virtual call center

The contact center is one of the most interconnected applications in the enterprise, with dozens of integrations to multiple systems. A survey by the Aberdeen Group indicates that 60% of contact centers are using 7 or more systems to interact with customers. When these applications aren’t integrated…

Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Analytics, and Collaboration Create Cognitive Experiences in the Contact Center Every interaction between your contact center agents and your customers is a reflection of your brand – positive, negative, or neutral. According to a study by PwC, in the U.S. one bad expe…

Your contact center agents’ journey plays a critical role in customer experience Often what should be obvious is not all that obvious If we had to think through every possible scenario for every decision, we probably wouldn’t get much done in a day. While no decision is made with certainty, ev…

AI is shaping the future of customer experiences and the contact center. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is creating a lot of excitement and there are good reasons for this. According to Forbes, 50% of IT professionals believe artificial intelligence and machine learning are playing a role in cloud com…

Jim Croce’s posthumous #1 hit “Time In a Bottle” was noteworthy for two reasons – one, it had a waltz tempo, and two, only three instruments were used to produce the song. More importantly – Croce had it right when he penned “but there never seems to be enough to do the things that we want to do, on…

How Cisco is using AI to enhance customer experiences My team and I are excited to be participating at Google’s Cloud Next conference in San Francisco this week where we are announcing enhancements to some of the solutions we are building with Google for our joint customers. At the conference, we wi…

Using the power of cloud analytics and AI to enhance your customer experiences You’re in a taxi on your way to the airport and your connecting flight back home has just been cancelled due to bad weather conditions in that city. Your airline app sends you a notification message, an email, a phone cal…

March 18-21, 2019 | Orlando, FL On March 19th, Cisco will launch an entirely new kind of intelligence that will forever change how we connect and collaborate with people. This history-making event will take place at Enterprise Connect 2019, the leading conference and exhibition for enterprise commun…

Five Factors Shaping the Contact Center and Customer Experience in the Next Five Years In the words of author and entrepreneur Seth Godin, “It’s easier to love a brand when the brand loves you back.” So how do you love your customer back? Companies that put their customers at the center of everythin…