While many network administrators worry about the next worm, security experts are warning that a quieter but equally damaging threat is slowly gaining control of large networks of computers. Known as ...

Automating processes such as answering basic online queries from customers using software “robots” can drive savings and eliminate drudgery for employees. Yet bots often trigger backlash from workers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I track enterprise software application development & data management. Software robots work for humans. Typically now shortened ...

From performing surgery to sterilizing rooms, robots have made their healthcare debut. Not all healthcare robots have physical forms, though. Some of the most valuable are bits of intelligent, ...

Most threats in any digital environment come from bots or botnets. While some bots are useful, some mimic human behavior with evil intentions. These malicious bots hoard resources, perform account ...

Pity today's cybercriminal. Sure, attackers can get by focusing on Windows -- but with the increasing market share of Mac OS X and the proliferation of smartphones, one operating system platform just ...

Late last year, David Haynes, a security engineer at the internet infrastructure company Cloudflare, found himself gazing at a strange image. “It was pure gibberish,” he says. “A whole bunch of gray ...

You usually spend your time doing things yourself. So when tasks pile up one after the other, the life-work balance suffers. However, by using productivity bots, you ...

Pan-Pacific Mechanical, a mechanical design-build subcontractor, has begun to develop bot software to automate its construction management workflows. According to Contractor Magazine, the software ...