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Business Wire
24-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Workato Launches GO: A New AI Super App to Search, Act, and Orchestrate Across the Enterprise
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Workato®, the leader in agentic orchestration, today announced the launch of Workato GO, a new AI super app designed to help employees search, act, and orchestrate work across every system, app, and data source. Workato GO connects to all the tools your business runs on, making it the single starting point for intelligent, secure, and scalable work. Workato GO combines three essential capabilities into a single experience: the ability to search across every system and data source, receive intelligent assistance tailored to each user, and take secure, role-based actions, all while executing end-to-end workflows without switching between apps or systems. 'With Workato GO, my team will be able to seamlessly connect to our systems and data, empowering other employees across our company and helping us reimagine how people and agents work together,' said Kim Huffman, CIO, Workiva. 'With deep integration, orchestration, and human-in-the-loop capabilities, Workato GO transforms productivity and helps us realize the true value of AI, all in a single app that every employee in the company can use.' Agentic AI has become a top priority for IT leaders, but most enterprises face a growing gap between promise and execution. Large language models (LLMs) offer generative power, but often lack enterprise grounding. The average enterprise runs more than 1,000 applications and data sources, yet most agent tools connect to only a handful, leaving users with fragmented experiences and organizations burdened by disconnected bots and rising complexity. Workato GO is built on Workato ONE, the leading enterprise platform that powers integration, automation, and trusted agent execution. With Workato GO, users move from finding information to taking action in a seamless, unified experience. Unlike traditional chat or search tools, GO enables employees to complete workflows, kick off processes, and orchestrate results directly from a single interface. 'The conversation is shifting from generative AI 'novelty agents' to high-value AI-based business applications. Customers are seeking platforms that help them control data and governance risks, as well as AI sprawl,' said Dave Marcus, Principal Analyst, 'Workato GO meets these challenges by combining AI-powered enterprise search and agentic execution with an enterprise-class integration platform in a unified experience.' With GO, customers will have access to: Enterprise Search: Search across all your systems, data, and workflows. A single place to search across all your applications, documents, and processes, so employees can find exactly what they need, fast. Enables employees to instantly find information across all of their company's documents, data, applications, and business processes from a single, unified interface. Employee Assistant: The personalized starting point for every employee. Combines intelligent assistance with full enterprise context, and the ability to take action without switching between tools. Deep Action™: Move from knowledge to execution. Take multi-step actions across multiple systems, trigger automations, and launch workflows—including human-in-the-loop processes—right from the search results or assistant. Agents at the Core: Flexible, open agent architecture that integrates Workato and third-party agents, enabling automation and orchestration across all systems. Extensibility: Easily extend and customize capabilities with recipes and agents—adapting Workato GO to your unique business needs. 'Workato GO is the first enterprise search experience with Deep Action built in. It unifies how employees find what they need, take action, and orchestrate workflows—so AI can finally deliver real value at work. It's not just the future of search—it's the future of how employees get work done,' said Bhaskar Roy, Chief AI Products & Solutions Officer, Workato. 'We're committed to empowering every employee to be more productive, agile, and innovative—no matter how they work. This is just the beginning.' This announcement follows a year of milestones and acceleration for the company including recently announced strategic alliances with Amazon Bedrock and Anthropic, and the launch of Workato One, the industry's only platform that brings together everything organizations need to build and deploy secure, trusted, enterprise-ready agents with full business context across the core of the enterprise. Workato GO is available today to customers worldwide. To see the platform in action or request a personalized demo, visit About Workato Workato transforms technology complexity into business opportunity. As the leading agentic orchestration company, Workato empowers enterprises to connect and unify data, processes, applications, and experiences. Its AI-driven platform enables teams to navigate complex workflows in real-time, driving efficiency and agility. Trusted by more than 12,000 global customers, Workato empowers organizations of every size to unlock new value and lead in today's fast-changing world. Learn how Workato helps businesses of all sizes achieve more at Source: Workato
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
'Truly a treasure.' Dave Marcus has given voice to the rise of UCLA women's basketball
