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Call Center Automation: Definition, Trends, Benefits, & Use Cases

Balto

The most effective automation tools include: Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems AI-powered chatbots Automated email responses Virtual agents for basic troubleshooting Call center automation refers to the strategic use of technology to handle repetitive and time-consuming tasks within a call center.

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Virtual Agent Usage Spikes as Self-Service Rescues the Customer Experience

Creative Virtual

These organisations can ‘rescue’ the customer experience by guiding customers to the information they need online while at the same time relieving some of the pressure from their contact centre so agents can better serve customers with questions that need human support. It’s also interesting to break down the virtual agent traffic by region.

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How Virtual Agents Help the Live Agent Workforce

SmartAction

Yet when examining the facts versus fiction that sentient bots are here to end the live agent workforce, the opposite is true. In over 100 deployments from small companies to large enterprises, SmartAction has yet to see a layoff en masse after deploying virtual agents. Virtual agents are here to help, not stop, live agents.

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What is a virtual agent and how does it work?

Talkdesk

Self-service in customer support is not just a trend anymore, it’s here to stay. This tendency, coupled with increasingly mature artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, has raised attention to the role and impact of virtual agents in contact centers and customer experience (CX). What is a virtual agent?

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Navigating the Worker Shortage in the Contact Center

Speaker: Brian Morin, Helena Chen, and Sofia Burton from SmartAction

The latest trend in the contact center has CX leaders worried -- across industries, there is a massive shortage of workers. Key takeaways: Why there’s a shortage of call center agents during a time of relatively high unemployment. As the U.S. How to mitigate the impact of an understaffed contact center with conversational AI.

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The Biggest CX Changes in Healthcare Customer Support in 2025

Outsource Consultants

AI in Healthcare CX: Smarter, Faster, and More Compliant Healthcare organizations have embraced AI tools like virtual assistants, chatbots, and real-time agent support to dramatically reduce wait times, improve accuracy, and deliver personalized patient interactionsall without sacrificing compliance.

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Transforming citizen experience: How AI and automation can revolutionize public services

3CLogic

ServiceNow natively enables digital engagement through self-service portals, Virtual Agents, and AI-driven workflows, allowing citizens to resolve issues online without agent intervention.