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No doubt you’ve heard about the rising adoption of cloud contact centers. According to Aberdeen, contact centers that are choosing cloud-based solutions rose steadily between 2013 and 2018.

It’s easy to see why: Executives cite financial flexibility, the ability to scale up or down easily, and better and more insightful analytics and a more connected customer experience as a few of the reasons they’re making the move. But does that mean you should join their ranks?

If you’re struggling to figure out whether you should evolve from your on-premises contact center, read this article for five clear signs that it’s time.

Remote call center staffs are becoming increasingly popular. A recent survey of 90 US contact center organizations indicated that 70% are expanding their work-at-home programs. It’s easy to see why. Managers can more easily match agent supply to demand, reducing the need for onsite agents. Organizations can save money by downsizing brick and mortar locations. Plus, the call center can tap into a larger pool of qualified agents who need the flexibility that at-home work provides.

Yet with all these benefits come new challenges. Managing and motivating remote agents can be more challenging than doing the same in house. Plus, you need to ensure your at-home agents are equipped with reliable Internet and voice connectivity – even though your IT department isn’t onsite with them.

Fortunately you can apply proven strategies to address these challenges. Download our guide on Smart Strategies for Enabling an At-Home Workforce to understand the best ways to 1) Manage the quality of agent interactions, 2) Improve agent engagement with gamification, and 3) Ensure network performance and reliability.

81% of companies recognize customer experience (CX) as a competitive differentiator. That means your contact center needs to work hard to stand out and positively impact customer retention and satisfaction.

How do you know where to start making improvements? One thing is for sure – you can’t rely on your customers to tell you. A typical business only hears from 4% of its unhappy customers – and 91% of them say they won't do business with that company again.

By leveraging solutions such as Quality Management, you can pinpoint areas for improvement and position your contact center to deliver outstanding customer experiences.

Across industries, customer experience has become a key strategic differentiator. Providing a superior customer experience means meeting demands for always-on support and access through the customer’s preferred channels. The best way to achieve that is through a cloud-based contact center solution. But where should you begin when considering a contact center solution to meet your customer experience requirements? With so much to think about, this practical guide is designed to arm you with a high-level view of the cloud and its role in the content center.

According to a study by customer experience consulting firm Walker, customer experience (CX) has become the brand differentiator over product and price! In fact, Forrester found that a company’s revenue could increase significantly when its CX index score rises. In other words, customer experience (CX) is quickly becoming the ultimate differentiator. Handle it well and your business stands to gain. Fail to manage it just right and you can severely hurt your reputation and bottom line.

So how can you capitalize on the customer experience opportunity rather than see it contribute to your downfall? Read this article to find out. We explain three common contact center mistakes that undermine the customer experience – and how to avoid them.

To thrive in 2020 and beyond, contact centers must set their sights on strategic differentiation, not daily firefighting. No longer is it sufficient to react in-the-moment and call it good enough. The smartest (and most successful) contact center leaders realize they need to keep looking forward at all times to identify the important trends shaping the industry.

For our annual trends e-book, Serenova researched and spoke to industry analysts, customers and prospects to uncover the critical, emerging trends that deserve your attention. Understanding these issues will help you effectively prioritize resources, including time, budget and workforce, to ensure your contact centers operate at its full potential.

Many MSPs don't know how much hourly field service rates vary by metro area or work type. The result? Inaccurate wage rates that can impact budget, work quality, and/or company reputation.

In the guide, Setting Hourly Rates for Field Service Technicians, you'll learn how you can price on-site IT service work for any location or skillset faster and more competitively. It walks through:

• Examples of wage rates for different work types across the U.S.

• Why pricing accuracy for on-site IT service projects is critical for quality work.

• How Field Nation provides rate insights for more than 25 work types, anywhere in the U.S and Canada.

Rapport VMware sur le secteur de la santé 4 Confronté à des défis sans précédent, tels que des écarts en matière de coûts des soins ou encore l’augmentation du nombre de patients souffrant d’affections chroniques, alors que les quelque 5 millions de collaborateurs ne suffisent pas à répondre à ses besoins, le secteur de la santé se doit de trouver de nouvelles solutions. Le bouleversement qu’ont entraîné les technologies avancées, ainsi que l’accès plus étendu à ces dernières comme aux informations, n’ont fait que renforcer ces défis au début du 21e siècle.

Die steigende Zahl von Patienten mit mehreren chronischen Erkrankungen, der weltweite Mangel an fünf Millionen Arbeitskräften im Gesundheitswesen (Tendenz steigend) und die finanziellen Diskrepanzen in der Patientenbetreuung stellen den Gesundheitssektor vor beispiellose Herausforderungen, die neue Lösungen erfordern. Die Revolution moderner Technologien und der breite Zugang zu diesen Technologien und zu Daten haben diese Herausforderungen im 21. Jahrhundert zusätzlich verschärft.

