{"id":2093,"date":"2016-12-12T21:14:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/rpa_pureplays_121616\/"},"modified":"2016-12-12T21:14:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T21:14:00","slug":"rpa_pureplays_121616","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/rpa_pureplays_121616\/","title":{"rendered":"And here are the 2016 RPA pureplay specialists&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So who do you call when you want a robot? When we embarked on the 2016 RPL, we\u00a0had to evaluate all the professional services firms operating in the space &#8211; both to help clients develop an RPA\u00a0roadmap, evaluate\u00a0the RPA software options and alignment with their processing requirements, and ultimately get some help implementing the solutions, developing out the RPA\u00a0team and creating a workable robo\/human governance structure. \u00a0In addition, many clients find themselves in conflict with their BPO\u00a0providers and need third party help to bring them together to find workable risk-sharing compromises. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What has transpired is several smart people, mostly working for BPO\u00a0firms, eyed the RPA\u00a0value proposition emerging, shortly after time we <a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/robotistan_011112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">introduced\u00a0RPA to the services industry in 2012<\/a>, and they hatched plans to jump ship, club together and do lots of consulting work to build up their organizations. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>(<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hfsresearch.com\/pointsofview\/the-2016-rpa-premier-league-table-transformation-comes-to-the-fore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HfS<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0subscribers can click here to download their <\/span>freemium<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> copy of the 2016 <\/span>RPA<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> Premier League table and analysis, authored by Tom <\/span>Reuner<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0and Phil <\/span>Fersht<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">.<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Due to the murky, complex &#8211; and often very technical &#8211; needs of RPA, the demand for skilled expertise from real specialists is unprecedented &#8211; which is why we&#8217;ve seen the Big 4 leap into this space &#8211; but also why we&#8217;re seeing some of these small, highly-focused, players in real demand. And they&#8217;re not only making money working with clients seeing to RPA-ify\u00a0BPO\u00a0and shared services environment, they are also training many of the service juggernaut services to implement RPA\u00a0for their clients. \u00a0In short, there&#8217;s a lot of business to go round and you will often see these curious\u00a0RPA\u00a0pureplay folk huddled in the corners of conferences, sharing war stories and even passing business over to each other because they ae simply too overwhelmed with client\u00a0demands to take it all on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So, without further ado, let&#8217;s take a look at the seven candidates out there in all their naked glory&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/storage\/app\/media\/Phil\/2017-PL-Promo-Specialists .jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/storage\/app\/media\/Phil\/Pureplays%20for Blog.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/storage\/app\/media\/Phil\/Pureplays for Blog.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"559\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Source: HfS\u00a0Research 2016<\/span> &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"\/storage\/app\/media\/Phil\/Pureplays for Blog.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click to Enlarge<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So who do you call when you want a robot? 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