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October
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Novazen Interactive
Customer Care Software |
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Into the growing world of customer
self-service over the Internet, Novazen, Inc. has released its Internet-based Novazen
Interactive Customer Care software product. Novazen Interactive Customer Care software
is designed to allow companies to deploy solutions for customer identification, account
management, credits and adjustments, bill/invoice presentment and review, inbound and
outbound data management, order entry, sales support and cross-selling options, reporting
and integration with telephony-based customer service systems.
The Novazen software is based on object-oriented programming and built upon Java and
WebObjects software design standards to allow it to be easily implemented into existing
technology architectures. The software resides on various UNIX platforms including Hp_UX
and Sun Solaris, and Windows NT.
Organizations using Novazen software can integrate Internet-based customer self-service
with current call center capabilities to allow customers to use a browser for secure
access to account information and the ability to self-manage account activity.
If a customer needs personal communication with a customer service representative, the
customer can push to a live interactive session with a CSR via traditional telephony,
chat, e-mail, Internet audio or videoconference. Both the customer and the CSR view the
same information on both screens as they navigate the account together.
The Novazen Interactive Customer Care module is designed to complement the Novazen
Consolidated Billing and Novazen Electronic Bill Presentment & Payment modules to
supply an organization with methods of facilitating all customer-to-company interactions
and activities, whether by Internet or traditional telephony methods.
For more information, call 303-583-3100 or see www.novazen.com.
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Saratoga
Unveils AvenueService |

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The latest release from Saratoga Systems, AvenueService, was
designed by Saratoga to be an out-of-the-box system that provides customer support and
outbound functions such as call handling, incident handling and escalation; problem
resolution and tracking; Web inquiry handling; and customizable workflow. With
AvenueService, organizations can link disparate information such as product, warrantee,
billing, quality/defect, etc., from other departments within the organization. AvenueService,
used in conjunction with Saratoga's Avenue customer relationship management system, uses
Avenue's Dynamic Data Definition architecture for easy adaptation to business process and
rapid deployment. Avenue is a customer relationship management product that allows users
to customize and design database views, fields, queries, workflows and business rules
specific to their own environment.
When used with AvenueCTI, AvenueService can also provide a variety of telephony
capabilities through AvenueCTI's support of all industry-standard telephone switches.
AvenueCTI enables incoming and outbound calls to be placed from within software
applications. AvenueCTI capabilities allow screen pop displays of the caller's database
record on the agent's screen. Agents can also conference a call, and the account record
will be displayed on the screens of all agents involved in the conference call. During
this conference call, write access to the record is given to the original agent answering
the call, while read-only access is given to other participants.
To ease the management over what is going on in the call center, AvenueService provides
predefined screensets, database trigger and record definitions, and reports and charts.
Avenue also provides wizards that aid in the rapid development of customized business
rules.
For more information, call 408-371-9330 or see www.saratogasystems.com.
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Customer
E-mail
Management From Kana |

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Kana Communications will announce release 3.0 of its
Customer Messaging System (Kana CMS) at the end of October. An enterprise-class software
product for managing high-volume customer e-mail. Kana CMS 3.0 provides knowledge and
workflow management tools to facilitate faster response to customer inquiries by
capitalizing on a centralized knowledge base, a system of pre-defined templates,
customizable routing rules and real-time reporting tools. Intelligent workflow is
provided by Kana CMS through automation of acknowledgement, suggestion and response; queue
management that features individual queue service levels and escalation paths; case
management and enterprisewide collaboration.
Companies can develop a knowledge base of responses that can be used to develop
standard templates. Communication histories allow previous customer contacts to be
reviewed, and agents can create personal, high-quality responses quickly through hotkey or
menu access to the response library.
Kana CMS can also send automatic responses based on message content, sender address,
recipient address and other message elements. The Intelligent Message Agent uses keyword
searching and configurable rules to provide flexibility in designing responses.
Configurable rules can be designed to provide automatic filtering that will delete empty
messages, spam and other unwanted e-mail.
Messages can be analyzed by category to improve the understanding of a customer
database. Messages can also be automatically routed to different message pools based on
message content, priority and configurable rules. Relevant departments within the
enterprise can be automatically notified as part of response templates.
Collaboration tools provide the ability to redirect messages to non-Kana users while
maintaining the original sender as the "From" address. Messages and responses
can be routed between Kana CMS users and notes attached to the messages.
Performance statistics tracking responses can be added to the correspondence history.
System analysis and operator performance information such as numbers of messages answered,
average response time, percent within service levels and average work time per message can
be tracked to provide a variety of standard reports, and ad hoc querying capability allows
the creation of custom reports.
For more information, call 877-480-KANA or see www.kana.com.
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Interactive
Voice And Information Response
System From CCS |

