Overview of IBM Business Automation Workflow on containers

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Business Automation Workflow on containers provides an integrated platform that combines workflow orchestration with intelligent automation capabilities to optimize core business processes and improve productivity and efficiency. As an agentic workflow solution, the platform also incorporates artificial intelligence throughout the automation lifecycle to enhance productivity and flexibility.
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The platform relies on Kubernetes, which is open source application container orchestration software that makes it easier to configure, deploy, and manage containerized applications. It is designed to help all types of projects (small and large), improve employee productivity, and deliver better end-to-end customer journeys while you reduce the burden of governing your content and processes. It can increase your ability to scale and do more work faster and better.

Business Automation Workflow on containers includes:
  • An authoring environment to create and configure workflow automations, with an Authoring Assistant Preview that uses AI to accelerate process generation.
  • A user experience for interacting with automations, enhanced by a Workplace Assistant that provides intelligent recommendations to speed up work completion. To provide consistent user experiences, standardized workflows can be reused across the organization.
  • Integrated AI services that incorporate generative AI into workflows to summarize unstructured content, extract insights from unstructured data, and provide intelligent recommendations to enhance work management.
  • Integrated AI agents (including watsonx Orchestrate) to enable users to trigger workflows and manage tasks through conversational AI, boosting productivity for business users.
  • Public REST APIs for programmatic integration, to manage snapshots and interact with running processes and tasks.
  • Administrative tools for optimizing how applications run, deploying new versions, and managing security.