Google Cloud announced a strategic, multi-year partnership with one of the leading robotic process automation (RPA) companies, Automation Anywhere, to cater to the growing intelligent automation needs of businesses on a global scale.
The San Jose, California based Automation Anywhere was ranked No20 on the Forbes Cloud 100 in 2020 with over 2,000 employees and $840m in funding. The company also has an office in Dubai.
Under the agreement, Automation Anywhere will migrate Automation 360, its cloud-native, web-based automation platform to Google Cloud as its primary cloud provider. In turn, Automation Anywhere will become Google Cloud’s preferred RPA partner and their solutions will also be available in the Google Cloud Marketplace.
Together, they will create automation-powered products and services geared towards industry-specific applications, primarily within financial services, healthcare, life sciences, supply chains, telecommunication, retail and the public sector.
Mihir Shukla, CEO and Co-founder, Automation Anywhere, said: “By partnering with Google Cloud, we can help organisations leverage intelligent automation capabilities at a massive, global scale, and dramatically decrease the amount of time that teams spend on their most common, repetitive business tasks.
“Intelligent Automation can be an important asset in digital transformation, particularly as global enterprises adapt to a new reality of distributed work. We’re delighted to work closely with Google Cloud to support business transformation with cloud and automation.”
Thomas Kurian, CEO, Google Cloud, added: “As businesses increasingly run in the cloud, RPA provides the means to streamline processes across both cloud-native applications and legacy, on-premises systems – ultimately helping employees spend less time on repetitive tasks and more time supporting business-critical projects.
“We are proud to partner with Automation Anywhere to help businesses quickly deploy and scale RPA capabilities on Google Cloud, and to address business challenges with solutions specially designed for industries.”
Automation Anywhere has deployed more than 2.8 million bots at companies in over 90 countries. According to a recent research of theirs, more than half of businesses plan to increase their investments in automation in the next year, with 67 per cent opting to deploy RPA in the cloud in the next 12 months because of remote work situation during the global pandemic.
Automation Anywhere on Google Cloud is expected to be available beginning in May 2021.
