• July 8, 2026
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NEWS FOR THE AI-POWERED INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION ECOSYSTEM

Forrester Names Appian, IBM, Pegasystems, Salesforce and ServiceNow as ‘DPA’ Leaders

Forrester Names Appian, IBM, Pegasystems, Salesforce and ServiceNow as ‘DPA’ Leaders

Cambridge, Mass.-based consultancy Forrester has released its most recent Wave report ($) identifying and evaluating what it has identified as the top 15 providers of Digital Process Automation (DPA) technology. For Q3 2025, Forrester named Appian, …

Forrester Names Appian, IBM, Microsoft and ServiceNow as ‘Leaders’ in DPA

Cambridge, Mass.-based consultancy Forrester has released its most recent Wave report ($) identifying and evaluating what it has identified as the top 15 providers of Digital Process Automation (DPA) technology. For Q4 2023, Forrester named …

IBM Acquisition Continues to Bolster Automation Capabilities

IBM continues to add cloud automation resources to its stable of products through acquisition. The computer hardware pioneer that now focuses on software and IT services says the addition of Boston-based …

IBM Acquires Process Mining Provider myInvenio

IBM, the computer hardware pioneer that now focuses on software and IT services, announced an acquisition recently that adds to its cloud automation. The company added Italian process mining technology provider …

Large Firms Continue to Gobble RPA Startups: IBM Acquires WDG Automation

Large enterprise software firms continue to snap up RPA technology providers to add the increasingly important capability to their portfolios. The most recent instance saw IBM agree to acquire WDG Automation …

Blue Prism, IBM Expand Automation Partnership

Blue Prism, a pioneer in the burgeoning RPA space has expanded on an existing partnership with IBM for cloud services, according to a joint announcement. Organizations using the IBM Cloud Pak …

ABBYY Joins Working Group for AI-Native Document Standard

ABBYY Joins Working Group for AI-Native Document Standard

Intelligent automation technology provider ABBYY announced it has become part of the DocLang Specification Working Group, a collaborative effort to create an open document standard that aims to improve how enterprise …

Celonis Unveils Enterprise AI Context Platform, Acquires Ikigai Labs

Celonis Unveils Enterprise AI Context Platform, Acquires Ikigai Labs

Process intelligence technology provider Celonis made two announcements this week, introducing a new enterprise AI framework called the Celonis Context Model and unveiling plans to acquire AI decision intelligence company Ikigai …

Gartner Names 2026 Process Intelligence ‘Leaders’

Gartner Names 2026 Process Intelligence ‘Leaders’

As organizations continue implementing AI-driven automation solutions to optimize business processes, it becomes more important to leverage technology that provides visibility, understanding and opportunity within those processes. The best process intelligence …

IDC Names ‘Leaders’ in IDP Market Assessment

IDC Names ‘Leaders’ in IDP Market Assessment

As the market for AI-powered intelligent automation grows, the component technologies of the platforms that deliver it are becoming more complex. Intelligent Document Processing (IDP), a capability that supports orchestration and …