NICE inContact

OCTOBER 12, 2018

This is the first of four ways that virtual agents are automating the contact center. Navigating poorly designed DTMF touch-tone systems and single word command menus can cause issues with proper routing and ultimately result in internal transfers, which is a large expense for contact centers.

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Virtual Agent Contact Center Self Service Average Handle Time 120

Calabrio

MARCH 25, 2025

Chatbot Quality Assurance (QA) is the process of systematically testing and evaluating a chatbot’s performance to ensure it meets quality standards and provides a positive user experience. When properly implemented chatbots can check both of these boxes on their way to enhancing overall CX.

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SaleMove

JANUARY 20, 2021

In our previous blog in The Times They Are a-Changing: Talent in the Contact Center Series , we discussed how virtual agents, or bots, are transforming the contact center workplace, pushing live human agents to become strategic troubleshooting experts and managers to become agent coaches.

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Virtual Agent Contact Center Management How To 98

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Today, contact center leaders who embrace the cloud are quick to see its benefits – powering engaging customer experiences while positively impacting business outcomes. As contact centers continue to become drivers of business growth, there are significant quantitative and qualitative results to consider.

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Contact Center Virtual Agent Net Promoter Score Self Service 120

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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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

If agents are frustrated, we can only imagine that the customers they’re speaking with are too. Finding Bilingual Support That Suits Your Customers Best We’re an onshore Canadian contact center outsourcer and pride ourselves on delivering sophisticated (bilingual) customer care through strategic partnership. It’s our thing.

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Contact Center Customer Care Average Handle Time Consumers 310

Avaya

JUNE 24, 2019

Digital transformation is about creating experiences that matter, but what does this look like within the contact center? Effortless self-service, agent augmentation, interaction insights, smart pairing…nowhere close to what one vendor alone offers today. What’s driving this move to an ecosystem approach?

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Talkdesk

APRIL 14, 2020

Laying the foundation with the right infrastructure Contact centers are finding themselves stuck between the proverbial rock and hard place. Oftentimes in 24-hour contact centers, agents share desks and equipment – including headsets. Put simply, contact centers are perfect petri dishes for healthcare crises.

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Contact Center Virtual Agent Chatbots Average Handle Time 81

NICE inContact

JULY 29, 2019

Approximately 200 onsite and virtual agents handle corporate, government and leisure travel, making or modifying reservations, generating quotes and exchanging tickets. contact center was going nowhere. contact center was going nowhere. And then there’s the matter of remote agents.

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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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Virtual Agent Customer Service Self Service Average Handle Time 72

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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Virtual Agent Customer Service Self Service Average Handle Time 72

Lumoa

JUNE 23, 2021

In the past, contact centers could stay ahead of the curve as long as they ensured to utilize the right solutions and tools to service customers. According to a survey, CCaaS will grow to be the favored adoption model by 50% of contact centers by 2022.

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TechSee

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Meet Sophie AI Sophie’s MultiSensory AI fuses data, text (LLMs), audio, speech and visual AI. This allows field service teams to learn from the contact center, the contact center to learn from customer self-service, and management to gain a 360° view of all service interactions.

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Meeting Self Service Contact Center Virtual Agent 109

SaleMove

JUNE 11, 2020

Check out the previous installment of this series: The Times They Are a-Changing: Talent in the Contact Center Part 2: Players and Coaches In this third installment of this blog series, we continue to discuss how to staff the contact centers of the future.

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Virtual Agent Contact Center Meeting Interaction 52

SaleMove

JUNE 11, 2020

In this third installment of this blog series, we continue to discuss how to staff the contact centers of the future. The post The Times They Are a-Changing: Talent in the Contact Center Part 3: Rise of the Machines – Meet the Virtual Agent appeared first on Glia Blog | Digital Customer Service Explained.

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Virtual Agent Contact Center Meeting Insurance 52

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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Avaya

OCTOBER 25, 2018

It’s the spookiest time of the year, and not just because contact centers like yours are about to head full bore into the holiday rush. Halloween is coming, and to get into the spirit, we’re here to help you overcome some common contact center terrors: WFH Agents.

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Contact Center Omni-Channel Virtual Agent Communication 64

Playvox

MARCH 19, 2024

Some of the most common uses of AI have been game changers: Virtual assistants like Siri guiding us on our way and finding information in an instant Fraud detection from our financial institutions Medical diagnoses and healthcare Contact centers are no exception and stand to gain significant business and operational benefits from AI.

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Contact Center Self Service Net Promoter Score Effort Score 74

SaleMove

JANUARY 20, 2021

In our previous blog in The Times They Are a-Changing: Talent in the Contact Center Series , we discussed how virtual agents, or bots, are transforming the contact center workplace, pushing live human agents to become strategic troubleshooting experts and managers to become agent coaches.

