| |July 20174CIOReviewEditorialVOL 5 · ISSUE 7-9 · JULY 21, 2017Automation is gradually becoming a bigger mainstay in 2017, with advanced technology enabling the automation of previously human-exclusive tasks. We have started seeing productivity skyrocket and some jobs disappearing altogether. With the combination of automation and machine learning, everything seems to improve even faster than any one could have predicted. Future automation products are going to focus on the best ways to deal with dynamic requirements springing from a tightly integrated and more complex working environment. Regardless of whether you call it Industry 4.0, the Industrial Internet or the Internet of Things (IoT), the shift towards connected technologies is clear across most industry sectors. Ongoing developments are lowering the cost of smart technologies for industrial automation systems and making these new technologies available to the wider industry. Smart sensors, vision systems, data analytics software and cloud computing are the building blocks of the connected manufacturing facility and the smart supply chain. Automation is going to have a long term impact on the workforce and the IT service industry. It is set to leave its mark on IT services companies with respect to jobs and project pricing. Automation is also going to play a role in cyber security, as security service providers struggle to sort through thousands of security events to identify the handful of actual incidents that need to be addressed. Another aspect of automation, robotic process automation (RPA), has already started to transform IT service delivery. RPA, at present, is mainly used to execute routine steps and to automate repetitive functions, such as password reset requests. In the coming years, RPA is going to link up with big data and analytics to push the field in new directions. In this issue, CIOReview presents to you 20 Most Promising Automation Technology Solution Providers who have successfully helped organizations with their innovative offerings. These companies pride themselves on keeping pace with the latest technological advancements in this domain. We hope this issue gives you helpful insight into this market landscape. Sudhakar SinghEditorsudhakar@cioreviewindia.comAutomation's Impact on Workforce and IT Services Industry PublisherOffice Editorial queries editor@cioreviewindia.com To subscribeVisit www.cioreviewindia.com/magazine-in or send email to: subscription@cioreviewindia.comCover price is Rs 150 per issueAshok KumarVirupakshi PattarAlok ChaturvediCIOReviewSr. VisualizerGroup Art DirectorVP - Sales & MarketingMagendran PerumalCirculation ManagerEditorial TeamCIOReview No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugheshpalya, Bangalore-560017ManjunathSheethal M SMaitreyeeCIOReviewEditorSudhakar SinghVisualizersAdvertising queriessales@cioreviewindia.comBangaloreTel 080 46441103DelhiTel 011 45992100Sales & MarketingAmrit SinghIndranil ChakrabortyRavi Kalgi Rohit RaghubanshiKiran Kumar H LPrinted and published by Alok Chaturvedi on Behalf of Bizprint Media Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published at No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Copyright © 2017 Bizprint Media Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Re-production in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.Aarushi GhaiAnitha TLakshmi GShaheen SaikiaSeena KennethSuchita GonsalvesPrisila SVinisha Paiva
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