Contact Centers

This market analysis research provides market sizing and forecasts for premises-based contact center systems. The product segments covered are: inbound contact routing, IVR and voice portal, outbound dialer, quality monitoring, workforce management, and contact center analytics. The study provides market forecasts by product segment, industry verti...

The overall research objective of this research service was to investigate the current and future outsourcing trends in the North American contact centers. Nearly half of the respondents outsource some customer care activities. Large contact center organizations are greater users of outsourcing than medium and small contact center organizations. Co...

The main objective of this research service was to investigate the current use and future adaptation of cloud solutions in North American contact centers. Currently, about 50% of the contact centers in North America use hosted or cloud solutions, and that percentage is expected to reach more than 90% by 2016. Although small and medium contact cente...

The main objective of this research service was to investigate the current use and future adaptation of agent performance optimization (APO) solutions in North American contact centers. Overall, quality monitoring, performance management, and workforce management systems are the most widely used APO applications. Furthermore, large contact centers ...

Self-service in customer care is moving to the web and social media as the Millennials take to mobile devices with a do-it-yourself mentality. However, by no means is the phone channel going away. When self-service fails them, customers turn to the contact center, which typically means journeying through that perennial front door, the Interactive...

Users have recognized the value of social media as a vital, reliable, and trustworthy business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) channel. Social media is thus becoming a must have in a smart organizations emergency communications toolbox. Case in point: Belmar, New Jersey, a small, popular seaside community on the Atlantic Ocean, located...

Companies have been expanding their marketing strategies from mass marketing to targeted marketing in order to increase response rates and sales. But with customers now in control of their corporate relationships, companies realize that they also have to engage with their clients on a customized basisand forward-thinking organizations are doing th...

Years of focus on healthcare reform coupled with the prolonged economic downturn has put pressure on healthcare organizations to figure out how to make changes with scant resources. However, when it comes to customer engagement within the healthcare space, positive developments are proceeding apace. Not only is the level of service improving stea...

Big Data, a hot business topic these days, is emphasized on a myriad of web sites of solution providers in the contact center space, claiming the ability to glean customer intelligence and improve the Customer Experience. But what are the realities of this emerging trend? How much is Big Data really being used in the contact center? Is Big Data a...