Traditionally, automation platforms have been built to run on virtual machines (VMs) and desktops. However, the next generation of automation platforms are cloud-based. These intelligent automation solutions enable businesses to automate time-consuming, repetitive, manual tasks from document processing to email responses and even system updates. Many organizations have already embraced cloud-based applications such as Office 365 and Salesforce. As a result, a cloud-based process automation platform should feel familiar. This article will explore the advantages of using a cloud-based automation platform, and how it accelerate company-wide digital transformation.
What is cloud-based process automation?
Cloud computing has become an inevitable business component, and soon, cloud automation will be in the same position. Using cloud-based tools, automation extends to the software layer and can be configured and rolled out when and where needed. The load between compute, network, or storage resources to bring systems online or offline is balanced by intelligence. Cloud automation answers the need to use advanced cloud management tools for handling increasingly complex data.Cloud automation helps to automate repetitive tasks and manual operations such as syncing files, processing applications, onboarding new clients, routing documents, and more. Deploying your automation to the cloud offers the same features as on-premise automation, except with several vital advantages:
Lower IT cloud infrastructure costs
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations have transitioned towards an entirely remote workforce. As a result, savings are made around office space and related structural costs. Further, companies can quickly start a business using cloud services, eliminating large upfront investments in brick-and-mortar spaces. APIs then offer easy integration between necessary apps. For example, you can integrate chatbots with customer-facing systems. These integrations can be scaled up or down depending on spikes in traffic. Hence running automation on cloud-based platforms results in cost savings on buying and maintaining hardware and multiple software licenses. There isn’t any question that hardware costs are expensive, but there are additional expenses of human resources to install, implement, secure, manage, maintain, and upgrade the hardware. In terms of TCO, cloud automation is the economical option.
