Weaving the Automation Fabric - Why you can’t afford to ignore the rise of holistic automation
WHAT IS IT?
Automation Fabric combines process automation with IT infrastructure automation to connect processes and orchestrate work across the entire enterprise.
WHY IMPORTANT
At this point in time, many organizations have found themselves drowning in digital complexity and technical debt. IA 2021 report by Forrester lays it out succinctly, “tactical, cost-focused automation disconnected from digital transformation goals” has resulted in:
- Siloed automation (what Forrester refers to as “Islands of automation”)
- Overreliance on a single automation technology
- A short-term approach to automation whereby “pockets of inefficiency are patched up” but long-term modernizations investments are avoided