Download or read book Summary of The Care and Feeding of Bots by Christopher Surdak written by getAbstract AG and published by getAbstract AG. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tech specialist Christopher Surdak explains robotic process automation (RPA) from an investment and a functional perspective. Bots already exist – a macro in Excel is a bot – but RPA systemically optimizes bots to replace human labor. Like much in the tech world, scale proves crucial to successful RPA deployment. With proper deployment and maintenance, bots will be the world’s new labor force, handling mundane tasks so humans can be more human. This officially licensed summary of The Care and Feeding of Bots was produced by getAbstract, the world's largest provider of book summaries. getAbstract works with hundreds of the best publishers to find and summarize the most relevant content out there. Find out more at getabstract.com.
Download or read book The Care and Feeding of Bots written by Walter Surdak and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION (RPA) software exploded on the stage of business technology in the mid-2010s and quickly became the fastest growing technology trend of the last fifty years. By 2020 RPA has grown into a nearly $10 billion industry, and continues to grow at high-double-digit rates. RPA has been viewed as a miracle technology that allows companies to automate their persistent manual processes, making them better, faster and cheaper with nearly no cost or effort.The reality has proven otherwise.RPA promised fast, cheap and good automation of business processes, with return on investment measured in weeks or days. But, by 2018 reality began to settle in. RPA was more difficult than believed and the majority of organizations were failing with RPA, rather than succeeding. By 2020, the RPA wave was crashing and most organizations were scaling back, or abandoning, their RPA initiatives. In 2020, if you google the phrase "RPA implementation failure" you'll receive over 5 million hits. Thousands of clients are struggling to make their RPA robots, or "Bot", work correctly and generate the sorts of benefits promised. The vast majority of clients fail to realize the expected gains, and RPA has been seen to stumble as a result of these consistently-poor results.What happened to RPA, and more importantly, why is it failing? This book is the result of five years of effort in putting RPA to work for major organizations all over the world. "Bots" details the author's lessons-learned in deploying thousands of bots at dozens of leading organizations In this book, he explains why bots are failing to deliver the goods, and what it takes to make bots work in your organization. Author Chris Surdak ("Data Crush" and "Jerk") summarizes the results of five years of effort in deploying hundreds of bots for dozens of organizations around the world. Along the way he experienced any number of failures, missteps, hyperbole and errors as people tried to learn how to use this new technology. "Bots" lays out the eighteen different ways that bots seem to "fail" and how to avoid those failures with your own bots. "Bots" also discusses the next wave of cognitive bots and artificial intelligence, and how these technologies are even more finicky and difficult to succeed with.Over the next ten years cyber workers like bots will subsume an enormous amount of the work currently performed by humans. Their adoption is inevitable. "Bots" is your guide for how to leverage these digital workers effectively, before your competitors do!
Download or read book Data Crush written by Christopher Surdak and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This invaluable resource examines the forces behind the explosive growth in data and reveals how the most innovative companies are responding to this challenge. The Internet used to be a tool for telling your customers about your business. Now, it’s real value lies in what it tells you about them. Every move your customers make online can be tracked, catalogued, and analyzed to better understand their preferences and predict their future behavior. With mobile technology like smartphones, customers are online almost every second of every day. The companies that succeed going forward will be those that learn to leverage this torrent of information-without being drowned by it. Data Crush clarifies the key drivers in this emergence, such as: the proliferation of "big data" generated by a never-ending range of online activities (and the mobility that enables much of it); the seemingly infinite array of digital commerce and entertainment pathways; and the rising growth of Cloud computing. These and other factors combine to create an overwhelming universe of valuable information - all constantly updated in real time with billions of mouse clicks each day. It's daunting, but with this onslaught of information comes tremendous opportunity - and Data Crush will help you make sense of it all.
