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Leading Customer Engagement Practitioners and Industry Experts to Convene in San Francisco for Connect 2014 Conference
[July 24, 2014]

Leading Customer Engagement Practitioners and Industry Experts to Convene in San Francisco for Connect 2014 Conference


SUNNYVALE, Calif. & MELVILLE, N.Y. --(Business Wire)--

KANA® Software, A Verint® Company (NASDAQ: VRNT), today announced that Mark Thompson, CEO and co-founder of Virgin Unite Mentors-Sir Richard Branson's network for executive coaching and entrepreneurial innovation-will keynote its Connect customer conference taking place September 21-24 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Francisco. Conference attendees will include practitioners from today's most respected brands that leverage KANA customer engagement optimization and customer service solutions to support their customer engagement strategies.

This year's agenda features product- and industry-specific sessions, hands-on workshops, executive and staff discussions, a solution showcase and networking opportunities to help commercial and public sector attendees optimize their customer engagement for measurable and meaningful business results. Registration details are available on the KANA website.

Engaging Speakers, Optimized Content for KANA Customers

Mark Thompson-a leadership coach, best-selling author, venture capitalist and Tony-nominated Broadway producer-will deliver this year's Connect keynote. His presentation will examine cultural, strategic and entrepreneurial approaches for generating memorableand profitable customer engagements as he relates success tenets to real-life business examples. Mark was recently selected by the American Management Association as one of the World's Top Executive Coaches and the #1 Thought Leader on Developing a Culture of Innovation and Engagement. As CEO and co-founder of Virgin Unite Mentors, Thompson guides the organization's executive coaching and entrepreneurial innovation network. He also is the former chief of staff and chief customer experience officer for Charles Schwab, where he served as executive producer of Schwab.com with assets of $1.4 trillion. Thompson has held a board of directors seat for Best Buy (News - Alert), Korn Ferry International and Interwoven (now owned by HP), and his passion for Broadway production has earned his plays five Tony awards and 10 nominations.



In addition, Jacob Murray-White, general manager of customer solutions and engineering, Salmat, will present a KANA customer keynote outlining benefits and successes tied to Verint (News - Alert)/KANA customer engagement technology across a wide variety of industries, including financial services, government, insurance, retail, transportation and utilities.

Additional Connect 2014 presenters including Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, The Hartford, the City of Milwaukee and Xerox, will also take the stage to share success stories and best practices.


Leading several conference workshops will be R. Ray Wang, principal analyst, founder and chairman of Constellation Research Inc.; Kate Leggett, principal analyst with Forrester (News - Alert) Research, Inc.; and Esteban Kolsky, principal analyst with ThinkJar. These industry experts will provide perspective on market trends tied to customer engagement and the impact of scaling customer service personalization in today's business environments.

Connect 2014 will explore key themes, trends and drivers around incorporating customer engagement optimization into business strategies; reducing total cost to serve; managing the shift across digital channels; web self-service and mobility; serving and engaging millennial customers and employees; and actionable analytics.

Conference attendees also can schedule one-on-one discussions with KANA subject matter experts to augment their conference experiences, and can follow KANA Connect commentary throughout the event on Twitter @KANASoftware and #KANAConnect.

Rounding out the event, KANA will feature honorees from its Customer Awards program that profiles innovation and excellence in the areas of best agent experience, best citizen experience and technology innovator of the year.

Also on hand will be KANA partners and conference sponsors, including Layered Tech, IBM and Wipro (News - Alert).

About KANA

KANA®, A Verint® Company, is a leading provider of cloud and on-premises customer service solutions. KANA helps global organizations-including many of the Fortune 500, mid-market businesses and public sector agencies-optimize their engagements with consistent and contextual customer journeys across agent, web, social and mobile experiences. Using KANA solutions, organizations can reduce operational costs, increase resolution rates and improve brand loyalty. Learn more at www.kana.com.

About Verint Systems Inc.

Verint® (NASDAQ: VRNT) is a global leader in Actionable Intelligence® solutions. Actionable Intelligence is a necessity in a dynamic world of massive information growth because it empowers organizations with crucial insights and enables decision makers to anticipate, respond and take action. Verint Actionable Intelligence solutions help organizations address three important challenges: customer engagement optimization; security intelligence; and fraud, risk, and compliance. Today, more than 10,000 organizations in over 180 countries, including over 80 percent of the Fortune 100, use Verint solutions to improve enterprise performance and make the world a safer place. Learn more at www.verint.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding expectations, predictions, views, opportunities, plans, strategies, beliefs, and statements of similar effect relating to Verint Systems Inc. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and they are based on management's expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. For a detailed discussion of these risk factors, see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2014 and other filings we make with the SEC (News - Alert). The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release and, except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise them or to provide reasons why actual results may differ.

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