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CCaaS and CRM: The Devil’s in the Detail

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The CX technology market continues to evolve, innovate, and expand in all directions. The CRM and CCaaS vendors are locked in battle for customer wallet share and have started to step on each other's toes, particularly in areas like AI (Artificial Intelligence), automation, and analytics. The CRM vendors have established base camp in territory which has traditionally been the stable of the CCaaS vendors and, at the same time, we are seeing CCaaS vendors introduce new capability that encroaches on the CRM space. However, it is still the case, at least for now, that no single solution can meet all the needs of a mature customer service or CX operation. Add to that the fact that customer expectations are more demanding than ever and that creates a challenge for contact centre leaders.
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Poor Customer Service in the Contact Centre… It’s Nothing Personal!

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We've probably all encountered what we consider to be poor customer service through a contact centre, whether it's calling your utilities provider, banking, mortgages, or just everyday online shopping.

There have been many excuses for poor service through the pandemic due to ill-prepared home working solutions. Those should be behind us now, although that's likely the topic of a further blog, as many companies are still leaning on this excuse!

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Management Information in the Contact Centre

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How Actionable Data Drives Sales, Improves Employee Satisfaction, and Enhances the Customer Experience

One of the key components we discuss with organisations when defining their contact centre needs is their data: the data the organisation requires, the data the solution can report on, and the tools available to interpret this data.

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Tomorrow’s shopping experience isn’t just coming… It might already be here

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When you think of a truly world-class shopping experience, what are the key elements that immediately spring to mind? For most of us, it's the personal touches… We're greeted by name by a familiar shopping assistant, who's already familiar with our preferences and purchasing habit. They'll guide us through the entire experience, offering advice and special offers throughout. Regardless of the actual quality of the product or service, it's these touches that will establish it as high-end in the minds of shoppers and encourage them to cultivate relationships with specific brands. It's a model that the world's most renowned retailers have cultivated for years.
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In a period of global upheaval, the AEC sector is demonstrating its resilience

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The turbulence of the current geopolitical situation has affected numerous sectors, who must not only consider how to protect their infrastructure from anticipated cyber-attacks, but also ensure that they are able to maintain business-as-usual as possible against a backdrop of global disruption to supply chains. As a sector that depends on the ready availability of materials, the UK's AEC sector has been particularly affected.

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Legal firms who do not embrace cloud technology solutions and leading-edge cyber security will risk their reputations in the months ahead

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In light of numerous dramatic shifts in the geopolitical landscape in recent months, this blog has reiterated the need for organisations across all sectors to strengthen and - if necessary - reconsider their cyber security postures, in order to prepare for the anticipated attacks by global bad actors. The legal sector is no exception, particularly as these attacks are anticipated to specifically target the most high-value data.

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Driving the digital-first future of pathology through partnerships

Afshin Attari, Senior Director of Public Sector and Unified Platforms at Exponential-E, writes for Open Access Government, discussing digital patholog...

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How the financial sector can implement a secure infrastructure fit for a hybrid working age

Luke Armstrong, Enterprise Sales Consultant at Exponential-E writes for IBS Intelligence, discussing the importance of a secure Infrastructure system ...

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Network transformation in finance for a hybrid working age

Enterprise Sales Consultant Luke Armstrong writes for Fintech, discussing how the Financial Services sector needed to adapt to the changes during the ...

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60% of UK contact centre businesses lack confidence in their remote IT security

Suzette Bouzane Meadows, Contact Centre/UC lead consultant at Exponential-e comments to Networking+ on how firms need to ensure consumer confidentiali...

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Data trends that will come to the fore in 2022

Chief Innovation Officer at Exponential-E, Jonathan Bridges, speaks to E Week UK, discussing energy consumption within tech industries and how this ma...

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Businesses’ need for more choice and control will define 2022

Exponential-e's Chief Innovation Office, Jonathan Bridges, writes for Intelligent CIO discussing the changes we expect to see in 2022 with future Inno...

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How businesses can reap the full benefits of private 5G networks

5G is anticipated to be one of, if not the most adopted technology by enterprises in the coming decade, providing the foundation for true connected ex...

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A waste of energy: Dealing with idle servers in the datacentre

Jonathan Bridges, Chief Innovation Officer at Exponential-e, talks with Computer Weekly about the energy usage within data centres and what companies ...

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Debunking the Top 8 SD Wan Myths

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Saving money with SD-WAN (part one)

Software Defined WAN, or SD-WAN for short, is the new big thing in business networking. Everybody's talking about SD-WAN, and about what it can do for businesses. Well, there's no doubt that SD-WAN can do a lot for your business; in fact, we'll be talking about exactly that in part 2 of this 3 part blog series. But before we do that, we need to talk about what SD-WAN can't do. Right now there's a popular misconception among businesses concerning SD-WAN - a misconception fed and sustained by headlines and marketing hype - that could lead them to take damaging shortcuts in incorporating SD-WAN into their business.

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Celebrating inspirational women across the Tech industry

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With the Tech industry celebrating International Women in Engineering last week, a new study of women in tech has found that:

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How the channel can empower customers' digital transformations: the transactional and transformational

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Over the past few years there has been a major increase in organisations adopting digital tools. With serious cost and efficiency gains to be generated, the benefits of transitioning to digital ways of working are no great secret; and companies are now consistently seeking to streamline with varying degrees of success.

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How technology enables organisations to be more agile

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Although 'agile' has become a hype word, it is an important concept that organisations should strive to achieve in a world of continuous change and uncertainty. Being agile enables organisations to be more adaptive and reactive to the changing market, allowing them to respond quickly to customers' demands to keep a competitive edge.
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How your organisation can be more flexible

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In today's competitive environment, being flexible is a fundamental part of any business strategy to survive. To be flexible, organisations must make the necessary changes needed to respond effectively to the changing market. One simple way organisations can increase their flexibility is by using the innovative technology solutions and services that are available.

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AI and Big Data

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In 2019, we worked with a customer who owns and operates a mine in Mozambique to help them identify their key business objectives and advise them on how to succeed on these. Throughout our discussions with them, we defined the below key objectives:

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