Download or read book Unlocking the Profits of the New Swing Chart Method written by Jeff Cooper and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2006-05-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing a revolutionary trend visualization method and proven techniques for using it to boost the accuracy and profitability of your trades The result of decades of research and development by market technicians, Dave Reif and Jeff Cooper, the ground-breaking trend visualization method described in this DVD course provides traders with a tool of unparalleled clarity and precision. uses traditional swing charting and applies the value of time to the trends. Described as taking the art and science of chart analysis from black-and-white analog TV to digital HD, the method applies the value of time to traditional swing charting, along with Gann’s Square of 9 theory, to expose the clockwork mechanism of the markets. It clearly defines the various cogs and gears that drive market trends and shows how they interact, while explaining how to generate visible, actionable buy and sell signals. Provides a wealth of detailed examples from the Dow—from the 1920s up through today—clearly illustrating the incredible power of the swing chart method Arms you with clear buy and sell signals that make it easier than ever for you to take money from the market Real-world samples showing how to apply the swing chart method to all financial markets, including stocks, bonds and commodities Supplies more than three-hundred full-color charts and features a navigation menu that allows you to jump right to the chart you want to see
Download or read book Integrity Data Protection Forensic written by Mario Nabliba and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrity Data Protection Forensic [Computer Forensic Technology] New Trend by Mario Nabliba
Download or read book DAMA DMBOK written by Dama International and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defining a set of guiding principles for data management and describing how these principles can be applied within data management functional areas; Providing a functional framework for the implementation of enterprise data management practices; including widely adopted practices, methods and techniques, functions, roles, deliverables and metrics; Establishing a common vocabulary for data management concepts and serving as the basis for best practices for data management professionals. DAMA-DMBOK2 provides data management and IT professionals, executives, knowledge workers, educators, and researchers with a framework to manage their data and mature their information infrastructure, based on these principles: Data is an asset with unique properties; The value of data can be and should be expressed in economic terms; Managing data means managing the quality of data; It takes metadata to manage data; It takes planning to manage data; Data management is cross-functional and requires a range of skills and expertise; Data management requires an enterprise perspective; Data management must account for a range of perspectives; Data management is data lifecycle management; Different types of data have different lifecycle requirements; Managing data includes managing risks associated with data; Data management requirements must drive information technology decisions; Effective data management requires leadership commitment.
Download or read book The Robotic Process Automation Handbook written by Tom Taulli and published by Apress. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has been around for about 20 years, it has hit an inflection point because of the convergence of cloud computing, big data and AI. This book shows you how to leverage RPA effectively in your company to automate repetitive and rules-based processes, such as scheduling, inputting/transferring data, cut and paste, filling out forms, and search. Using practical aspects of implementing the technology (based on case studies and industry best practices), you’ll see how companies have been able to realize substantial ROI (Return On Investment) with their implementations, such as by lessening the need for hiring or outsourcing. By understanding the core concepts of RPA, you’ll also see that the technology significantly increases compliance – leading to fewer issues with regulations – and minimizes costly errors. RPA software revenues have recently soared by over 60 percent, which is the fastest ramp in the tech industry, and they are expected to exceed $1 billion by the end of 2019. It is generally seamless with legacy IT environments, making it easier for companies to pursue a strategy of digital transformation and can even be a gateway to AI. The Robotic Process Automation Handbook puts everything you need to know into one place to be a part of this wave. What You'll Learn Develop the right strategy and planDeal with resistance and fears from employeesTake an in-depth look at the leading RPA systems, including where they are most effective, the risks and the costsEvaluate an RPA system Who This Book Is For IT specialists and managers at mid-to-large companies
Download or read book Humans Need Not Apply written by Jerry Kaplan and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “intriguing, insightful” look at how algorithms and robots could lead to social unrest—and how to avoid it (The Economist, Books of the Year). After decades of effort, researchers are finally cracking the code on artificial intelligence. Society stands on the cusp of unprecedented change, driven by advances in robotics, machine learning, and perception powering systems that rival or exceed human capabilities. Driverless cars, robotic helpers, and intelligent agents that promote our interests have the potential to usher in a new age of affluence and leisure—but as AI expert and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jerry Kaplan warns, the transition may be protracted and brutal unless we address the two great scourges of the modern developed world: volatile labor markets and income inequality. In Humans Need Not Apply, he proposes innovative, free-market adjustments to our economic system and social policies to avoid an extended period of social turmoil. His timely and accessible analysis of the promises and perils of AI is a must-read for business leaders and policy makers on both sides of the aisle. “A reminder that AI systems don’t need red laser eyes to be dangerous.”—Times Higher Education Supplement “Kaplan…sidesteps the usual arguments of techno-optimism and dystopia, preferring to go for pragmatic solutions to a shrinking pool of jobs.”—Financial Times
Download or read book Code Like a Pro in C written by Jort Rodenburg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical business applications worldwide are written in the versatile C# language and the powerful .NET platform, running on desktops, cloud systems, and Windows or Linux servers. Code Like a Pro in C# makes it easy to turn your existing abilities in C# or another OO language (such as Java) into practical C# mastery.
