Spark Integration Services (The Bots Are Coming)

Chat bots have been around since the'early days' of the Internet. I remember using them in mIRC, ICQ and AOL Instant Messenger in the late 90's in my high school days. Admittedly, I had no vision about their future potential and just thought they were cool. At the time, I was more interested in the network than the bots. I believe, what returned chat bots to the headlines is the Internet of Things ("IoT"), the evolution of Enterprise Chat, thanks to companies such as Slack and WeChat, and improvements to Artificial Intelligence ("AI").