Zoho presented analysts with a deep look at its strategy and roadmap at its July analyst conference, describing how it intends to meld its many business applications together through integration at the level of the platform. The company, which is privately owned and funded, has generally sought to build its own tools rather than buy or partner. This approach has allowed the firm to create a suite of tightly linked tools that share a common interface.
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Voice of the Customer,
Data,
Customer Experience Management,
customer service and support,
Digital Business,
AI and Machine Learning
Any organization that relies heavily on a large labor force looks to automation to reduce costs, and contact centers are no exception. They handle interactions at such large scale that almost any effort to automate some part of the process can deliver measurable efficiencies. Two factors have ratcheted up attention on automating customer experience workflows: the dramatic expansion of digital interaction channels, and the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to...
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Analytics,
Data Integration,
Contact Center,
Data,
agent management,
data operations,
Customer Experience Management,
Field Service,
customer service and support,
Digital Business,
Experience Management,
AI and Machine Learning
When NICE acquired inContact in 2016, it began a transformation that saw it broaden its product offering and positioned itself to play a larger role in the contact center and customer experience industries. It was a prescient move, creating a firm that could supply end-to-end contact center functionality in the cloud. And it anticipated today’s market dynamic, in which NICE and its competitors are racing to define (and capitalize on) the post-contact center future.
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Voice of the Customer,
Business Continuity,
Analytics,
Contact Center,
Data,
Digital transformation,
agent management,
Customer Experience Management,
Field Service,
customer service and support,
Digital Business,
Experience Management,
AI and Machine Learning