Download or read book Living with Robots written by Paul Dumouchel and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface to the English edition -- Introduction -- The substitute -- Animals, machines, cyborgs, and the taxi -- Mind, emotions, and artificial empathy -- The other otherwise -- From moral and lethal machines to synthetic ethics
Download or read book Introduction to Machine Learning written by Ethem Alpaydin and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-08-22 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction -- Supervised learning -- Bayesian decision theory -- Parametric methods -- Multivariate methods -- Dimensionality reduction -- Clustering -- Nonparametric methods -- Decision trees -- Linear discrimination -- Multilayer perceptrons -- Local models -- Kernel machines -- Graphical models -- Brief contents -- Hidden markov models -- Bayesian estimation -- Combining multiple learners -- Reinforcement learning -- Design and analysis of machine learning experiments.
Download or read book The Fourth Age written by Byron Reese and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we approach a great turning point in history when technology is poised to redefine what it means to be human, The Fourth Age offers fascinating insight into AI, robotics, and their extraordinary implications for our species. “If you only read just one book about the AI revolution, make it this one” (John Mackey, cofounder and CEO, Whole Foods Market). In The Fourth Age, Byron Reese makes the case that technology has reshaped humanity just three times in history: 100,000 years ago, we harnessed fire, which led to language; 10,000 years ago, we developed agriculture, which led to cities and warfare; 5,000 years ago, we invented the wheel and writing, which lead to the nation state. We are now on the doorstep of a fourth change brought about by two technologies: AI and robotics. “Timely, highly informative, and certainly optimistic” (Booklist), The Fourth Age provides an essential background on how we got to this point, and how—rather than what—we should think about the topics we’ll soon all be facing: machine consciousness, automation, changes in employment, creative computers, radical life extension, artificial life, AI ethics, the future of warfare, superintelligence, and the implications of extreme prosperity. By asking questions like “Are you a machine?” and “Could a computer feel anything?”, Reese leads you through a discussion along the cutting edge in robotics and AI, and provides a framework by which we can all understand, discuss, and act on the issues of the Fourth Age and how they’ll transform humanity.
Download or read book The Globotics Upheaval written by Richard Baldwin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-09 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the root of inequality, unemployment, and populism are radical changes in the world economy. Digital technology is allowing talented foreigners to telecommute into our workplaces and compete for service and professional jobs. Instant machine translation is melting language barriers, so the ranks of these "tele-migrants" will soon include almost every educated person in the world. Computing power is dissolving humans' monopoly on thinking, enabling AI-trained computers to compete for many of the same white-collar jobs. The combination of globalization and robotics is creating the globotics upheaval, and it threatens the very foundations of the liberal welfare-state. Richard Baldwin, one of the world's leading globalization experts, argues that the inhuman speed of this transformation threatens to overwhelm our capacity to adapt. From computers in the office to automatic ordering systems in restaurants, we are familiar with the how digital technologies offer convenience while also eliminating jobs. Globotics will disrupt the lives of millions of white-collar workers much faster than automation, industrialization, and globalization disrupted the lives of factory workers in previous centuries. The result will be a backlash. Professional, white-collar, and service workers will agitate for a slowing of the unprecedented pace of disruption, as factory workers have done in years past. Baldwin argues that the globotics upheaval will be countered in the short run by "shelter-ism" - government policies that shelter some service jobs from tele-migrants and thinking computers. In the long run, people will work in more human jobs-activities that require real people to use the uniquely human ability of independent thought-and this will strengthen bonds in local communities. Offering effective strategies such as focusing on the social value of work, The Globotics Upheaval will help people prepare for the oncoming wave of an advanced robotic workforce.
Download or read book INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION written by PASCAL. BARKIN BORNET (IAN. WIRTZ, JOCHEN.) and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Simple Implementation Guide to Robotic Process Automation Rpa written by Kelly Wibbenmeyer, PhD and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-03-28 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is simple to start robotic process automation at your organizationas long as you start small. If you make it more complicated than it needs to be or try to have one person do everything, then youre destined to fail. In this guide to implementing RPA, the author examines critical issues, including how to: overcome common problems when implementing RPA in a full-scale effort; start an RPA implementation and successfully carry it out; obtain funding and support from leaders; and build an RPA team poised to succeed. The book includes pros and cons of various deployment strategies as well as key factors to consider for each option. Its filled with real examples and time lines to give you a realistic view of how to manage the process. This is a perfect quick-start guide to ensuring your organization has thought of all of the factors required to successfully navigate your RPA deployment.
Download or read book Becoming Strategic with Robotic Process Automation written by Leslie P. Willcocks and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-07 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: