Emerging LLM Architecture: A Guide to the Essential Layers and Tools
Nandan Mullakara
by Nandan
1M ago
We are seeing the emergence of a multi-layered framework for making the best use of Large Language Models (LLMs). Let’s dive into the intricacies of each of the components of this framework and their underlying architecture. This emerging ecosystem includes LLM providers, embedding models, vector stores, document loaders, and various other components. Each of these elements contributes significantly to the overall effectiveness and efficiency of LLMs. Let’s peel back the layers of the LLM application stack, guided by insights from A16z. This journey will offer a clearer view of how each layer ..read more
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Microsoft and the emerging RPA Landscape
Nandan Mullakara
by Nandan
1M ago
We had more action on RPA last week – one of the news outlets ran a headline saying: Microsoft’s Acquisition Of RPA Firm Softomotive Prompts Sector Leaders Including UiPath And Automation Anywhere To Brace For War. Business Insider The headlines may be a bit jazzier than the actual situation but things sure are getting interesting!  Here is how I see the emerging landscape:  Microsoft RPA with Softomotive. I have already heard a few people with hundreds of Bots enquire how they can migrate out of their current tool. This is because the cost difference is huge on a longer-term b ..read more
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Interesting RPA KPIs And Metrics That You Can Use Now
Nandan Mullakara
by Nandan
2y ago
With the maturing of the Digital workforce, there is a growing need to track their performance through Intelligent Automation and Robotic process automation (RPA) KPIs and Metrics. Since each organization has different needs in terms of what to track, there are many RPA KPIs and metrics being used. What you need to track depends on your specific need but there are some common metrics and tools we see across organizations. If you are starting out, these commonly used metrics could give you a good place to start designing your tracking dashboard. So in this post, we will look at some of the comm ..read more
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All You Need To Know About Process Improvement
Nandan Mullakara
by Nandan
2y ago
While process automation is all the rage, the understated hero of all this has been the humble processes themselves. Processes and their continuous improvement have been the bedrock for the evolution of industries and the increase in affluence. It is an interesting story of how processes came to be, and how we have continuously improved them. We started with different ad-hoc techniques. These led to many formal techniques like Six-sigma. We then built on these techniques with the availability of computer data. And now, AI is helping us take another big leap to make the processes auto ..read more
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Why is UiPath 20x more valuable than Blue Prism?
Nandan Mullakara
by Nandan
2y ago
Blue Prism, the pioneer in RPA is now being sold to the highest bidder. Meanwhile, UiPath has emerged as the poster child of the industry. Over a period of time, UiPath has completely outpaced Blue Prism and is now much more bigger and valuable. So, how did Uipath become about 20x more valuable than Blue Prism?  It is too early to write off Blue Prism but it feels like the end of an era. As you know they even claim to have coined the term “Robotic Process Automation” (RPA). Like many practitioners who started with RPA, I started my Software Automation journey wit ..read more
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Why is UiPath 30x more valuable than Blue Prism?
Nandan Mullakara
by Nandan
2y ago
Blue Prism, the pioneer in RPA is now being sold to the highest bidder. Meanwhile, UiPath has emerged as the poster child of the industry. Over a period of time, UiPath has completely outpaced Blue Prism and is now much more bigger and valuable. So, how did Uipath become about 30x (27x right now) more valuable than Blue Prism?  It is too early to write off Blue Prism but it feels like the end of an era. As you know they even claim to have coined the term “Robotic Process Automation” (RPA). Like many practioners who started with RPA, I started my Software Automation&nb ..read more
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What is Intelligent Automation and what can it do now?
Nandan Mullakara
by Nandan
3y ago
Since Robotic process automation and other forms of automation caught the imagination of people, there have been efforts to go beyond the limited rule-based automation. Intelligent Automation (IA) is one of the terms used to describe a new and enhanced automation by adding AI technologies. In this post, we will do a deeper dive into Intelligent Automation and go over a few real-world examples to help you understand what intelligent automation can do for you. Let’s start with a quick introduction to Intelligent Automation. What is Intelligent  Automation Usually, anything with Artificial I ..read more
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Power Automate Desktop: Microsoft’s New RPA Tech
Nandan Mullakara
by Nandan
3y ago
Microsoft has been dipping its toes into the relatively nascent RPA Automation market. They have now added a more powerful RPA to their Automation stack with the addition of Power Automate Desktop (PAD). Power Automate Desktop is a revamped Winautomation that came with Microsoft’s Softomotive acquisition. They have made it free for Windows 10 users and even plan to include PAD as part of future Microsoft Windows builds. As we know, they started by developing an RPA called UiFlows using open-source Selenium internally first. They obviously found the internally developed offering lacking and hen ..read more
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Open RPA – The innovative pioneer in Open source RPA
Nandan Mullakara
by Nandan
3y ago
There are many Open source RPA tools in the market now. One of the pioneers in this space is Open RPA from Allan Zimmermann. He is passionate about Open source and so his products – OpenRPA and OpenFlow – both follow open-source principles in letter and spirit. If you like to listen or watch a demo of Open RPA before we dive in, here is a Podcast and demo video. https://botnirvana.org/podcast-download/4907/open-rpa.mp3 Now, let us find out more about this open source Robotic Process Automation pioneer. Open RPA Open RPA is an easy-to-use open-source automation tool with a drag-drop interface ..read more
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OpenBots – A new low-code open source Automation option
Nandan Mullakara
by Nandan
3y ago
The latest entrant to the Open source RPA space is OpenBots – a Low-code automation platform. It has some resemblance to the previous versions of the popular RPA tool Automation Anywhere. Let us check out this automation suite, their business model, technologies used and key resources. Before we dive in if you are more of an audio person, here is a podcast where co-founder Ashish Nangla discusses the history, product suite, and the future of open-source RPA. https://botnirvana.org/podcast-download/9926/openbots.mp3 With that out of the way, let’s start by looking at the product suite. OpenBots ..read more
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