Brands failing to deliver on chat customer experience

Consumers increasingly want to use chat for customer service – but companies are failing to meet their changing expectations. Nearly three quarters (72%) of consumers say a good chat experience will make them more loyal – however only 15% say they are always happy with the service they receive. These are amongst the headline findings of the Eptica 2017 UK Chat Study, released today. Continue reading Brands failing to deliver on chat customer experience

Avaya’s Flagship Midmarket Platform Hits a New Milestone

Avaya announced that the Avaya IP Office Platform has reached a new milestone with 600,000 systems issued to businesses and organizations globally since the original launch. The milestone comes amidst growing demand for IP Office Cloud from markets around the world, and increasing hybrid sales as companies find greater flexibility to match their communications technologies with their business strategies. Continue reading Avaya’s Flagship Midmarket Platform Hits a New Milestone

Genesys Makes Customer Experience Simpler with Microsoft Office 365 Integration

Genesys®, a global leader in omnichannel customer experience and contact center solutions, announced at the annual Microsoft Ignite conference that the Genesys Customer Experience Platform is now available for Microsoft Office 365. This capability, combined with certified support for Skype for Business Server, allows customers to protect their long-term IT investments in flexible hybrid, private, or public cloud deployments, and enables a smooth and flexible migration to the cloud. Continue reading Genesys Makes Customer Experience Simpler with Microsoft Office 365 Integration

Pega Helps Businesses Mitigate Risk With Industry’s First AI Transparency Controls

Pegasystems announced the industry’s first capability that gives organizations control over the transparency of their artificial intelligence customer engagement models. The latest release of the Pega® Customer Decision Hub will enable users to more easily and safely deploy AI algorithms based on transparency thresholds within their business. Continue reading Pega Helps Businesses Mitigate Risk With Industry’s First AI Transparency Controls

Your Customer Service Isn’t As Effective As You Think It Is, According to New NICE inContact Survey That Reveals Gaps Between Business and Consumer Perceptions

NICE inContact, announced a ground-breaking study comparing how businesses rate their success across more than 10 customer experience channels versus the actual experience and satisfaction that customers report in those channels. The new research, the second wave of the NICE inContact Customer Experience Transformation Benchmark Study, analyzes how customer service organizations think they are delivering in both agent-assisted and self-service channels including interactions with contact center agents via phone, email, chat, social media, and text as well as through web self-service, mobile applications, and interactive voice response (IVR). Continue reading Your Customer Service Isn’t As Effective As You Think It Is, According to New NICE inContact Survey That Reveals Gaps Between Business and Consumer Perceptions