Information Technology

For financial institutions, the first months of 2020 were a test of operational agility. In response to COVID-19's chaos, including branch shutdowns, concerns about employee health and safety, and shifting government mandates, the financial firms best able to pivot were those that were already well into their cloud journeys. Such firms leveraged a ...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, manufacturers accelerated their digitalization strategies in 2020. The most successful firms leveraged a cloud foundation to boost productivity, enable collaboration among remote and frontline employees, and connect people, devices, and data via intelligent platforms. The Frost & Sullivan reveals the progress a...

This study is derived from a survey of IT decision makers around the world across multiple industries. It provides insightful information on what drives investment in IT solutions, the IT-related challenges that organizations face today, and most importantly, plans for IT budgets. Technologies covered include Enterprise Mobility Management, Social ...

The research objective is to measure the current use and future decision making behavior toward information technology (IT) within the government sector in North America, Latin America, and Europe. Government agencies continue to want to drive productivity; however, compared to a year ago, they are less concerned with reducing costs, accelerating d...

The overall research objective of this research service was to investigate the current use and future adaptation of multichannel customer contact in European contact centers. Overall, the use rates of mobile apps, social media, Web self-service, and chat are growing, while use rates of LiveAgent voice and email are declining. About 25% of contact c...

The main objective of this research service was to investigate the current use and future adaptation of cloud contact center solutions in European contact centers. One-third of the respondents outsource some customer care activities. The United Kingdom has the highest proportion of companies that outsource, while Benelux has the least. Outsourcing ...

The overall research objective of this research service was to investigate the current use and future adaptation of cloud contact center solutions in European contact centers. About 37% of contact center organizations in Europe use a hosted/cloud contact center solution, which is expected to reach 86% by 2016. While small and medium contact centers...

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

The rising ubiquity of smart mobile devices among the mobile population and the widespread adoption of cloud applications and infrastructure, has propelled the intersection of these two fundamental technologies and thus introduce mobile cloud computing. In this manner, mobile users could perform numerous operations such as data storage, data manage...