Upstream Works

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Over the course of 2022, artificial intelligence (AI) became mainstream for contact centers. As with cloud adoption, the promise of AI has become compelling enough that contact center leaders are no longer wondering if it has a place in their plans. Workflow automation is an important contact center use case for AI.

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Aspect

JANUARY 25, 2021

In our latest release, we’ve taken the next step in delivering effective omnichannel self-service solutions with the integration of additional natural language understanding engines, enhanced voice capabilities, social chat support and new hosting capabilities for disposable applications.

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Mindtouch

MARCH 13, 2019

The majority of self-service experiences start with a search engine. For many, querying a search engine is the fastest way to gain access to a variety of information, from a variety of sources, that might quickly answer a question or resolve an issue. Chatbots and conversational interfaces. External search. Live chat or email.

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TechSee

JUNE 25, 2019

Customer-facing AI technologies are especially relevant to assisting in customer identification, call classification/routing, chatbots and predictive personalization. This is likely one reason why Oracle found that 80% of sales and marketing leaders say they currently use or plan to deploy chatbots in the near future. Biometrics.

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JustCall

APRIL 3, 2023

There is more to conversational AI IVR than just that – which is what this blog is about. Convenience These systems work on natural language engines and can assist in nuanced subjects. The caller’s query is treated as a voice command the AI engine receives and processes in real time, enabling better and more relevant service.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 24, 2018

So many companies are enjoying the benefits of having moved their contact centers to the cloud over the past few years. Often companies started with a small deployment in one department and gradually grew that implementation to encompass all the contact center applications in the business. So, what comes next?

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VocalCom

JULY 16, 2018

Indeed, many brands are turning to chatbots that are capable of deep learning, becoming smarter as they interact with customers and offering personalized solutions adapted to individual needs. Artificial intelligence engines may initiate the customer engagement process by collecting data on web browsing habits.

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Creative Virtual

DECEMBER 10, 2020

This is the seventh time I’ve done this annual year in review blog post, but never have I had to review a year that was like 2020. I don’t need to tell you that not everything went as planned, but there were still some bright spots for us and the chatbot, virtual agent and live chat industry.

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Uniphore

JULY 21, 2021

Why are so many knowledge bases inefficient to use when contact centers invest so much money in them? See where your contact center makes its mark or could use a little improvement. Search Engine Optimization While improving the agent experience is paramount to customer service success, it’s not the only area to focus on.

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teleopti

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

In his latest blog Dave explains that while human automation might be new to some, to others technology has been automating processes for many years. Over the last few months, the Teleopti/Calabrio team has been hard at work releasing new features to help contact centers manage resources more easily.

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Vistio

OCTOBER 5, 2021

He is a former technology director turned communication adviser, writing books and blogs on technology, work, and globalization. You now work predominantly as a communication advisor due to your experience writing books and blogs on technology work and globalization for notable media outlets like Huffington Post and the BBC.

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Etech GS

MARCH 18, 2020

Sometimes a customer may call a contact center with a problem that requires an interdepartmental solution. To achieve this, they may task the engineers with improving the functions of applications that rely on artificial intelligence, such as data analytics and chatbots. Contact us today for more information.

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Natalie Petouhof

AUGUST 15, 2022

Imagine that a customer signs into a website, unsuccessfully searches for something and then engages the chatbot. These systems should capture data from any and every customer touchpoint — website, digital channel, social platform, contact center or IoT device. All of these support the Systems of Understanding and Predicting.

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Eptica

MAY 8, 2019

He has thirty years’ experience in AI research, with a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University and his blog on Sina Weibo has over fifty million followers. The first post covers the difference between bots and chatbots , with the second and third discussing different parts of AI and their impact on CX. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Revation Systems

MARCH 13, 2018

LinkLive, our flagship contact center platform, is fundamental to what we do — and through it, we can offer integrated features and capabilities to help you better connect with your customers and patients through the mediums that matter most to them. This release also debuts our new lite AI, chatbot engine: Reva.

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Playvox

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

From driving assistance to data analysis to chatbots, generative AI (GenAI) is finding its usefulness in a host of ways across all industries. How Quality Management Processes Have Shifted It could be called the perfect storm for contact centers. One of the most impactful uses is how AI is transforming customer experience (CX).

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Enghouse Interactive

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The following blog takes a look at the contact centre and what we can expect to see in 2019. Contact centres will continue to migrate towards robotic technology and artificial intelligence, but the reality won’t match the hype. In the past, speech analytics was primarily used as a bolt-on analytical engine.

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Aspect

JULY 26, 2018

Already, countless businesses are leveraging some form of AI to facilitate self-service using chatbots, speech recognition, and automation solutions. However, while AI engines can prioritize engagements by importance or urgency based on a variety of variables, they are not capable of handling emotion. appeared first on Aspect Blogs.

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Uniphore

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

NLP handles simple conversational tasks by transforming freeform text into a standardized structure, which enables it to power AI tools like chatbots. Enhancing this field will enable AI-powered tools like chatbots and virtual assistants to better understand consumers’ meaning and purpose. Natural Language Understanding. Healthcare.

