While the global pandemic has accelerated interest in automation, it has also proven to accelerate interest in cloud-based automation. 

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On this episode, Blue Prism’s Brad Hairston talks with Purna Doddapaneni, the head of Bain & Company’s Automation Center of Excellence, who explains how companies are showing a strong openness to Intelligent Automation in the cloud and how this trend may not subside any time soon. 

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Here’s what we talked with Purna about: 

* How the pandemic has made the cloud more “normal” for the enterprise 

* The likelihood of companies backsliding to on-prem once the pandemic subsides 

* The different ways cloud-based automation can be configured 

* The primary reasons companies take interest in cloud-based automation 

* How intelligent automation (RPA + intelligent skills) relates to the cloud 

* Purna’s experience with building out SaaS offerings, specifically RPA as a service 

* Market demand for digital workers sourced through a SaaS model 

* How the private equity sector views the cloud 

* The outlook for cloud-based consumption of digital workers and AI  

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