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Six Contact Center Predictions for 2018
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Cisco's contact center business has held number-one market share in North America for four straight quarters. Here are six things we foresee for the customer care industry in 2018.
A New Groove: Cisco Contact Center Release 11.6
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In developing Contact Center Release 11.6, our team worked closely with partners and a record number of field trial customers. They followed four key principles: flexibility, usability, simplicity, and great experience.
Cisco a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Contact Center
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Gartner recently published its annual Magic Quadrant for Contact Center Infrastructure, Worldwide report. And for the fifth year, Cisco is positioned highest in "Ability to Execute." Gartner bases Ability to Execute on several criteria, including the breadth, quality, and overall maturity of vendors' applications; their customer support capabilities; and their ability to deliver solutions that enable contact center operations in the formal contact centers of midsize or large enterprises.
Declutter For Your Customers
2 min read
We’re moving. After twenty-five years in the same house, my wife and I will soon be living in a new place. Moving isn’t fun. It’s not just leaving the home where we raised our two boys, but getting rid of all our unneeded items. We’re not hoarders or packrats, but it’s downright astonishing how much […]
Context is Everything in Customer Care
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“Let’s eat grandma!” “Let’s eat, grandma!” Punctuation makes a difference, doesn’t it? So does context. If you’re a basketball fan with March Madness on your mind, “Drive the lane!” might make you think of something a coach yells to his players. On the other hand, if you’re teaching your teenage son to drive, it means […]
Moustaches and the Customer Experience
1 min read
Remember when moustaches were cool? For those who weren’t paying attention, it was back in the 1980s when Tom Selleck–sporting that signature facial hair–ruled the T.V. airwaves as private investigator Magnum, P.I. Most guys old enough to shave (or who thought they were) tried to proclaim their manliness with a Magnum-style moustache. We thought 128 […]