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Channel Post MEA
2 days ago
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
Newgen Recognised By Forrester
Newgen Software has announced its inclusion among 'Notable Vendors' in Forrester's The Digital Process Automation Software Landscape, Q2 2025 report, authored by Craig Le Clair et al. The Forrester report defined DPA software as 'platforms that develop process applications with low-code and advanced programming principles with modeling, orchestration, dynamic case management, and AI-led support.' The report emphasised the importance of understanding the value leaders can expect from a DPA vendor and investigating options based on size and market focus in the digital process automation space. Newgen's top three extended use cases were self-identified as customer self-service, document automation, and data-driven automation. Commenting on the recognition, Runki Goswami, Global Head of Marketing at Newgen, said: 'Automation today isn't just about faster processes it's about enabling smarter, adaptive ways of working. At Newgen, we're combining low-code, AI, and years of process automation expertise to help enterprises modernise with purpose. With our AI-first NewgenONE platform, we're empowering enterprises to adapt faster and drive measurable, end-to-end impact.' NewgenONE is a unified, AI-first, low-code digital transformation platform that is purpose-built for digital process automation across complex enterprise environments. The platform integrates low-code development, intelligent orchestration, and GenAI-led capabilities to automate processes, manage content, and enhance communications from a single, cohesive framework. With embedded AI agents like NewgenONE Marvin, LumYn, Harper, and domain-specific innovations, Newgen empowers citizen and professional developers to rapidly model, deploy, and scale adaptive, end-to-end automation that drives agility, efficiency, and business transformation.
Mid East Info
2 days ago
- Business
- Mid East Info
Newgen recognised in Digital Process Automation Software Landscape, Q2 2025 - Middle East Business News and Information
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 2025 : Newgen Software, a global provider of an AI-first digital transformation platform, announced its inclusion among 'Notable Vendors' in Forrester's The Digital Process Automation Software Landscape, Q2 2025 report , authored by Craig Le Clair et al. The Forrester report defined DPA software as ' platforms that develop process applications with low-code and advanced programming principles with modeling, orchestration, dynamic case management, and AI-led support .' The report emphasised the importance of understanding the value leaders can expect from a DPA vendor and investigating options based on size and market focus in the digital process automation space. Newgen's top three extended use cases were self-identified as customer self-service, document automation, and data-driven automation. Commenting on the recognition, Runki Goswami, Global Head of Marketing at Newgen , said: 'Automation today isn't just about faster processes—it's about enabling smarter, adaptive ways of working. At Newgen, we're combining low-code, AI, and years of process automation expertise to help enterprises modernise with purpose. With our AI-first NewgenONE platform, we're empowering enterprises to adapt faster and drive measurable, end-to-end impact.' NewgenONE is a unified, AI-first, low-code digital transformation platform that is purpose-built for digital process automation across complex enterprise environments. The platform integrates low-code development, intelligent orchestration, and GenAI-led capabilities to automate processes, manage content, and enhance communications from a single, cohesive framework. With embedded AI agents like NewgenONE Marvin, LumYn, Harper, and domain-specific innovations, Newgen empowers citizen and professional developers to rapidly model, deploy, and scale adaptive, end-to-end automation that drives agility, efficiency, and business transformation. Forrester does not endorse any company, product, brand, or service included in its research publications and does not advise any person to select the products or services of any company or brand based on the ratings included in such publications. Information is based on the best available resources. Opinions reflect judgment at the time and are subject to change. About Newgen Software: Newgen is the leading provider of an AI-first unified digital transformation platform with native process automation , content services , customer engagement , and AI/ML capabilities. Globally, successful enterprises rely on Newgen's industry-recognised low-code application platform to develop and deploy complex, content-driven, and customer-engaging business applications on the cloud. From onboarding to service requests, lending to underwriting, and for many more use cases across industries, Newgen unlocks simple with speed and agility.
Yahoo
01-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Microsoft's Magma AI Can Help Robots See and Understand
Microsoft just introduced Magma, a new artificial intelligence model designed to help robots see, understand and act more intelligently. Unlike traditional AI models, Magma processes different types of data all at once -- an effort Microsoft is calling a big leap toward "agentic AI," or systems that can plan and execute tasks on a user's behalf. The model, which uses a combination of vision and language processing, is trained on videos, images, robotics data and interface interactions so as to make it more versatile than previous models. On its Github page, the Microsoft Research team outlined how Magma can perform tasks, such as how it can manipulate robots and navigate user interfaces like clicking buttons. To develop the technology, the company partnered with researchers from the University of Maryland, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Washington. The launch comes as tech giants race to develop AI agents that can automate more aspects of daily life. Google has been advancing robotics-focused language models, while OpenAI's Operator tool is designed to handle mundane tasks like making reservations, ordering groceries and filling out forms via typing, clicking and scrolling within a specialized browser. Jianwei Yang, Microsoft's lead researcher on the project, told CNET the future of AI is more than just developing multimodal foundation models for chatbots. "We believe that the next important step for AI hinges on developing agents that can seamlessly understand and interact with both digital and physical environments," he said. He said Magma's significance lies in its ability to bridge the gap for multimodal AI agents, as traditional AI models excel in verbal intelligence but often struggle with planning and real-world action. "Robots today often rely on task-specific training on domain specific data, resulting in their limited capability to handle simple daily tasks, let alone generalizing to new tasks and environments," he explained. "Magma changes this by significantly enhancing their verbal and spatial intelligence, allowing robots to ground their actions on top of the environments, either digital or physical, and execute actions precisely and effectively." Meanwhile, Craig Le Clair -- a principal analyst at Forrester and author of Random Acts of Automation -- said the news aligns with the market research firm's prediction that 25% of 2025 robotics projects will combine cognitive and physical automation. He said, however, the debate continues whether this announcement and others signify a true turning point or just more large-language entries. "Microsoft has provided an important developer capability but now needs to demonstrate leadership in guiding productive and safe human-robot interaction," Le Clair said.
