Voice Assistants in the Enterprise (Updated)

Was expecting this for some time.   Could be similar to the introductions of tablets, which we issued to executives when they came out.   I quickly got questions like, what do I do with them?    But unlike then, we will likely see more of the initiative shifted to the device.    How will they be able to collaborate as well as assist us.   Are we ready and for what?

Voice Assistants Coming to the Enterprise  in Informationweek.

Virtual employee assistants and voice interfaces to enterprise applications are relatively rare in enterprises today, but Gartner is predicting big growth in the next few years.
Is your IT infrastructure ready for voice interface chatbots? It's one thing to use digital assistants like Siri or Alexa at home or in your car. But is today's open office environment really ready for this kind of technology? According to a new prediction released by Gartner this month, this technology is coming to an office near you soon.

The market research firm is predicting that 25% of digital workers will use virtual employee assistants on a daily basis by 2021. That's compared to Gartner's prediction of less than 2% in 2019 -- a pretty steep increase for just two years, but it's being driven by several different technologies.  ....  "

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