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By Blair PleasantAfter seven separate tech events, seven clear trends emerge in AI and communications technology, from CX to copilots to the challenge of differentiation.
By Lisa SchmeiserA change in ownership and what it means for our readers.
By Zeus KerravalaThe new feature uses AI to process tasks, provides insights, and makes changes using natural language interactions.
By Robin GareissAgent Assist Helps Agents Drive Revenue—and Solve Customer Service Issues.
By Zeus KerravalaThe recent event demonstrated the company’s successful strategy in targeting industry verticals, smoothing the way for virtual agents and navigating the business challenge of CX.
By Matt VartabedianAmazon Connect announces several new capabilities including Gen AI prompting to automatically create outbound campaign, support for WhatsApp and more.
By Beth SchultzEase of use is the top decision factor, but app integration, dashboards, AI capabilities, and other criteria come into play as well, according to Metrigy research.
By Martha BuyerThe author of Project 2025’s chapter on telecom regulation is expected to be named as the FCC head next year. Here’s where he stands on everything from net neutrality to TikTok.
By Dave MichelsNew research shows there’s an argument to be made that good customer experience leads to better profits for shareholders.
Robert Lee Harris, Elizabeth (Beth) English Identifying areas and levels of risk is an important part of your 911 planning. This involves looking at everything related to 911 and includes non-technical details. Telecommunications platform and provider professionals have spent the last few years getting up to speed with new federal regulations for 911 emergency service. […]
There is no question that remote work during the COVID lockdown created a significant change in use of information and communications technology. How much has this impacted each age group, from students to retirees? This is a subject that prompts extreme viewpoints ranging from a cynical proclamation of younger generations living their whole life online, […]
The last few years have seen a dramatic change in work processes, driven by the need to provide access to business enterprise systems and data in an agile remote environment. This has created an acceleration of cloud computing and SaaS deployments, including Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) and Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS). However, remote […]
A review of Empathy in Action: How to Deliver Great Customer Experiences at Scale by Genesys CEO Tony Bates and Dr. Natalie Petouhoff Two things are happening in today’s business world. Business and retail consumers are rapidly shifting the products and services that they use, and employees are taking a hard look at where they […]