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The Impact of and Opportunity for Virtual Agents on Call Center Outsourcers

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With the rapid adoption of Contact Center-as-a-Service (CCaaS) platforms, it's now easier than ever for companies to launch their own contact center rather than outsource the function. Amazon, Google, Microsoft) and well-funded start-ups are selling the value proposition of bots, virtual agents and AI to their enterprise customers.

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CCaaS Trends: The Evolution of Cloud Contact Centres

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Did you know that American businesses risk losing a whopping $494 billion in revenue from poor customer care? In the age of smartphones, where support is only a click away, consumers have massive expectations when it comes to customer service.

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2019 in Review: Conversational AI and Customer Experience Trends

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And therefore, what we consider now to be vital channels of communication between businesses and customers weren’t used in the same way 10 years ago. Facebook had only recently developed their chat function in 2008, which was really only used for communication between friends. Chatbots passed through the Great Filter.