SmartAction

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

FORT WORTH, Texas, November 14 , 2023 SmartAction, a leading provider of AI-powered virtual agents for customer-obsessed brands, is thrilled to announce its recent recognition as the “Best Intelligent Virtual Agent Developer 2023 – USA” by New World Report in their prestigious Software and Technology Awards.

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Solvvy

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Since Zoom acquired Solvvy earlier this year, many people have asked me why Zoom, a company that is the gold standard for team collaboration and meetings, would look to bring Solvvy’s advanced conversational AI technology and team into its portfolio. But Zoom Virtual Agent goes beyond understanding to resolution.

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The AI-powered voice assistants of today offer a seamless experience, reaching a virtual assistant, in seconds, that can answer customer intentions with just a few words. Contact center managers who embrace and implement this technology reap the rewards of increased efficiency, reduced costs, and a customer experience that fosters loyalty.

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Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Self-service is a hot topic in the call center industry. From knowledge bases to virtual agents, the potential disruption that a solid set of self-service applications can bring to contact center efficiency and customer experience is unquestionable and justifies all the buzz.

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SmartAction

OCTOBER 2, 2023

FORT WORTH, Texas, September 21 , 2023 SmartAction, a leading provider of AI-powered virtual agents for customer-obsessed brands, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Henry Schein, Inc., Together, we will help shape the future of healthcare.” Together, we will help shape the future of healthcare.”

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Cisco - Contact Center

AUGUST 3, 2020

Cisco Webex Contact Center CCaaS honored for improving customer service technology and customer experience. I’m excited to announce that Webex Contact Center was among the 2020 Contact Center Technology Award winners, presented by CUSTOMER Magazine this month. Cloud Agility.

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SmartAction

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Intelligent virtual agents are zeros and ones that make up a human’s approach to simulate humanity as best as possible. The details matter, as they do in most cases when teaching the intricacies of modern technology. So, let’s plunge deep into the specifics of the DNA that makes an intelligent virtual agent.

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AWS Machine Learning

MARCH 31, 2023

Government departments and businesses operate contact centers to connect with their communities, enabling citizens and customers to call to make appointments, request services, and sometimes just ask a question. These options are unsatisfying to callers who just want to ask an agent a question to get an answer quickly.

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SmartAction

APRIL 1, 2021

AI-powered virtual agents have come a long way since the days of “Press 1 for billing. This allows AI-powered virtual agents to follow complex dialogue at the rate of normal conversation — yes, even alphanumerical interactions, the most challenging type to capture. Press 2 for enrolling in new energy service.”

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SmartAction

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

When used in business, conversational artificial intelligence (AI) supports overall call center operations by providing self-service options, 24/7 availability, and real-time data and analytics – while lowering costs and increasing profits. Any technology implementation has to align with your overall business goals.

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UJET

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Contact centers have more in common with sports teams than you might think. And there’s a very simple way to unlock each of your customer service agent’s full potential—give them a rock-star number two player. Don’t worry, we’re not suggesting you double your workforce; we’re suggesting you give your agents a virtual sidekick.

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UJET

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Contact centers have more in common with sports teams than you might think. And there’s a very simple way to unlock each of your customer service agent’s full potential—give them a rock-star number two player. Don’t worry, we’re not suggesting you double your workforce; we’re suggesting you give your agents a virtual sidekick.

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Noble Systems

JUNE 26, 2020

With a cloud based IVR solution, companies can benefit from the use of modern, efficient cloud-based technologies. 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.

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SmartAction

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

That’s where the use of an AI-powered virtual agent comes in — for a fraction of the cost of a human agent, an intelligent virtual agent (IVA) is available to assist customers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. When it comes to customer satisfaction, how do virtual agents compare with live agents?

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Upstream Works

JUNE 9, 2022

The contact center was even more complicated. The contact center agent’s life was not easy, and we saw it just getting more and more complicated. UpStart was designed with one thing in mind – to simplify the life of the contact center agent.

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Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

This tendency, coupled with increasingly mature artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, has raised attention to the role and impact of virtual agents in contact centers and customer experience (CX). What is a virtual agent? The post What is a virtual agent and how does it work?

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DMG Consulting

JUNE 27, 2022

Making the Case for an Intelligent Virtual Agent. The challenge is that many companies successfully using interactive voice response (IVR) solutions to displace a large percentage of contact center calls don’t yet appreciate the greater potential value of intelligent virtual agents (IVAs).