VMware Healthcare report 4
Due to the rise of the number of patients with several chronic conditions; the globally rising shortage of 5 million healthcare workers; and the financial discrepancies of care, healthcare has been facing unprecedented challenges that require new solutions. The revolution in advanced technologies, the widespread access to them as well as information further deepened these challenges in the 21st century. Find out more...

Not all call recording solutions are created equal. As an SMB or enterprise fighting to maintain market share or expand its footprint, call recording is an investment in your future. From boosting sales and enhancing training, to protecting organizations from legal action, compliance violations and the like, the right call recording product introduces accelerated ROI.

In this white paper Trisys offers a snapshot into a number of case studies, delivering insight into what call accounting and recording can do for your SMB or enterprise.

This report details seven case studies of attacks that were intercepted and neutralized by cyber defense AI, including insider threat, ransomware, and IoT attacks.

This report summarizes 11 case studies of cloud-based attacks identified by cyber AI, including spear phishing, insider threat, and zero-day malware. The case studies demonstrate how weak indicators of malicious activity were only detectable using Darktrace AI, a cloud-native solution that detects and responds to advanced cyber-threats in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Read this white paper to consider three phases of successful cloud migration, what IT teams need to consider at each step, the business aspect of design decisions, best practices and how Hitachi Vantara Cloud Migration Services from can help.

The cloud journey today is well past the initial adoption phase. The question for most organizations is not ‘if cloud’ but ‘what’ and ‘when’; and ensuring that the strategy it embarks on achieves its business goals. This strategy is aiding organizations in transforming their operations and making them more digital and agile. Replacing your IT infrastructure with a cloud first approach, or even integrating both approaches, can be a daunting task.This white paper discusses the key factors to consider when migrating to the cloud.

This report highlights the advantages of bringing together customer and employee experience, including technology investments, process ownership and outcomes. Organizations that treat these areas as two halves of the same whole will reap the benefits.

Executives should read this report to understand the challenges that organizations face if they take a
siloed approach, as well as the benefits of creating a more seamless experience for people both inside
and outside of their organization. We also provide recommendations on how to get started.

Today, when customers need to interact with brands, they want to use the same tools they enjoy for personal communication. As customers rely less on voice communication and more on messaging, social applications, and other mobile apps, brands have quickly realized they need to meet customers on their terms if they expect to build strong brand loyalty. Because if brands aren’t using those tools, customers simply move on to those that are.

That’s why it’s so critical for brands to build new digital avenues to communicate with their customers. Companies that deliver rich, personalized, and consistent customer experiences across all channels, particularly digital ones, have the inside track to grow market share and revenue.

The challenge of building a superior customer care strategy begins by empowering agents with the tools and solutions required to solve customer issues quickly and effectively. To do so, they need technology that builds complete customer profiles and gives agents immediate access to the company experts who can solve problems quickly. The goal of any successful organization today is to go beyond voice and chat technology to deliver an “omni-digital” customer engagement strategy that helps them reach customers on all the digital communications channels they love today, as well as those they’ll use in the future.

The following guide will help you understand the most common challenges of building an effective digital customer engagement strategy, as well as tips to help overcome them.

Small businesses are increasingly considering the deployment of a Unified Communications (UC) system as their business phone system.

Sangoma understands small-to-medium businesses. As the leader in the value-based communications market, Sangoma has the opportunity to assist many smaller businesses. Through the process of educating and supporting businesses as they navigate the purchase or replacement of their business phone system, Sangoma learns a lot about each individual business.

The small business customers that Sangoma works with generally fall into four broad categories, each choosing UC to satisfy one primary and overwhelming business need.

Businesses in each of the four categories has the potential to reap unique benefits from adopting UC to replace their business phone system and consolidate their business technology.

In this short guide, you will learn:

* What a Unified Communications (UC) system is and what it entails.
* The four broad categories small-to-medium businesses fall into when shopping for a new phone system.
* How UC uniquely satisfies the needs and exceeds the expectations of businesses in each of these four categories.

More than one-third of contact centers struggle with unpredictable customer traffic, resulting in overstaffing or understaffing.

Overstaffing is the simplest way to waste money, and understaffing leads directly to unhappy customers. To avoid either extreme, you need the right employees in the right place at the right time.

To tackle the issue of unpredictable customer traffic, forecasting tools must be able to handle incredibly complex demands and weigh and incorporate a range of source, input, historic and real-time data.

Download this whitepaper and discover why forecasting is the foundation of efficiency.

We are living in a golden age where predictive analytics, forecasting and predictive technologies are revolutionising business well beyond the contact centre.

These forecasting capabilities are supported by ongoing developments in machine learning and artificial intelligence; developments that are enabling increasingly accurate projections.

The most robust contact centre forecasting tools have far-reaching impact. Advanced statistical methods can help users realise consistent customer service, improve retention and lower costs across the board through market-leading capabilities. Although the concept is simple, the execution is anything but.

Download this whitepaper to uncover the full discussion surrounding the new Forecasting with Artificial Intelligence solution within WFM 7.