Welcome to Episode 6 of the Cloud Wars Horizon Minute — featuring news and commentary hosted by Acceleration Economy analyst Tom Smith. Each episode provides insights into a new group of companies that are being introduced to the Cloud Wars Audience.
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Highlights
00:10 — Today’s report previews an upcoming profile on automation software vendor UiPath and several cool new developments to expect
01:40 — UiPath officials, specifically CMO Bobby Patrick, shared a number of examples of customers across industries that benefited from using the company’s robots during Covid-19, and indicated that its software can deliver major benefits during a crisis.
02:14 — Top software industry leaders like to refer to software as a deflationary force in an economy impacted by inflation. UiPath officials echo that sentiment based on their software’s ability to help companies that lack an adequate number of workers sustain high productivity.
02:43 — An embedded delivery model being used to make UiPath software available in the financial services industry through a major industry cloud provider is a good model that can be replicated in other industries.
03:10 — Sustainability is an important issue for UiPath customers today, and the company maintains that its robots can add real value to sustainability efforts because they’re good at collecting, moving, and analyzing data.
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