The past few years have seen digital disruption move at an incredible pace, transforming almost every element of our lives; from our ease of access to services to how we purchase goods, and how we lead our everyday lives both at home and in the …
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Breakfast seminar: transforming your contact centre
We recently held the first in a series of breakfast seminars outlining the current challenges being faced by customer contact teams. The event, held in the beautiful setting of Tower Bridge aimed to provide insights on how organisations can transform their contact centres to remain …
Smashing the scourge of overtime
Smashing the scourge of overtime
Many a manager and business leader has to deal with the challenge of overtime at some point in their careers. From an employee’s perspective it can be a positive, with those few extra pennies making a difference when staff decide to …
Easing automation anxieties through up-skilling
Automation is a word on the lips of many a business professional these days. Inevitably it inspires hope for the future for many a decision-maker, but it’s also responsible for raising fears amongst workers that their jobs might be under threat. With OECD figures predicting …
PSD2: Lack of clarity from regulators hindering Strong Customer Authentication
PSD2: Lack of clarity from regulators hindering Strong Customer Authentication
As the second Payment Services Directive continues its roll out, regulations making it obligatory for organisations to implement strong customer authentication (SCA) in online payments will come into force on September 19th this year.
Despite being …
Leading analyst house recognises us as market leader for contact centres in the cloud
Ventana Research, leading business and technology research and advisory services firm, has named us as a Value Index Leader in the first Ventana Research Value Index for Contact Centres in the Cloud.
We came second in the overall ranking and ranked number one in total cost …
Flexible, cloud-based solutions key to workforce optimisation
With the increasingly urgent need to make their workforces more productive, technology is often touted as a powerful enabler of greater efficiency and improved employee morale. While this is certainly true, this can only be effectively achieved if workers have access to tools that are …
Don’t let your customer strategy get too swept up in World Cup fever
It’s safe to say that the World Cup creates a sense of excitement across the nation, with brands all over the world looking to cash in on the action, using it as a way of promoting particular products or offers. Similarly, it provides an opportunity …
Natural language processing and the pursuit of excellent customer self-service
With convenience being king for consumers in the omni-channel world that we live in, the appetite for automated customer self-service is greater than ever before. Many businesses have taken steps to make this a reality using tech such as text-based chatbots, but making self-service a …
The evolution of self-service technologies and the customer experience
The evolution of customer self-service
The way we shop, chat with our friends, read books, watch films, order food and hail a cab has completely changed over the last ten years. The modern consumer is now comfortable interacting with a company using multiple digital devices and …