In 2018, Tacstone implemented the first RPA project. Since then, a lot has happened. Now, three years later, we have helped more than 40 organizations get started on their RPA journey. According to analysts, the RPA market will continue to grow by tens of percent per year. That means many new projects to be started. And many, many people to be trained. In fact, ICT education is still lagging behind considerably, so training RPA professionals in-house remains necessary.

For the Tacstone Group this is the moment to start a new venture. A new company that is 100% focused on training (young) ICT talent and supporting companies and institutions with the start or the continuation of their RPA journey. Tacstone Technology is the name.

“The market for RPA is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 32 percent through 2028, to over 12 billion euros worldwide.”

Grand View Research (April 2021)

Tacstone group launches Tacstone Technology: partner in intelligent automation

Tacstone’s RPA team has grown to approximately 30 employees in a relatively short period of time. The team supports more than 40 clients in sectors such as education, healthcare, real estate, (public) transport, family businesses, business services and others. In order to meet the growing demand and to be able to manage the necessary training of young ICT talent, the activities are now being transferred to a new independent company, with its own label: Tacstone Technology. With 100% focus on the meaningful application of new technology, while maintaining the characteristic Tacstone DNA. No nonsense consulting, critical, independent, focused on results through good cooperation. The other activities of the Tacstone group will continue under the existing labels Tacstone Ventures and Tacstone Consulting.

About RPA

RPA (Robotic Process Automation) is a new technology that allows software robots to simulate human actions to computers. Software robots, without having to modify our existing ICT systems, can take over countless tasks from us: Reading emails, processing invoices, entering data, archiving files and much more. Software robots work faster and more accurately than flesh-and-blood employees, they do not get sick, and they can save many hundreds of hours of time.

The Corona pandemic, with lockdowns and economic contraction, has caused considerable disruption to our labor market. Add to this the disruptive effect of far-reaching automation through the application of new technologies such as RPA and the result is a “double disruption.” Our way of working is really fundamentally changing right now. This change fits into the fourth industrial revolution, as announced several years ago by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

“By 2025, 97 million new jobs will be created worldwide adapted to a new division of labor between humans, machines and algorithms. Some 85 million jobs are expected to disappear completely or mostly. 50% of all workers will need retraining, but the time available for this is getting shorter and shorter.”

World Economic Forum – The Future of Jobs Report (2020)

“The growth of hyperautomation in recent years has been massive, and for 2022, 85% of larger companies expect to invest even more in hyperautomation.”

Gartner (Oct. 2021)