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Because customers are now interacting with companies
through a variety of multimedia access points, Computer Communications Specialists, Inc.
(CCS) has designed FirstLine Encore, an interactive voice and information response server
that supports up to 144 telephone lines in a single, Windows NT Pentium II workstation. FirstLine
Encore is designed to reduce call abandon rates, decrease hold time for operators, provide
detailed information online and improve customer satisfaction by giving customers an
alternative to waiting in hold queues.
FirstLine Encore provides self-service access to information systems from telephones,
Internet browsers, kiosks and computers. It provides the ability to access and update
information in real-time from disparate data sources, no matter if they are on mainframe
systems, in relational databases, on a client/server network, or on multiple systems.
FristLine Encore's ROAM feature supports both local and remote system administration
from a single workstation. Remote access to system platforms is performed through a secure
Internet connection, and all system operations are password protected.
FirstLine Encore is designed to work with a company's existing workflow processes to
improve the accuracy and consistency of existing processes, such as sending e-mail,
creating and transmitting faxes, updating databases, printing forms, running reports, etc.
The system supports optional modules for multisystem management, open database
connectivity and integration with third-party applications such as PeopleSoft, SAP and
others.
For more information, contact David Gay at 770-441-3114, ext. 7336 or see www.ccsivr.com.
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Customer
Interaction Software From Mitel |

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Mitel has launched its out-of-the-box Call Center
Commander, a software suite designed to allow organizations create an advanced customer
interaction center (ACIC) to dispatch customer e-mail, faxes and Web inquiries as easily
as handling phone calls. Call Center Commander integrates with Mitel's SX-2000 LIGHT
and SX-200 PBX platforms as well as most other PBX platforms and Centrex services. The
applications also integrate with most standard database platforms, many third-party
telephony applications and many front office platforms such as help desks, sales
automation and order entry.
The Commander Server acts as a gateway between the ACIC and the public network,
providing data collection and routing capabilities for the intelligent delivery and
handling of incoming inquiries. It can be installed as a single server at a stand-alone
site, as a single server supporting geographically dispersed agents or as multiple servers
networked together. It uses industry-standard TCP/IP protocol to communicate across local
and wide-area networks. It also supports a range of telephony features including automatic
caller identification, integrated voice response, intelligent call distribution, screen
pops, call blending, voice messaging and recording, and fax-on-demand/fax-back.
The Commander Agent gives agents visual access to telephony capabilities from their
desktops. Commander Agent provides screen pops with customer information, and also
includes automated wrap-up for generating acknowledgment of the interaction by fax, e-mail
or letter, and an abandon callback feature.
The Commander Supervisor creates a real-time, visual operating environment that tracks
and reports on all inquiries fielded from beginning to end. Managers can use the real-time
information to reallocate resources to reflect changing call demands.
The Commander Report System provides managers with a cradle-to-grave reporting system
for tracking call center performance measures such as call volume, agent performance and
call types. The Report System also provides a unified view of all interactions from ICD,
IVR or messaging.
Mitel Call Center Commander is a private-label version of technology from Apropos.
For more information, contact Kris Sherry at 613-592-2122 or see www.mitel.com. |
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