AWS Machine Learning

MARCH 31, 2023

The key to making this approach practical is to augment human agents with scalable, AI-powered virtual agents that can address callers’ needs for at least some of the incoming calls. per contact—a virtual agent can potentially save $7.91 (98%) for every call it successfully handles.

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Contact Center Pipeline

DECEMBER 28, 2020

We are finally at the end of a turbulent 2020. It has been quite a journey—with many more months of market uncertainty and workplace challenges ahead. Over the past eight months, like many of our readers, we have been forced to pivot our editorial coverage to focus on the impacts of COVID-19 on the contact […].

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Contact Center Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Many organizations are now 100% work-from-home or have a workforce divided between brick-and-mortar and virtual agents (82% are WFH since July 2020—Gartner). Our workforce management (WFM) landscape is changing at breakneck speed. This presents entirely new challenges and opportunity for workforce managers.

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DMG Consulting

JUNE 11, 2019

DMG Consulting Releases 2019-2020 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2019-2020 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2019-2020 Intelligent Virtual Agent Product and Market Report. Botanic Technologies and Capito.ai

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 21, 2020

As we approach the end of 2020, the whole Creative Virtual team around the world want to say thank you to all our blog readers, customers and partners for joining us on this roller coaster of a year! Then check out our 2020 in Review blog post for more highlights and educational resources.

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Creative Virtual

MAY 28, 2020

Do you have a chatbot or virtual agent on your roadmap? Are you curious about successful use cases for AI-enhanced virtual agents? If so, you’ll want to reserve your spot now to join Creative Virtual and Engage Customer for their upcoming webinar, Tips for Deploying AI Chatbots & Virtual Agents.

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Connect

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Technology-enabled transformation is a growing trend as operators look to access the latest technologies shaping the contact centre of the future , with artificial intelligence (AI) a key strategic focus. By Martin Cross , Chief Strategy Officer at Connect.

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TechSee

OCTOBER 9, 2018

trillion in spending — in the United States by 2020. The key to reaching this powerful demographic is by understanding that technology is central to their being. Millennials love augmented reality and virtual reality, and there are an increasing number of practical business solutions for these immersive technologies.

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TechSee

JANUARY 14, 2020

The global drive toward digital transformation has made its mark on contact center processes and operations, with Salesforce predicting last year that the use of AI by customer service teams would see a 143% increase by 2020. Why agents are embracing the change.

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 10, 2020

This is the seventh time I’ve done this annual year in review blog post, but never have I had to review a year that was like 2020. I don’t need to tell you that not everything went as planned, but there were still some bright spots for us and the chatbot, virtual agent and live chat industry.

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SmartAction

APRIL 9, 2020

SmartAction lends it recently-released Rapid Response Virtual Agent to the toll-free coronavirus hotline launched by NFL QB Jameis Winston and Dr. Scott Kelley to help families get rapid responses to common questions, triage callers, and provide guidance for medical treatment and/or a coronavirus test. About SmartAction.

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SmartAction

JANUARY 16, 2020

According to Gartner’s 2019 Hype Cycle for Customer Service & Support Technologies, Virtual Customer Assistants have just eked out beyond the “Peak of Inflated Expectations” and into the “Trough of Disillusionment.” Speech recognition and natural language processing technologies have taken off in capabilities.

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Uniphore

AUGUST 12, 2021

Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant—virtual assistants have transformed how we interact with technology and what we expect from it. Unsurprisingly, sales of these multimodal assistants grew 30% in 2020, while voice-only assistants saw a 3% decline. Multimodal Virtual Agent Implementation and Best Practices. View Webinar.

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DMG Consulting

APRIL 15, 2020

DMG Consulting Releases 2020 – 2021 Workforce Management Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2020 – 2021 Workforce Management Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2020 – 2021 Workforce Management Product and Market Report. When: Today, 8 April 2020. Where: Available at the DMG Consulting online store.

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SmartAction

AUGUST 18, 2020

Los Angeles, CA – August 18, 2020 – SmartAction®, a leading provider of AI-powered virtual agents for contact centers, today announces its promotion of Gary Davis from President to Chief Executive Officer. Davis brings more than 20 years of senior management experience leading companies in the areas of operations and technology.

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InGenius

JANUARY 31, 2020

As January comes to a close, we wanted to have a look at what 2020 has in store for the contact center. Being a progressive industry driven by innovation and new technology, we can expect to see several trends emerging this year that propel the industry forward and have a significant impact on customer experience and agent productivity.

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Xaqt

JUNE 1, 2020

All the while, Virtual Agents and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) threaten to eliminate much of the human capabilities that outsources have built their business on. Amazon, Google, Microsoft) and well-funded start-ups are selling the value proposition of bots, virtual agents and AI to their enterprise customers.

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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2020

DMG Consulting Releases 2020 – 2021 Interaction Analytics Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2020 – 2021 Interaction Analytics Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2020 – 2021 Interaction Analytics Product and Market Report. When: Today, 23 July 2020.

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TechSee

JANUARY 14, 2020

The global drive toward digital transformation has made its mark on contact center processes and operations, with Salesforce predicting last year that the use of AI by customer service teams would see a 143% increase by 2020. Rejecting doomsday predictions that robots will take their jobs, many agents are embracing AI technology.

