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Automation

Automation is the use of technology to execute predefined tasks and workflows with minimal human intervention in software, hardware, and integrated systems. It matters in enterprises because it supports consistency, scalability, compliance, and efficiency across IT, security, and business operations.

  • 564 articles
  • 400 companies
  • Most covered: Aviz Networks, Itential, Sonic

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400 companies that coverage ties to the term, listed by how often, each linked to its own record.

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MCP

curl -X POST https://mcp.decisioninsights.ai/api/mcp-public \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -H "accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"slug":"automation"},"name":"di_get_term"}}'

REST

GET https://api.decisioninsights.ai/api/public/v1/glossary/88303a29-8647-4ea7-b49b-47c2916dc7a2

CLI

di get-glossary --slug automation

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The schema.org markup this page publishes for search engines and AI agents, exactly as they read it.

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