Cisco - Contact Center

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Join renowned contact center industry analyst Sheila McGee-Smith and Cisco Contact Center VP/GM Omar Tawakol for a live stream on February 3, 2021, as they discuss five essential elements for the contact center platform of the future, and how Webex Contact Center delivers these.

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Fonolo

MAY 24, 2018

By building key metrics and analytics around each step of the customer journey, and aligning them with a set of expectations, we can better understand the customer experience. Creating strong, meaningful relationships with customers goes beyond just engaging with them. How can this be done?

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Callminer

MARCH 2, 2020

To learn about how speech analytics can help boost customer satisfaction, download our white paper, Reduce Churn and Increase Customer Satisfaction with Speech Analytics. Armed with these insights, call center leaders can better prepare their agents to resolve customer concerns on the first contact.

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Cisco - Contact Center

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Recently, Cisco partnered with Gartner Research to create a set of deep insights on five subject areas that contact center practitioners and customer experience experts can leverage to guide their planning for the year ahead. He’s the VP and General Manager of Cisco’s Contact Center Business Unit. The ultimate goal?

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Talkdesk

DECEMBER 1, 2020

To develop a transformation strategy, look beyond traditional contact center key performance indicators (KPIs) and instead use a holistic view of your CX to evaluate, prioritize and enhance areas in need of improvement. The Talkdesk CX Maturity Model evaluates CX based on nine core areas: .

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Calabrio

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

The contact center as profit driver: it keeps popping up on lists of top business trends for 2016. Surveys show 3 in 4 organizations now view the contact center as a key differentiator—no longer just a cost center. contact centers racked up more than 200 billion minutes of inbound calling.

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Callminer

MARCH 12, 2020

Download our white paper, Sitel + CallMiner Survey: Preventing Fraud and Preserving CX with AI , to learn more about the importance of data security for compliance within the call center environment.

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Callminer

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Speech analytics software , for example, enables call centers to review past fraudulent calls, customize a fraudulent scorecard, and leverage real-time analytics to provide guidance to agents while on the call if a call is flagged as potential fraud. Caller has difficulty answering KBA questions.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

To learn more about how call centers can adapt to new challenges in the era of COVID-19, download our white paper: Contact Center Practices and Guidelines for Managing Through COVID-19. “Call centers can leverage several autonomous and semi-autonomous AI functions to streamline internal processes. .”

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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2020

Sales, Marketing and Enterprise Uses of Interaction Analytics. Interaction (speech and text) analytics (IA) is a solution that sells well in both strong and weak economies. By Donna Fluss. This is because IA generates measurable benefits that contribute to a company’s top and bottom line. Final Thoughts.

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8x8

MARCH 17, 2019

For example, artificial-intelligence infused speech analytics and quality management can add value for every department in your company. By expanding the footprint of these solutions beyond the traditional boundaries of the contact center, your whole business can gain the immediate insights needed to improve productivity.

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NICE inContact

JULY 26, 2019

Think adding artificial intelligence (AI) to your contact center means dramatic technology shifts? From robotic procession automation to machine learning and intelligent analytics, AI’s impact on profits is clear — even with a measured, practical approach. How does a contact center meet these demands? Think again.

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Transparent BPO

JANUARY 14, 2020

Each year, new trends emerge that contact center executives must pay attention to, and 2020 is no different. For that reason, we thought it would be helpful to share our views on seven trends we believe will impact centers this year and the foreseeable future. Don’t waste another minute during a contact center site visit.

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Fonolo

APRIL 24, 2018

It’s been an exciting year so far in the world of contact centers. In just the last month we saw the release of Apple’s Business Chat, the announcement of Twilio’s new Flex call center platform and the acquisition of Altocloud by Genesys. You should also check out, 4 Contact Center Reports to Start Off Your Year.).

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ConvergeOne

JUNE 21, 2022

What factors determine whether a contact center interaction produces a positive outcome? To ensure the quality of every customer interaction, contact center managers need a business system – a repeatable approach. Adopting a disciplined approach to WEM activities is key to the growth of any contact center.

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ConvergeOne

AUGUST 9, 2022

To minimize wait time and time-to-resolve metrics amid such chaos, contact center managers must schedule not only to cover expected call volume and other key performance indicators, but also to maintain targeted skill ratios. Download the full white paper below. Can’t wait? Where workforce engagement technology is headed.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 20, 2019

How well does your system support modern call center requirements like omnichannel , digital channels , workforce management and more? How does all this impact your call center? Modernizing your contact center software may seem like a big job. Why go “cloud” or stay with an on-premises system?

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 20, 2019

How well does your system support modern call center requirements like omnichannel , digital channels , workforce management and more? How does all this impact your call center? Modernizing your contact center software may seem like a big job. Why go “cloud” or stay with an on-premises system?