Dave Marcus has cycled through dozens of players and hundreds of games, seasons both good and bad. In his more than two decades on the job, the voice of UCLA women's basketball has often seen one — and sometimes two — teams from the Bruins' conference advance to the game's biggest stage, making him wonder when he might be able to say something like he did Sunday. Finally, after Kiki Rice made two free throws in the final seconds and the buzzer sounded inside Spokane Arena, Marcus unleashed those sweet words. Advertisement 'Final Fours up,' Marcus said, 'the Bruins are on their way to Tampa.' If UCLA's first trip to the Final Four of the NCAA tournament has been a long time coming for coach Cori Close and her players, imagine what it feels like for Marcus. Most of the current roster was either infants or hadn't been born when Marcus called his first game involving the team in November 2003. UCLA players celebrate as confetti falls onto the court after defeating LSU to reach the Final Four Sunday in Spokane, Wash. (Jenny Kane / Associated Press) Before this season, Marcus had seen the Bruins cut down nets only twice — after winning the 2006 Pac-10 tournament, when Noelle Quinn scored six points in the final 78 seconds to force overtime, and after winning the 2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament, when Jordin Canada scored half of her team's 62 points. Advertisement The Bruins doubled that collection of nets after climbing ladders twice in a 21-day span last month, their Big Ten tournament title followed by a victory over Louisiana State in the Spokane Regional final that set up an even bigger game against Connecticut on Friday inside Amalie Arena. 'I've always been curious, you know, what is the Final Four like,' Marcus said, 'and we're about to find out.' As Marcus likes to make clear during even a short conversation, UCLA's run isn't about him but the stories he gets to tell. And there have been plenty over his 22 seasons. UCLA center Lauren Betts cuts the net after the Bruins beat LSU to clinch a spot in the Final Four Sunday in Spokane, Wash. (Jenny Kane / Associated Press) 'Dave Marcus has given UCLA women's basketball a labor of love for many, many years,' Close said. 'I love his professionalism. I love his storytelling. But even more than that, I love how much he's been committed to growing the game and honoring women's basketball. He is truly a treasure for our program.' Advertisement Known for his conversational style and a smooth, mellifluous voice, Marcus is a one-man operation, serving as his own engineer and equipment manager. He perseveres through every challenge, like the time last season during an NCAA tournament game at Pauley Pavilion when someone unplugged his power cord and the webcast went silent for several minutes. 'That was just unfortunate,' said Marcus, whose calls can be heard at , 'but fortunately we were able to figure it out and get back on.' Marcus hasn't always worked alone. Past broadcast partners have included Tracy Murray, the former Bruins and NBA forward who now serves as a radio analyst for men's basketball games alongside Josh Lewin, and Angel Gray, who is now a rising star at ESPN. Read more: 'It's been a long time coming.' Denise Curry celebrates UCLA's Final Four run Advertisement After getting his start as a student broadcaster calling men's basketball games when he attended California, Marcus went on to work local high school football and basketball games for various Southern California television outlets. He was later a play-by-play announcer and sideline reporter covering college football and basketball games for an unwired radio network before getting hired to be the voice of Pepperdine women's basketball for two seasons. When the Bruins called about an opening to do their games before the 2003-04 season, Marcus was overjoyed. He's also worked a handful of men's games alongside Murray over the years and says his approach doesn't change whether he's broadcasting to the full UCLA radio network or a webcast that might be heard by significantly fewer listeners. 'The experience for me is the same — I'm at the game, I've got a great seat and I get to describe what's going on, and so I'm going to leave the metrics to others,' Marcus said. 'I hope that there's enough value there that I keep getting brought back, but so far it's worked.' Pointing out that it's hard to land airtime in the L.A. radio market — even many Kings broadcasts are relegated to an app — Marcus said there are benefits to doing a webcast that people can stream through their phone and play in their car. UCLA forwards Janiah Barker and Angela Dugalic and their teammates toss confetti after beating LSU to clinch a spot in the Final Four Sunday in Spokane, Wash. (Young Kwak / Associated Press) 'It's easier than trying to find a radio station sometimes,' Marcus said. 'We may have more people listening to the way we do it than if we were on a commercial station — I have no idea — but it's pretty accessible now, and I always think that no one's listening until I say something really dumb and then I hear about it from everywhere.' Advertisement Some of Marcus' favorite stories about this UCLA team have come off the court. Before the season opener, he watched as the Bruins conducted a basketball clinic in the suburbs of Paris with economically disadvantaged children, teaching them how to dribble with each hand, jump stop and pivot. 'It was kind of hilarious,' Marcus said, 'because very few of the kids spoke English and very few of the players spoke French — although Zania Socka-Nguemen does speak some French — but I was just watching players, some of them almost come out of their shell; Janiah Barker was animated with the kids, and it was just wonderful to see that side of her.' When the Bruins traveled to Honolulu for a tournament later in the month, they played with children living in transitional housing who delighted in the chance to spend time with new college-aged friends. Read more: UCLA's juniors are determined to finally advance past the Sweet 16 Advertisement 'At the end of it,' Marcus said, 'the Bruin players handed out some of their playing cards and a lot of kids didn't even realize these were even basketball players, they just thought a group from [mainland] America had come to play with them and it was really kind of cool.' Marcus said he also appreciated the authenticity of Close, who is the same person in postgame interviews as she is when the microphone is turned off. If all goes well this weekend, he'll get to interview her after two more games and before one final set of nets gets cut down. Though the Bruins made history by getting here, there could be more to come. 'It's great to see them at this point realize their goals,' Marcus said, 'and I'm happy to be there describing the rest of the way.' Get the best, most interesting and strangest stories of the day from the L.A. sports scene and beyond from our newsletter The Sports Report. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
