Botsourcing

Published 2014-04

Products and services using Botsourcing are generally available around 2020

Verdict

hitTwo blind graders agree (D7, rule D37). The auditor agent confirmed it (D11).

Grader A: hit
Grader B: hit
agrees with A, without seeing its verdict
Audit: confirmed
in the fixed audit sample (D11)
Published: hit

Grader A: hit

UiPath released RPA desktop automation in 2013 and reported 5,000 customers by November 2019; Blue Prism and Automation Anywhere sold similar products.

Test: D37 Horizons: software-bot automation products buyable by ordinary businesses by 2022 (earlier counts).

UiPath (Wikipedia) (2019-11): RPA product released 2013; 5,000 customers worldwide by November 2019.

Grader B: hit

Robotic process automation from UiPath, Blue Prism and Automation Anywhere was sold widely by 2018; Gartner counted RPA as the fastest-growing enterprise software segment in 2018.

Test: Businesses could buy task-automation software agents by 2022 (earlier counts).

Gartner Says Worldwide RPA Software Revenue to Reach Nearly $1.3 Billion in 2019 (2019-06-24): Software bots replacing human tasks sold at scale.

All captured fields

id: hz-2014-078
category: Digital and communication technologies
kind: technology
target year: 2020
placed year: 2020
milestones: {"scientifically_viable":2017,"mainstream":2020,"financially_viable":2020}
confidence: high
note: Numbered dot (mainstream point) at 2019.7, between the 2019 and 2020 lines, nearer 2020 (read as 2020). Bar from 2017.2 to 2020.1: scientifically viable ~2017, financially viable ~2020. Sub-area: Electronics.