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The intelligent network: Where security and automation converge

eriinfo.com3 days ago09 mins

Paul Stuttard, director, Duxbury Networking. As organisations accelerate their adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), cloud services and increasingly distributed digital business platforms, networks are being required to do far more than simply interconnect users and applications. They are obligated to maintain strict security protocols, cope with ever-changing traffic needs and support increasingly complex digital environments….

Yooz and Sage expand access to purchase-to-pay automation across additional Sage markets

eriinfo.com4 days ago04 mins

CEO of Yooz, Laurent Charpentier. Yooz, the trusted expert in purchase-to-pay (P2P) automation, and Sage, the leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses, today announced the expansion of Yooz’s Purchase-to-Pay automation solution across additional Sage markets, following a successful rollout in France earlier this year. As organisations continue to…

Beyond bots: Intelligent process automation redefines how SA businesses work

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago08 mins

Harpreet Randhawa, Head of Capabilities and Innovation at Exaze. While traditional robotic process automation (RPA) has often fallen short of expectations, intelligent process automation (IPA) is transforming business and serving as the foundation for AI at scale. This is according to Harpreet Randhawa, Head of Capabilities and Innovation at Exaze, an IT consulting and solutions…

How AI-enabled onboarding automation cuts costs, improves efficiency

eriinfo.com3 months ago05 mins

Jeremy Engelbrecht, Managing Director, SoftiDoc. For banks, insurers and retailers, onboarding customers has long been a time-consuming and costly process, prone to delays and possible errors and risk. AI-enabled automation allows organisations to slash the time taken to onboard new customers, dramatically reduce costs and improve accuracy and efficiency. This is according to Jeremy Engelbrecht,…

Snap cuts 1,000 jobs as strategy shifts toward AI automation

eriinfo.com4 months ago03 mins

Snap Inc. has announced a significant workforce reduction, laying off approximately 1,000 employees, which is roughly 16% of its total staff. In a company-wide memo, CEO Evan Spiegel framed the cuts as a move to increase operational velocity by replacing repetitive manual tasks with advanced artificial intelligence. In addition to the layoffs, the company is…

Jobs threat: Who loses and who survives automation wave?

eriinfo.com4 months ago010 mins

The Planera report underscores need for reskilling as AI targets routine work but strengthens demand for judgement-driven, hands-on professions. (Image source: 123RF) Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and machine learning are accelerating structural shifts in the global labour market, with white-collar occupations facing the greatest threat of being replaced by automation. This is according…

AI, automation and the agentic operating model

eriinfo.com7 months ago015 mins

Steve Burke, is the executive for agentic automation at iqbusiness For more than a decade, automation inside banks has been used discreetly and on a distributed basis, principally for task automation. It handled bits of processes, typically within business silos. That limited, incremental approach made sense when robotic process automation (RPA) was deterministic, fragile and…

Festive Season Scams of 2025: Powered by AI and automation

eriinfo.com8 months ago010 mins

As the season of giving unfolds, cybercriminals are taking advantage of holiday stress and the rush. In 2025, festive season scams are not only more common, they’re powered by AI and automation, making them harder to spot. Researchers at Check Point detected 33,502 Christmas-themed phishing emails in the past two weeks alone, along with more…

RPA is dead: The enterprise automation paradigm has shifted to agentic AI

eriinfo.com8 months ago09 mins

Robotic process automation is dead. For more than a decade, robotic process automation (RPA) was the poster child of automation. It delivered solid value: it automated repetitive tasks, reduced manual effort, and bought organisations time while they modernised core systems. But today, a fundamental truth is unavoidable: RPA as a strategic automation paradigm is dead. …

Automation and the end of entry-level work

eriinfo.com8 months ago08 mins

Johan Steyn, founder, AIforBusiness.net For decades, the path from education to employment followed a predictable rhythm: a degree, an internship, and a first job that served as a training ground for the future. Today, that rhythm has broken. Artificial intelligence (AI) is quietly taking over the entry-level tasks that once helped young professionals find their…