COVID-19 Forces Telecom Operators to Adapt Their Customer Service Operations
By Sue Marek September 20, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the speed at which telecom operators shifted toward online customer service tools and e-commerce retail sales. And even with telecom retail stores fully open across the country today, it is expected that consumers...
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ASAPP Report: Why Turnover of US Contact Center Agents Is So High
By Alex Gaw September 17, 2021
A new report from ASAPP, the research-based provider of artificial intelligence (AI) software, identifies three major themes associated with the high turnover of US contact center agents and their corollary impact on the worldwide CX...
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Alvaria Announces Two New Application Suites for the Enterprise
- By Alex Gaw September 15, 2021
Alvaria, which was recently formed by the merger of Aspect Software with Noble Systems, is releasing two application suites for its enterprise contact center portfolio—one aimed at fostering CX, and the other intended to maximize the employee...
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IQVIA Unveils AI-Powered Tech to Enhance Medical Information Contact Center Services
- By Alex Gaw September 9, 2021
IQVIA, the giant Connecticut-based provider of biopharmaceutical and commercial outsourcing services to the life sciences industry, has begun to deploy technologies powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to boost the patient experience and that of...
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Improving CX and Operations via Self-Service Tools
By Keith Kirkpatrick September 8, 2021
The use of automated attendants to replace a human call center agent or cashier was viewed simply as a cost-cutting measure. But today’s customers, empowered by the growing ubiquity of smartphones, voice-based digital assistants, and an endless...
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Report: AI Is Key for Retailers to Personalize CX at Scale, but Adoption Is Still Negligible
- By Alex Gaw September 8, 2021
A new report from global CX solutions provider Talkdesk identifies artificial intelligence (AI) as a key area of opportunity for retailers to elevate CX, but adoption of AI in contact centers remains low and is cause for concern. In its latest...
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Zendesk Acquires Cleverly to Advance Automation and Customer Service
- By Alex Gaw September 2, 2021
Zendesk, the provider of customer service software and support ticketing systems based in San Francisco, California, has acquired Cleverly, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform company headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal. Zendesk will integrate...
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Improving Agent Experiences to Drive CX Improvement
- By Keith Kirkpatrick August 6, 2021
One of the most common and important points of contact with any brand, service, or other entity is through a call center. If a problem is important or time-sensitive enough to warrant a phone call, both the experience and outcome of the call are...
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Balancing Privacy with Patient Convenience in Healthcare
- By Keith Kirkpatrick July 28, 2021
A key driver of CX is the relative level of effort it takes to accomplish a task when interacting with a company or service provider. A customer effort score (CES) is a metric that focuses on a single touchpoint or interaction and can be used to...
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Financial Services CX: Leveraging Digital Assistants to Provide Automation
- By Keith Kirkpatrick July 27, 2021
Financial services companies are faced with significant challenges to provide a good CX, largely due to the huge volume of inquiries they receive, the wide breadth of products and services they provide, and the relatively limited number of human...
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Funding Trends in CX
By Sherril Hanson July 20, 2021
As companies rode out the COVID-19 pandemic, funding activity continued in the CX space. The rapid shifts that companies had to make during this time have only proven how important CX technologies will be to businesses as they aim to provide...
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Merger and Acquisition Activity in the CX Market is Unabated through the COVID-19 Pandemic
- By Sherril Hanson July 6, 2021
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the CX space has continued at a good clip over the past 2+ years and shows no signs of slowing. Consolidation continues in this market as companies seek to both deepen their current offerings and expand...
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