Video collaboration in the customer engagement center (or contact center) makes sense for many of the same reasons the technology makes sense in other settings: When customers can see a human being on the other end of their conversations, they feel a human connection. When customer service representatives or sales staffers can see the people…

Enterprise Connect 2019 recently concluded, and what was the big theme this year? Cloud Contact Center was front and center. Everyone from the up-and-comers to the big boys had announcements in this space. It was by far the largest Enterprise Connect so far, and there was great participation from all the vendors. So, without further…

During the day, I speak with banking executives who want to be as strategic and efficient as possible with their customer outreach. But when I go home, my mailbox, my email inbox and sometimes even my voicemail are filled to the brim with offers from financial institutions for products and services that don’t fit at…

Cloud has been on many minds when it comes to contact centers. Cisco has its Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS) platform, which is a part of its on-premises software to run in partner data centers and function as if it were a cloud. Many have considered this more of a haze than a cloud. But it…

With competition growing, retailers are looking for even more ways to operate efficiently while providing the kind of shopping experiences that will keep customers in stores longer and returning more often. The good news: There’s no shortage of new technologies. Now the bad news: There’s no shortage of new technologies. And even more are on…

No one likes to be thought of as a collection of 0s and 1s, but in today’s digital world, that’s what it sometimes feels like when we interact with businesses that treat us impersonally. Businesses that want to transform their relationship with customers need to create more personalized experiences, speakers said at a recent CDW…