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Cloud IVR Technologies Offer Contact Centers a Cost-Effective Solution to Improve Customer Service

Noble Systems

Interactive Voice Response (IVR) is an automated system generally used by contact centers that answers incoming calls and then interacts with callers via recorded prompting to gather information. The IVR system then uses routing rules to send the call to either an agent or a self-service application.

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SmartAction Secures Additional Funding, Bringing Total Investment to $38 Million

SmartAction

FORT WORTH, Texas, May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — SmartAction , a top-tier AI platform provider specializing in advanced Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA) and conversational AI solutions, is proud to announce the successful closing of a new round of funding. ORIX USA and its family of companies have $85.1

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Contact Centers’ Digital Transformation Has Only Begun

DMG Consulting

Contact Centers’ Digital Transformation Has Only Begun. A speedy transition was vital, and there was little time for niceties like making sure agents and other employees had a quiet place to work, high-speed bandwidth, a properly configured PC, or even a chair. Any business activity that could feasibly go virtual made the leap.

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Contact Centers’ Road Map to Success in the New Normal

DMG Consulting

Contact Centers’ Road Map to Success in the New Normal. Contact Centers Moving Forward at an Accelerated Pace. Adding digital channels is a step in the right direction and a necessity for contact centers of all sizes in all verticals, but it is just the beginning. May 25, 2021 Donna Fluss.

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Workforce Management Software Improves Employee Engagement

DMG Consulting

Companies are re-evaluating their salary structures as they struggle to hire people for traditionally low-level jobs, including: contact center/customer service representatives, bank tellers, retail clerks, servers, hospitality workers, flight attendants, healthcare aides, and more.

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Voice and Digital Transformation in 2021

3CLogic

When we think of Natural Language Processing being used in call centers, we typically think of chatbots or even a virtual assistant — an automated voice replacing a human one to handle our customer service needs. Improved oversight : The agent isn’t the only one who benefits. The Rise of AI in Customer Service.

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Intelligent Automation is Marching In

DMG Consulting

From virtual classrooms to the surge in e-commerce and subscription services (e.g., and the exodus from commercial real estate to work-at-home, the effects are evident every day and everywhere. For many contact centers, technology saved the day as businesses transformed. There is no going back.