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Virtual Agent Contact Center Management How To 52

TechSee

APRIL 21, 2021

These growing call volumes – coupled with the continuous need for cost optimizations – have driven the demand and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in call centers. AI is moving forward rapidly, with contact center AI software continuously evolving and dramatically improving, and ultimately delivering more value. .

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Playvox

JANUARY 13, 2022

If your contact center is planning for the future, be sure to make employee experience and getting the right technology in place top priorities. We recently participated in a discussion with two industry experts that focused on megatrends that will impact contact centers in 2022. Technology always needs focus.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Conversational AI (aka intelligent chatbots or virtual agents) combines artificial intelligence (AI) and automation to streamline customer interactions across channels. Simplifying the creation and maintenance of virtual agents across the enterprise is critical. Essentially, it is what makes a Virtual Agent smart.

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Omni-Channel Tools Virtual Agent Customer Service 98

SaleMove

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The proliferation of digital-first technologies combined with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and self-service options has created fundamental changes in the contact center. Companies that meet expectations and deliver the best customer experience gain a competitive advantage. Enter the Digital Experience Team.

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Contact Center Customer Centricity Self Service Customer Experience 69

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

One of our most popular blog posts focuses on which contact center predictions from the past few years have come true in the world of outsourced customer service. In the contact center industry, this will be critical to how we evolve – and not just through the quality of the service experience via phone channel.

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AWS Machine Learning

AUGUST 8, 2024

Webex by Cisco is a leading provider of cloud-based collaboration solutions, including video meetings, calling, messaging, events, polling, asynchronous video, and customer experience solutions like contact center and purpose-built collaboration devices.

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Contact Center Omni-Channel Multi-Channel Innovation 124

NobelBiz

JANUARY 10, 2021

Mobility, flexibility, automation… the development of chatbots is the inevitable result of a ten-year technological convergence that has swept across all companies and contact centers. What are its advantages for contact centers? Why do call centers need a chatbot? How does a chatbot function? What is a chatbot?

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SaleMove

JULY 8, 2020

The post The Times They Are a-Changing: Talent in the Contact Center Part 4: The Research Team appeared first on Glia Blog | Digital Customer Service Explained.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 30, 2024

For example, AI can suggest customized product recommendations or service adjustments that meet the individual’s unique requirements. Improving Agent Efficiency AI supports agents by providing them with real-time information and actionable insights during their interactions.

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Call Center Contact Center Virtual Agent Chatbots 105

NobelBiz

APRIL 30, 2024

For example, AI can suggest customized product recommendations or service adjustments that meet the individual’s unique requirements. Improving Agent Efficiency AI supports agents by providing them with real-time information and actionable insights during their interactions.

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Call Center Contact Center Virtual Agent Chatbots 104

UJET

MARCH 22, 2021

So the saying “meet your customers where they are” has always referred to the channel they were in. When the pandemic first started, contact center operators were scrambling to support agents working from home. We accelerated multi-year digital transformation initiatives down into a couple of weeks.

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Virtual Agent Self Service Contact Center Customer Journeys 82

Upstream Works

JANUARY 18, 2022

No area of business has been impacted by the great resignation more than the contact center. Many organizations were focused on improving customer experience and digitizing the contact center just two years ago. Now, they are unable to meet basic service levels.

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SaleMove

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The proliferation of digital-first technologies combined with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and self-service options has created fundamental changes in the contact center. Companies that meet expectations and deliver the best customer experience gain a competitive advantage. Enter the Digital Experience Team.

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Contact Center Customer Centricity Self Service Customer Experience 52

CSM Magazine

MAY 24, 2023

Claude is the latest addition to the Contact Center team, and he’s already making waves. As an AI assistant, Claude is designed to streamline the customer service experience, making it faster and more efficient for both customers and agents.

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NobelBiz

MAY 24, 2021

The difference between on-premise vs. cloud contact center is a topic that has become increasingly prominent in the industry. The main difference between on-premise vs. cloud contact center is that the cloud contact center will not go out of commission if the facility where it’s hosted goes offline.

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Contact Center Call Center Software Virtual Agent 52

TechSee

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

With the growing demand for an excellent customer experience, customer service centers need innovative solutions to help their chatbots perform better in order to meet their KPI goals and keep customers happy. Take a peek into the latest issue of Super-Agent: The contact center is at its wits end.

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Tricia Morris

MAY 18, 2015

According to the same Forrester survey referenced above, online community, virtual agent, mobile customer service, social media and live chat have also increased in usage. Contact centers are working to address this growing and changing channel use. Nearly 80% say their current systems won’t meet their future needs. .

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