The transforming power of automation
In today’s world, we are constantly connected. Whether it’s with people on social media, smart appliances, monitoring our home security or navigating through traffic to work in the morning, we are living every day more integrated with the technology around us.
All of this integration brings to question how we’re using this interconnectivity to the best of our advantage, especially when it comes to simplifying time-consuming, labor intensive, tedious business processes. The concept of automation has transformed many formerly manual processes into tasks that can now be performed with minimal human assistance.
The role of APIs in the journey to automation
Automation used to be considered a complex thing — it required a whole team of specialized, technical resources and long project timeframes to streamline business processes.
Now, automation can be powered by application programming interface (API) technology. APIs provide several benefits that enable the implementation of other sources of automation later on in the journey, including:
- Efficient and seamless data interactions from system to system
- Reduced end-to-end transaction time
- Improved agility and scalability
- Operational cost savings
- Accelerated time to value
Once system-to-system communication is established through ArrowSphere Connect — our automation service offering — you’ll experience quicker access to business transactions while removing manual processes.
Automation and Arrow
Arrow helps the IT channel automate business transactions through ArrowSphere Connect. ArrowSphere Connect has functionality that helps all levels of the organization, including automation scoring. ArrowLink will score you on your utilization of the automated services. Through easy-to-read dashboards, you can see how you're doing with your automation journey, and the potential services that could be activated to improve other business processes. You also gain the ability to measure your projects through analytics achieved through automation — you can't manage what you can't measure!
Whether you already have some integrations with us and would like to extend your automation for increased efficiency, or you'd like to start from the beginning, we will work with you every step of the way. ArrowSphere Connect is backed by our experienced IT support team and an ever-growing knowledge base, no matter where your ideas take you.
Take a step toward automation
Arrow is looking for channel partners with a desire to integrate systems for faster and more efficient data transactions. Automation is now for the masses — if your business hasn’t considered automation before, now is the time!
Start your automation journey with us by requesting a demo — your Arrow account manager will reach out to review the details based on your business and system needs.
This article was originally published in July 2020 and has been updated for relevance.