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Callminer

MAY 26, 2020

For more information on the customer experience, download our white paper, The CX Pro’s Guide to Speech Analytics. Exact strategies for improving your call center’s customer satisfaction metric depend on the services you have surveyed your customers on.

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Callminer

JUNE 18, 2020

To learn more about employee churn and analytical methods of addressing it, download our white paper, Understanding How Interaction Analytics Can Reduce Agent Attrition. Read on to learn a few powerful questions worth asking during such interviews to leverage your lost employees’ critical insights.

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Fonolo

APRIL 2, 2019

We share a lot of diverse content, including lists of industry reports , links to discussion groups , and our own white papers. Key quote: “The Contact Center is going to change more in the next five years than in the last 25.” Call Center Panel from Enterprise Connect. I won’t spoil it here.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 9, 2020

Advances in communication technology are forcing rapid change in the contact center. To accommodate consumers’ growing expectations and provide 24/7 omnichannel customer support, we’re expecting to see a mass exodus, with as many as 70% of contact centers moving ‘to the cloud’ in the next 12-24 months.

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Liveops

DECEMBER 27, 2018

When it comes to running or working with a contact center in 2019, there is a lot leaders can learn from what experts had to say about the state of customer service in 2018. Which is why we know you’ll appreciate a round-up of highlights around call center news and information. Checklist] Customer Contact To-Do List.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Download our white paper, The Vulnerability Blueprint: How to Identify, Support and Retain Vulnerable Customers , to learn more about how your organization can identify and support vulnerable customers. Meet Our Panel of Call Center Experts & Business Leaders: Kevin Lee. One thing contact centers need to get better at is…”.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Although the immediate concerns of agents in need of assistance and other urgent needs are readily apparent from a manager’s perspective, raw data on customer satisfaction, speed, and more can only be captured through targeted analytics. Aim to incorporate metrics that reflect what matters most to your call center at any given time.

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Cisco - Contact Center

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The All-New Webex Contact Center Lays the Foundation for the Next Generation of Customer Experiences. And throughout the year, the physical world was impacted such that a significant increase in digital interactions and an elevated status for contact centers came to be. End-to-End Customer Experience Management.

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Cisco - Contact Center

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

According to Cisco’s global contact center survey, 53 percent of contact centers report into a CX executive, and yet 72 percent of contact center decision-makers say that fragmented customer experiences are one of their top 5 business challenges. Webinar Highlights. Learn More.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 1, 2018

Google made a major announcement at their “Cloud Next” event with the launch of Contact Center AI. It was the second time this month that the contact center world was rocked by a Google announcement. Analyst Sheila McGee Smith has a great slideshow here: Google Embraces the Contact Center. Further Reading.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 29, 2018

What does this have to do with contact centers? Most IT systems have a lifespan of about seven years and call center systems are no different. Contact Center software and hardware is replaced every couple of years because it either wears out or because it no longer provides needed functionality.

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DMG Consulting

MAY 5, 2020

During the past few months, we’ve published a series of newsletter blogs, columns and white papers to help executives and contact center leaders manage through the coronavirus pandemic. Interaction analytics and CJA address all of these needs. . Using IA and CJA to Improve CX. Learn more at www.dmgconsult.com.

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Calabrio

JULY 29, 2016

Smart contact center leaders know that the benefits of a strong quality assurance program stretch far beyond the walls of the contact center. Technology has made huge advances in recent years as the contact center has shifted from an unsightly but necessary business function to the cornerstone of customer experience.

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Noble Systems

JANUARY 30, 2019

Many of the 2019 trends indicate a “back to basics” approach with an emphasis on the ultimate goal for contact centers — to foster meaningful connections with consumers. After researching several articles, white papers and ebooks on the topic, this blog’s intention is to bring clarity to what the experts are saying.

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VocalCom

JUNE 24, 2020

The use of emerging technologies such as automation and AI to manage customer experience will be key to improve significantly contact centers’ efficiency and reduce costs. In parallel, automation and AI are transforming the processes of contact centers themselves. Want to know more about the evolution of contact centers

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

A robust speech analytics solution can help call center managers monitor agent performance and take action to implement additional training and development to support excellent agent performance. Expectations need to be laid out as clearly as possible early on. Interior Design.

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VocalCom

JUNE 18, 2020

Before the pandemic even started to disrupt business, the contact center industry was already widely migrating to Cloud. Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant report anticipated that, by 2022, contact center as a service (CCaaS) would become the preferred adoption model for about half of contact centers, up from about 10% in 2019.

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Calabrio

APRIL 25, 2017

One of the most confounding challenges for modern contact center leaders is reporting on any performance metric that requires information from more than one system or application, each of which is a self-contained silo of data. Traditionally contact centers have been dealing with two main data challenges. Real-time data.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

If you are interested in learning about improving performance among your agents and bolstering agent retention within your organization through interaction analytics, take a look at our white paper, Understanding How Interaction Analytics Can Reduce Agent Attrition.

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