03-04-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
‘Truly a treasure.' Dave Marcus has given voice to the rise of UCLA women's basketball
Dave Marcus has cycled through dozens of players and hundreds of games, seasons both good and bad. In his more than two decades on the job, the voice of UCLA women's basketball has often seen one — and sometimes two — teams from the Bruins' conference advance to the game's biggest stage, making him wonder when he might be able to say something like he did Sunday. Finally, after Kiki Rice made two free throws in the final seconds and the buzzer sounded inside Spokane Arena, Marcus unleashed those sweet words. 'Final Fours up,' Marcus said, 'the Bruins are on their way to Tampa.' If UCLA's first trip to the Final Four of the NCAA tournament has been a long time coming for coach Cori Close and her players, imagine what it feels like for Marcus. Most of the current roster was either infants or hadn't been born when Marcus called his first game involving the team in November 2003. Before this season, Marcus had seen the Bruins cut down nets only twice — after winning the 2006 Pac-10 tournament, when Noelle Quinn scored six points in the final 78 seconds to force overtime, and after winning the 2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament, when Jordin Canada scored half of her team's 62 points. The Bruins doubled that collection of nets after climbing ladders twice in a 21-day span last month, their Big Ten tournament title followed by a victory over Louisiana State in the Spokane Regional final that set up an even bigger game against Connecticut on Friday inside Amalie Arena. 'I've always been curious, you know, what is the Final Four like,' Marcus said, 'and we're about to find out.' As Marcus likes to make clear during even a short conversation, UCLA's run isn't about him but the stories he gets to tell. And there have been plenty over his 22 seasons. 'Dave Marcus has given UCLA women's basketball a labor of love for many, many years,' Close said. 'I love his professionalism. I love his storytelling. But even more than that, I love how much he's been committed to growing the game and honoring women's basketball. He is truly a treasure for our program.' Known for his conversational style and a smooth, mellifluous voice, Marcus is a one-man operation, serving as his own engineer and equipment manager. He perseveres through every challenge, like the time last season during an NCAA tournament game at Pauley Pavilion when someone unplugged his power cord and the webcast went silent for several minutes. 'That was just unfortunate,' said Marcus, whose calls can be heard at 'but fortunately we were able to figure it out and get back on.' Marcus hasn't always worked alone. Past broadcast partners have included Tracy Murray, the former Bruins and NBA forward who now serves as a radio analyst for men's basketball games alongside Josh Lewin, and Angel Gray, who is now a rising star at ESPN. After getting his start as a student broadcaster calling men's basketball games when he attended California, Marcus went on to work local high school football and basketball games for various Southern California television outlets. He was later a play-by-play announcer and sideline reporter covering college football and basketball games for an unwired radio network before getting hired to be the voice of Pepperdine women's basketball for two seasons. When the Bruins called about an opening to do their games before the 2003-04 season, Marcus was overjoyed. He's also worked a handful of men's games alongside Murray over the years and says his approach doesn't change whether he's broadcasting to the full UCLA radio network or a webcast that might be heard by significantly fewer listeners. 'The experience for me is the same — I'm at the game, I've got a great seat and I get to describe what's going on, and so I'm going to leave the metrics to others,' Marcus said. 'I hope that there's enough value there that I keep getting brought back, but so far it's worked.' Pointing out that it's hard to land airtime in the L.A. radio market — even many Kings broadcasts are relegated to an app — Marcus said there are benefits to doing a webcast that people can stream through their phone and play in their car. 'It's easier than trying to find a radio station sometimes,' Marcus said. 'We may have more people listening to the way we do it than if we were on a commercial station — I have no idea — but it's pretty accessible now, and I always think that no one's listening until I say something really dumb and then I hear about it from everywhere.' Some of Marcus' favorite stories about this UCLA team have come off the court. Before the season opener, he watched as the Bruins conducted a basketball clinic in the suburbs of Paris with economically disadvantaged children, teaching them how to dribble with each hand, jump stop and pivot. 'It was kind of hilarious,' Marcus said, 'because very few of the kids spoke English and very few of the players spoke French — although Zania Socka-Nguemen does speak some French — but I was just watching players, some of them almost come out of their shell; Janiah Barker was animated with the kids, and it was just wonderful to see that side of her.' When the Bruins traveled to Honolulu for a tournament later in the month, they played with children living in transitional housing who delighted in the chance to spend time with new college-aged friends. 'At the end of it,' Marcus said, 'the Bruin players handed out some of their playing cards and a lot of kids didn't even realize these were even basketball players, they just thought a group from [mainland] America had come to play with them and it was really kind of cool.' Marcus said he also appreciated the authenticity of Close, who is the same person in postgame interviews as she is when the microphone is turned off. If all goes well this weekend, he'll get to interview her after two more games and before one final set of nets gets cut down. Though the Bruins made history by getting here, there could be more to come. 'It's great to see them at this point realize their goals,' Marcus said, 'and I'm happy to be there describing the rest of the way.'
