Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 10 | Page 64

INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Software for Business managing things like backups and performance monitoring. • Simple and efficient – being able to start from a clean and simple solution, coupled with standard out-of-the-box core processing software with proven functionality, means customers can work more efficiently. This, in turn, will reduce the overall cost of support and ensure the TCO will reduce, too. • Strategic investment – with SAP S/4 HANA Public Cloud’s focus on the digital core and its ability to change quickly, customers can remain ahead of the curve through improved accessibility, which allows for greater collaboration. • Flexibility – using the cloud technology that SAP S/4 HANA Public Cloud provides, customers have instant access to data and real time interactions, no matter where or when it is required. By removing the cumbersome and time-consuming feature of traditional activities, their business is made more flexible and agile. For those companies looking to shift away from traditional, reactive, task- driven and transactional functions, and move towards digital solutions that are fit for purpose and empower businesses to do better, then it is important to include an ERP system, like the SAP S/4 HANA Public Cloud, within their transformative digital journey. n “As a global strategic partner to SAP, Britehouse is aligned with SAP to be at the cutting- edge of hybrid systems, using public cloud and on- premise software solutions.” Stixis Technologies and Jidoka to deliver RPA solutions in South Africa “By implementing RPA, companies can reduce manual intervention in repetitive tasks by up to 80%” S tixis Technologies, an IT products and strategic services and consulting enterprise, expands into the robotic process automation global market by signing a collaboration agreement for the implementation of Jidoka robots in the United States, as well as in India and South Africa. Under this partnership agreement, Stixis will deliver state of the art enterprise business process autonomation (BPA) services and solutions applying Jidoka’s RPA technology for the development and orchestration of software robots. By combining specific software and professional services, RPA (robotic process automation) allows companies to automate their business processes by means of ‘software robots’, programmes that replicate human interactions with computer applications without modifying existing systems, reducing manual intervention in repetitive tasks by up to 80%. 64 INTELLIGENTCIO “We are aware of the benefits in terms of savings and ROI optimisation that RPA technology can deliver to companies, in our continuous commitment to excellence we have found in Jidoka the ideal partner for this automation journey”, says Rayudu Dhananjaya, President and CEO of Stixis Technologies. With the signing of this agreement, Stixis joins Jidoka’s partner network, with an international presence in countries such as Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Panama, Portugal, Brazil, and Chile among others. According to Jidoka’s CEO, Víctor Ayllón, “The partnership with Stixis opens up challenging new opportunities to widely deploy our software robots in strategic markets such as the United States, India and South Africa, alongside a reliable and competitive technology partner.” n www.intelligentcio.com