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AWS Machine Learning

MARCH 29, 2024

Amazon Lex provides advanced conversational artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to enable self-service support for your organization’s contact center. The bots can answer FAQs, provide self-service experiences, or triage customer requests before transferring to a human agent. This is the second post of a two-part series.

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SharpenCX

OCTOBER 15, 2023

AI-powered technologies—once only practical and feasible for large enterprises with big budgets and sophisticated expertise—are now accessible to everyone and used for both business and personal use cases. Contact centers specifically are rife with opportunities to incorporate AI and automation. What do we mean by usable AI?

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 4, 2022

They discuss how to use AI and automation to increase efficiency, capacity, and effectiveness within your contact center and ultimately deliver a better customer experience. In this episode, Genefa Murphy talks about the Five9’s Intelligent Virtual Agent and how AI can be used to improve communication across all channels.

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AWS Machine Learning

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Contact centers are using artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) technologies to build a personalized customer experience and deliver effective self-service support through conversational bots. Dustin Hubbard, Chief Technology Officer at WaFd Bank.

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Talkdesk

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Who is answering calls when your contact center is closed? AI-powered conversational assistants, or “virtual agents”, can quickly deliver the answers and outcomes over voice-enabled channels. The post Improving customer experience with a virtual agent appeared first on Talkdesk.

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SmartAction

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Two popular options are Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA). Each option has a role in customer service depending on what parts of the customer experience businesses want to automate and which parts they want live agents to handle. What is an Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA)?

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DMG Consulting

JANUARY 3, 2024

Welcome to the 2024 Contact Center 2024 is starting off against a backdrop that includes an uncertain economy, massive technology innovation, and a workforce with changing expectations. If the technology works as promised, roll it out to the rest of the department; if it doesn’t function as promised, move on.

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SmartAction

JANUARY 11, 2019

AI-powered virtual agents present significant potential to improve the customer experience (CX) via call center automation. When it comes to the contact center specifically, companies are still focused on improving the CX while aiming to reduce costs. Agent turnover. Focus on Solutions, Not Technology.

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DMG Consulting

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

2024: The Year for Contact Center AI November, 2023 2024 is fast approaching, and contact center executives and leaders are trying to figure out how to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into their operations. Which AI technologies should be used? What goals can AI help them achieve: Enhancing self-service?

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JustCall

MARCH 7, 2023

The primary goal of contact center businesses revolves around improving customer experience. Empowering your contact center business with automated solutions can take your customer interactions to new heights of success. What is Contact Center Automation?

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NICE inContact

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The biggest challenge facing every contact center is agent churn. Many agents are bored, unengaged, and generally unhappy, and they churn at a rate of 33% across all industries. Not to mention, technology constraints can sometimes make it difficult to improve the agent experience.

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SmartAction

OCTOBER 7, 2021

But why exactly should you buy rather than build an automation solution for your contact center? There’s more to it than the implementation of technology. If we were to take a deeper dive beyond the technology of a conversational AI solution, we’d find that data powers it and designers guide it. QUICKER TURNAROUND.

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JustCall

AUGUST 8, 2023

Contact centers are a great example of how technology can be used to make jobs more efficient. Previously, contact center agents had to physically dial multiple numbers every day. Machine learning (ML), natural language processing (NLP), and other forms of AI are bound to make lives easier for these agents.

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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 17, 2017

These 8 Technologies Are Transforming the Contact Center. Contact Centers are some of the most technically sophisticated operations in the enterprise, putting to use more than 45 systems and applications. Cloud-based contact center infrastructure (ACDs and dialers). August 2017. By Donna Fluss.

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Contact Center Pipeline

JULY 1, 2021

The following Q&A is part of a series on creating a sustainable work-from-home contact center. Each post examines a vital technology that supports contact centers in the transition to a permanent remote-work model.

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SmartAction

DECEMBER 15, 2021

How does conversational AI automation for the contact center fit into solving the issue of not having enough workers for all the demand? While this is happening economically, we’re seeing another macro trend: more outstanding technological capabilities and applications for conversational AI. It’s a solved problem.

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SmartAction

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In the heart of the city stood a bustling contact center, a hub of endless calls and queries. This was where Alex, a visionary contact center manager, worked tirelessly to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction. The once overburdened agents found themselves focusing on more complex, engaging tasks.

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