• October 17, 2026
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Agentic Automation Should be Outcome-Driven: A Conversation with SS&C

Agentic Automation Should be Outcome-Driven: A Conversation with SS&C

There is a growing sentiment among end users of business process automation technology that releasing a new platform labelled “agentic” isn’t the quantum leap forward suggested by the work of the …

Report Predicts Automation Could Displace 11 Million U.S. Workers in a Decade

Report Predicts Automation Could Displace 11 Million U.S. Workers in a Decade

While automation technology providers have tried to stress that employees will not be displaced by their products, workers remain concerned they could be automated out of their jobs. A new report …

SS&C Rolls Out AI-Enabled Tools for Financial Services, Healthcare at Annual Conference

SS&C Rolls Out AI-Enabled Tools for Financial Services, Healthcare at Annual Conference

After opening its annual conference by ringing the NASDAQ opening bell, SS&C Technologies this week unveiled a collection of AI-enabled products and enhancements to its current technology lineup aimed at automating …

Clearing the Path for Human Expertise: How Tokio Marine HCC is Automating Underwriting, Not the Underwriter

Clearing the Path for Human Expertise: How Tokio Marine HCC is Automating Underwriting, Not the Underwriter

Underwriting is the beating heart of the insurance business. But for a company that has evolved into one of the largest specialty insurers in the world, how it assesses risk across …

IDP Magic Quadrant

‘Leaders’ Return to IDP Magic Quadrant

As agentic AI-based systems that automate business processes proliferate, intelligent document processing (IDP) is taking on an increasingly prominent role. Enterprise AI agents frequently need to extract and interpret information contained …

Anthropic Launches Blueprint for Building Commerce Agents

Anthropic Launches Blueprint for Building Commerce Agents

Frontier AI lab Anthropic said it has released a blueprint both shoppers and merchants can use to build agents that help them transact business. The blueprint includes harnesses, development patterns and …

Agentic Commerce Could Perform 120 Billion Transactions Annually by 2031

Agentic Commerce Could Perform 120 Billion Transactions Annually by 2031

The number of transactions conducted via agentic commerce could grow from approximately 620 million in 2026 to 120 billion annually by 2031, according to new research from Juniper Research. While much …

Workday Launches AI Research Team to Address Enterprise AI Challenges

Workday Launches AI Research Team to Address Enterprise AI Challenges

Workday, an enterprise HR, finance and IT platform, has launched a dedicated AI research team focused on technical challenges associated with deploying artificial intelligence in enterprise environments. The Pleasanton, Calif.-based company …

Report: Lack of Visibility into Costs Cause Many Leaders to Scale Back AI Investments

Report: Lack of Visibility into Costs Cause Many Leaders to Scale Back AI Investments

AI continues to experience a backlash in the public discourse and reports also continue of businesses scaling back on their AI efforts as costs surge. A recent survey from KPMG found …

Everest Group Names Process Mining ‘Leaders’

Everest Group Names Process Mining ‘Leaders’

The Everest Group, a global technology consultant based in Dallas, has released its annual evaluation of the process mining software market. The company, which produces a “PEAK Matrix” report for dozens …