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AWS Machine Learning

JULY 29, 2022

Establishing highly efficient contact centers requires significant automation, the ability to scale, and a mechanism of active learning through customer feedback. In traditional contact centers, one solution for long hold times is enabling self-service options for customers using an Interactive Voice Response system (IVR).

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Avaya

JUNE 1, 2018

They give a direct indication of your customer satisfaction and hence enable your contact centre managers to make informed decisions to adjust, develop and engineer to outperform and break new success records. But it takes more than just your contact centre team’s training to enhance your customer experience metrics.

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SmartAction

OCTOBER 8, 2018

If you decide to implement Conversational AI in your call center, there are two routes that can be taken. The do-it-yourself model, which many chatbots use, allows you to purchase a platform that uses natural language processing to help automate more. The post Incorporating AI into Your Call Center appeared first on SmartAction.

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Upstream Works

JULY 6, 2022

With so much technology change, this is hard to do, but the stakes have never been higher for contact centers. Artificial Intelligence (AI) application integrations hold great promise, but remain poorly understood by contact center leaders and is overhyped by vendors. Decision-Makers’ Resistance to AI.

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AWS Machine Learning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This means that controlling access to the chatbot is crucial to prevent unintended access to sensitive information. In this architecture diagram, the customer is routed to either the generative AI conversational bot or the Amazon Connect contact center. The LangChain agent identifies the customer’s intent and verifies identity.

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Avaya

MAY 6, 2019

AI is driving truly revolutionary capabilities in the contact center that play into the sweeping trend of digital transformation. Organizations understand this, with 94% agreeing that effective AI can transform the performance of their contact center. Q: Let’s start simple: Why AI in the contact center?

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Comm100

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

It’s hard to remember a time when Chatbots weren’t a hot (albeit, polarizing) topic in the customer service and tech industries. From customized Chatbots on major brand websites to Siri and Alexa in our own homes, it seems like Chatbots have entered the discussion (and our lives) for good. Why Chatbots?

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RichCall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

With the rise of technology that allows better customer service, customers are becoming more demanding – that’s why to satisfy and retain them, you need to develop your contact center in accordance with the worldwide trends. Contact Center and CX Research and Reports. of companies. omnichannel. personalization.

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REVE Chat Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Contact center trends provide businesses a futuristic view of how digital transformation and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) would help their call centers to deliver an optimal customer service experience. Key challenges faced by the contact centers . The top contact center trends to watch out in 2020.

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bold360 Blog

MAY 15, 2019

As much as we love to talk about chatbots and the customer experience (and we do) – history has made many consumers (and companies) gun shy about using it. In fact, they were pretty terrible, resulting in a culture of chatbot disbelievers. You want your bot to be more than a glorified search engine. There is Hope.

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Aspect

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

It was mid-July 2017 when I got an email from a sales colleague about a potential chatbot opportunity with a short window to respond. I was the first to test out Lidl’s new AI-powered wine expert chatbot – it was scarily good too [link]. The prospective customer was the UK branch of supermarket chain Lidl.

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Hodusoft

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

If you are an owner of an inbound call center (or contact center) then you must know how important it is to answer all incoming calls as soon as possible. This blog post discusses the call queue system in great detail including how it works, benefits, as well as strategies to enhance call queuing. What is a call queue?

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SmartAction

MAY 9, 2019

This is the fourth of a five-part blog series that outlines the Five Best Practices for AI Self-Service Without Compromise. Delivery over the cloud has made integration with existing contact center systems easier and more seamless, as well. Every organization has its own channel strategy for the contact center.

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Liveops

DECEMBER 27, 2018

When it comes to running or working with a contact center in 2019, there is a lot leaders can learn from what experts had to say about the state of customer service in 2018. Which is why we know you’ll appreciate a round-up of highlights around call center news and information. Blog] A brief history of the gig economy.

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Hodusoft

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In the second installment of the two-part blog series based on video broadcasts by ClueCon Weekly, we present to you important highlights of the discussion with HoduSoft Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Bharat Lalcheta. Whether it is IP phone or WebRTC or any offering in our call and contact center software, voice is still preferred.

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Mindtouch

JULY 13, 2020

Now, companies that dragged their feet on self-service are scrambling to get on board in the face of spiking contact center volume, inflated wait times, and exasperated customers clamoring for a quick answer. The post What You Need to Quickly Launch Customer Self-Service appeared first on MindTouch Blog.

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Liveops

DECEMBER 27, 2018

When it comes to running or working with a contact center in 2019, there is a lot leaders can learn from what experts had to say about the state of customer service in 2018. Which is why we know you’ll appreciate a round-up of highlights around call center news and information. Blog] A brief history of the gig economy.

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Mindtouch

MARCH 16, 2020

Failing to empathize with your customers can end up being counterproductive, especially for the managers and directors charged with keeping tabs on customer journey KPIs within the contact center. Today, customers have Google, chatbots , voice assistants, and even phone support, all within arm’s reach. Download the free ebook.

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