Along with the usual customer implementations, new capabilities and even legislative efforts in the State of New Jersey regarding companies that offshore their contact center, there was a lot of advice and market insights to look at this week regarding contact center solutions.
First, I’d like to finish my observations from the recently concluded Interactions 2012 event. I got to test drive CaaS capabilities with Interactive Intelligence’s CaaS Quick Spin demo, and highly recommend it for anyone thinking about moving some or all of you contact center capabilities to the cloud. This is a case where you can actually get the look and feel of a solution so you can make truly educated decisions as what is best for your organization going forward.
Advice and insights
As noted this week provided a significant amount of food for thought.
News
The news spanned virtually all areas of community interest as can be seen from the variety below.
The continuing challenge of how to deal with U.S. companies “offshoring” their contact center operations was front and center as New Jersey's Senate Economic Growth Committee discussed a bill that would penalize companies that send call center business offshore. Should the bill pass, companies that send jobs overseas will be ineligible for state grants, loans and tax benefits for three years.
While aimed primarily at Verizon whose call canter employment has dropped over the years in New Jersey to the dismay of labor union the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the repercussions would be felt for other employers in the state and could influence other states to take similar action as federal legislation on the subject is likely to go nowhere.
Community update
Finally, in case you have not noticed we have added a new community feature, “Video Showcase.” Along with all of the other valuable resources accessible from the community home page (our glossary, featured demo, eBook, and a variety of other resources ranging from podcasts to whitepapers) the variety of subjects covered in the videos makes it hard to choose where to start, but I can say that the customer testimonials are compelling. And, if you have not already done so, sign up for a free Contact Center Solutions eNewsletter.
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