Before jumping into what has been a busy week for the contact center solutions community, I’d like to make a full-throated pitch that you click on the Editor’s Choice article on sponsor Interactive Intelligence’s CaaS Quick Spin demo. Seeing is believing. And, for everyone considering moving some or all of their operations to the cloud, being able to evaluate the experience and the value to be obtained is in a word invaluable. If it is either too hot where you are or too wet this weekend, click to take a test drive.
I also want draw your attention to a webinar won’t want to miss, “The New Mobile World: Changing the Way You’ll Service Your Customers,” or if you miss it live by all means review it later. ContactCenterSolutions Contributor Tracey Schelmetic , in fact, has a nice piece on the issues that will be addressed.
News
Now for the news. As usual it covered a myriad of issues, challenges and all sorts of competitive developments. A good place to begin is with things relating to the cloud, mobility and the global nature of the industry.
As most of you know, this year marks the 30th anniversary of TMC covering customer interactions. Executive Editor Paula Bernier in recognition of this has been conducting a series of interviews with industry luminaries to get their thoughts on where we are and where will are going. This week you should enjoy her interview with Marty Beard, president and CEO of LiveOps which looks at the cloud, CRM and customer care.
On the mobility front, Aspect Software introduced Aspect Workforce Mobile, a customizable mobile application for supervisors and managers of next-generation customer contact centers. And, in regards to global trends, a recent report said that China is showing impressive contact center growth, outpacing traditional leader India.
Vertical industry solutions highlighted other news:
In other news there were more generic offerings announced as well as the achievement of an impressive milestone.
Finally, the milestone was IPsoft’s celebration of successfully enabling automatic processes without any human intervention in about 10 million customer IT incidents.
Additional weekend viewing
Just a reminder to everyone, hopefully you have noted our update of the community with the addition of “Video Showcase.” This is a great place to pick up best practices, and other useful tips. Plus, do not forget to use all of the community’s resources —our glossary of terms, featured demo, eBook, podcasts, whitepapers. And, if you have not, please sign up for a free Contact Center Solutions eNewsletter.
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