Nintex has for a long time been atop of the heap in terms of its Process Automation capabilities. With it’s ubiquitous workflows tools, initiallly built to run on the SharePoint platform, but also capable of running independently in the Nintex Workflow Cloud (NWC). Strong integration capabilities with SalesForce, and Box, eSignatures via Nintex Sign, rich analytics with Hawkeye, and more. The icing on the cake was the acquisition of Promapp, a distruptive cloud-based service for creating and collaborating on Process Flows.

Following on from our previous post What Is Robotic Process Automation, we ask ourselves "What is driving RPA adoption?" Is it new? Is it a fad? Are the fundamentals behind RPA solid? We will go beyond the buzzwords and look into where this recent uptick of interest is coming from.

In recent times, RPA, aka Robotic Process Automation, has been gaining a lot of attention. While it may seem like just another buzzword for the IT acronym soup, RPA is'nt a totally new concept. In fact, many of the established RPA vendors have been honing their RPA offerings since the turn of the millennium. That being said, RPA still seems to be in its naissance, as many are learning or hearing about this technology for the first time. So, what exactly is it?