January 26, 2009 - (Free Research) One of the biggest dangers in establishing best practices for your contact center is to do so in isolation from your self-service stakeholders. Instead, all customer "touch-points" must be viewed as part of a continuum. Customer touch points include Web Self-Service, Interactive Voice Response, Contact Center Agents, and Face-to-Face transactions.
May 15, 2012 - (Free Research) This comprehensive white paper discusses the future of contact centers. From tools to strategy this paper covers all you need to know about ensuring that your customer service stays up to date.
September 15, 2011 - (Free Research) If your organization isn't on the cloud yet when it comes to customer service, then you may be severely disadvantaged. Competition for customer service is increasing and your company needs all the latest tools to stay ahead of the game. Read this white paper to learn how four contact centers adopted agile cloud-based computing technologies.
January 20, 2012 - (Free Research) This video explains how you can combine interactive voice response (IVR) and ACD systems into one that tracks calls, call waits and offers "self-service" options for callers with a long wait. Watch this now to see a detailed overview of this all-in-one system that will save your organization money.
March 20, 2012 - (Free Research) This case study examines a food services company that needed to find a more efficient way to keep track of and manage food and laundry inventories, address customer concerns in the call center, automate processes, and manage tax calculation processes. Continue reading to discover the software they used to effectively meet their business needs.
January 10, 2011 - (Free Research) Supported by insights from Peppers & Rogers Group and inContact, this white paper will explore the benefits of applying the right mix of self-service and agent-assisted support to meet customer expectations effectively and maximize business outcomes.
Cisco 1700 Series modular routers are ideal for enterprise small branch offices and small and medium-sized businesses that need secure access to business applications, network resources, and Internet services. The Cisco 1700 Series delivers fast, reliable and secure Internet/network access through a wide-range of high-speed WAN access technologies.
March 20, 2012 - (Free Research) In this third edition of the Customer Experience Exchange e-zine, Chris Maxcer delves into world of incorporating team-building activities into contact center agents' schedules, Vangie Beal discusses Dell's six-year investment in social media and Anna Fiorentino writes about why customer loyalty has dipped nearly 10%.
November 08, 2011 - (Free Research) Online airline and travel group Meridiana fly needed a faster, more cost-effective way for its growing customer base to book reservations online. They turned to the Riverbed Stingray Traffic Manager, which ensured a fast, responsive website that could cope with increasing high-demand.
December 01, 2011 - (Free Research) This IDC Forecast Update provides a 5-year forecast for the worldwide PBBA market as part of IDC's Storage Solutions coverage. The 5-year forecast includes total factory revenue and raw capacity in terabytes through 2015. The worldwide PBBA market covers both open system– and mainframe-attached products. Read now to learn more.
September 01, 2011 - (Free Research) <p>This case study points out the challenges of operating a heterogeneous infrastructure and describes the virtualization and refresh strategy one organization deployed to address them.</p>
December 31, 2011 - (Free Research) This IDC Forecast Update provides share positions for revenue and raw capacity for 9 named Purpose-Built Backup Appliance vendors for the first half of 2011. In addition, this study provides the market size and a 5-year forecast for the worldwide PBBA market as part of IDC's Storage Solutions coverage. Read now to learn more.
September 01, 2009 - (Free Research) Is cloud computing or in-house virtualization the answer to your scalability challenges? Maybe both. Cloud computing and in-house virtualization offer a wide range of complementary capabilities that can help your organization not only scale smoothly, but also simplify your IT infrastructure, reduce data center complexity, and cut costs.
December 01, 2011 - (Free Research) This report from Oxford Economics and AT&T shows ICT investment and productivity growth are closely linked - and European countries are lagging behind other parts of the world in both areas.
January 10, 2011 - (Free Research) This white paper discusses the ways in which organizations are striving to maintain excellent customer service for all types of clients while at the same time controlling support costs. Read this white paper to learn more.
December 11, 2011 - (Free Research) Iren Energia is the second-largest utility company in Italy. The company built a virtualized environment that included a Dell Compellent Storage Center SAN. It chose Dell ProSupport for rapid, 24/7 response. Read this case study to learn the many benefits Iren Energia received.
December 12, 2011 - (Free Research) In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the British Library about the enormous storage challenges of digitising its printed archive; we examine the state of the UK IT jobs market and the skills that are most in demand by employers; and we look at case studies of the best virtualisation projects. Download the new issue now.
May 11, 2012 - (Free Research) <p>Forecasting has never been more important, or more challenging. More than ever, finance organizations need new tools and disciplines that will transform their forecasting process into a dynamic, reliable system. Watch this webcast now and see how to automate and sustain a renewed forecasting process with IBM Cognos TM1.</p>
June 16, 2010 - (Free Research) Success depends on healthy and accurate forecasts. A rolling forecasting approach is typically helpful in developing or restoring your forecasting practices to full health. This paper from IBM offers up six principals that should be mainstays in your forecasting blueprint and also outlines an example of successful rolling forecasts in practice.
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