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Contact Center Trends 2021: The CX Watershed

Fonolo

After assessing how the pandemic had changed the call center in 2020 , we decided to peek over the parapet at 2021. We asked the contact center industry’s top influencers and business leaders what they thought the most significant contact center trends in 2021 would be. Contact Center Trends 2021.

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Guest Blog: “Zhuzhing Up” Humans in the Contact Center

ShepHyken

In the contact center industry, for example, there are fewer phone conversations going into customer support centers than in the past. The calls that do go through to the contact center agent are for more critical interactions — involving complexities, emotions or higher values. Not going away.

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Is social engineering damaging your contact center?

Talkdesk

This rise of at-home agents, coupled with an increase in new contact center agents, has raised concerns over information security. According to research by La Salle University in Pennsylvania , in 2013 the average call center had one fraud call for every 2,900 calls received. appeared first on Talkdesk.

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25 Call Center Leaders Share the Most Effective Ways to Boost Contact Center Efficiency

Callminer

To gain some insights into the strategies and tactics call centers can use to boost efficiency and arm you with effective strategies you can put to use, we reached out to a panel of call center experts , managers and leaders and asked them to answer this question: “What is the most effective way for a contact center to increase efficiency?”.

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The Rise of Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS)

Noble Systems

Since its inception almost 20 years ago, Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) was primarily tailored for Small-to-Medium Businesses (SMBs), offering scaled-down features in exchange for convenience and low cost-of-entry. According to an Aberdeen trend analysis, the adoption of cloud technologies rose each year between 2013 and 2018.

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Why is it Important to Choose a PCI DSS Certified Contact Center?

Quality Contact Solutions

If the answer is yes, here’s why it’s necessary to work with a PCI DSS Certified contact center. Why Choose a PCI DSS-Certified Contact Center? Does your business work with sensitive financial information? What is PCI DSS? Why is PCI DSS Certification Important? In Conclusion. About CompliancePoint.

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Top Contact Center Acquisitions of 2017

Fonolo

It’s been a very busy year for acquisitions in the contact center space. Below is a list of the contact center acquisitions that we think were the most impactful in 2017. It acquired PrairieFyre in 2013, then Aastra (for $400m!) in 2014, and Oaisys soon after… all contact center companies!