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DMG Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

DMG Consulting Releases 2020 – 2021 Digital Customer Service Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2020 – 2021 Digital Customer Service Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2020 – 2021 Digital Customer Service Product and Market Report. When: Today, 30 September 2020.

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DMG Consulting

DECEMBER 7, 2020

DMG Consulting Releases 2020 – 2021 Cloud-Based Contact Center Infrastructure Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2020 – 2021 Cloud-Based Contact Center Infrastructure Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2020 – 2021 Cloud-Based Contact Center Infrastructure Product and Market Report.

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REVE Chat Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The top contact center trends to watch out in 2020. What tools & technologies will empower businesses to gain an edge over the competition? virtual agents. Many customers prefer fixing on their own before reaching out to the support agent. Final thoughts on call center technology trends . FAQ pages .

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DMG Consulting

MAY 21, 2020

VISION 2020. We’ve entered the new decade with great momentum in technological innovation. In 2020 we’re going to see new and continued investments that will finally allow companies to decrease the number of live agent resources needed in contact centers, which is the number-one goal for these people-intensive organizations.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 9, 2020

DMG Consulting Releases 2019 – 2020 Workforce Optimization Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2019 – 2020 Workforce Optimization Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2019 – 2020 Workforce Optimization Product and Market Report. When: Today, 18 February 2020. Many vendors from various IT sectors.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 31, 2019

DMG Consulting Releases 2019 – 2020 Workforce Management Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2019 – 2020 Workforce Management Product and Market Report. 2019 – 2020 Workforce Management Product and Market Report. Many of these new algorithms leverage AI technologies and are optimized for each discrete channel.

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SmartAction

APRIL 1, 2020

SmartAction is responding to the current crisis with a Rapid Response Virtual Agent that intercepts callers with a seamless channel switching experience to answer commonly asked questions and even screen callers to create an escalation path (e.g. How a Rapid Response Virtual Agent Works. For a live demo, visit [link].

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DMG Consulting

OCTOBER 17, 2019

DMG Consulting Releases 2019 – 2020 Contact Center Analytics Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2019 – 2020 Contact Center Analytics Product and Market Report. DMG expects the number of IA seats to increase by 12% in 2019, 11% in 2020, 10% in both 2021 and 2022, and 9% in 2023.

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DMG Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2019

DMG Consulting Releases 2019 – 2020 Cloud-Based Contact Center Infrastructure Product and Market Report. What: Releases 2019 – 2020 Cloud-Based Contact Center Infrastructure Product and Market Report. DMG expects the number of CBCCI seats to increase by 23% in 2019 and 2020, by 21% in 2021 and 2022, and by 20% in 2023.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 1, 2020

Some might say adoption grew because live agent support wasn’t much better and that using an IVR didn’t require waiting on hold, so it became a convenient habit. It’s time for businesses to prepare for this future, and the way to get there is by replacing their old and outdated IVRs with newer intelligent virtual agent (IVA) solutions.

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SmartAction

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Leading provider of AI-powered Virtual Agents for omnichannel self-service posts its largest growth in sales bookings for the year. As the global intelligent virtual agent market is expected to reach $11.3b SmartAction’s 2019 Momentum Highlights. About SmartAction.

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 5, 2020

2020 has brought new customer service challenges for companies and altered the way customers engage with businesses, perhaps forever. This three-part blog series explores the business value of using a chatbot or virtual agent to provide easy-to-use self-service, starting with supporting customers.

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Interactions

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Improved artificial intelligence (AI) technologies along with the widespread availability of capable devices has led to a recent surge in speech-driven conversational systems that allow users to interact with virtual agents. ” in 2018 IEEE Spoken Language Technology Workshop (SLT) , 2018. [2] 1] Price, R.,

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Creative Virtual

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Long wait times have been fuelled by a sharp rise in calls combined with the unpredictability of available agents due to office closures and quarantines. She advocates for letting self-help tools, such as virtual agents and chatbots, share the burden being felt by contact centres. Her conclusion?

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RichCall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

With the rise of technology that allows better customer service, customers are becoming more demanding – that’s why to satisfy and retain them, you need to develop your contact center in accordance with the worldwide trends. employ customer support specialists, who will become trusted and recognized, rather than be nameless agents.

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DMG Consulting

APRIL 15, 2020

When: Today, 3 March 2020. Enterprises are looking to the future and are trying to ensure their viability in a rapidly changing world of technology and automation. Companies are making long-overdue improvements to their technology and pushing forward with innovative uses for automation throughout the enterprise. “The

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Creative Virtual

JANUARY 12, 2021

Today we announced Creative Virtual’s latest award win: ‘Most Innovative Conversational Self-Service Solutions, 2020’ in Corporate Vision Magazine’s Corporate Excellence Awards. Conversational self-service tools have progressively become more mainstream in the nearly two decades of Creative Virtual’s history.

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Creative Virtual

AUGUST 20, 2020

The new ebook, Conversational AI Trends 2020 , takes a look at the rapid advances in conversational AI technologies and the new applications and use cases emerging across industries. The organisation discovered that their virtual agent was the best way to keep up with rapid changes and deliver accurate information to customers.

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