Category: Contact Center

Topics Cover Small Businesses and CRM, US Shoppers and AI, and AI for the Modern Contact Center
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, provides a roundup of new and recent CX research reports and survey findings from Zoho, SAP Emarsys, and Verint in collaboration with Five9.
AI Readiness Assessment and TTEC Digital Contact Center Intelligence Powered by AWS are Introduced
Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, looks at two new announcements coming from TTEC, both centered around supporting contact centers as the move forward with layering in artificial intelligence.
CX Cloud from Genesys and Salesforce Promises a More Unified and Optimal Customer and Employee Experience
Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, shares insights into the new partnership between Salesforce and Genesys that combines CCaaS and CRM.
8×8 Demonstrates Its Deepened Commitment to Contact Center Solutions Through Product Enhancements
Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, shares her insights into 8x8’s addition of voice to its Intelligent Customer Assistant, using conversational AI to offer customers another avenue for self-service.
Generative and Predictive AI Will Support Deeper Personalization and Efficiencies
Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group breaks down Twilio’s raft of CustomerAI-related product announcements centered on generative and predictive artificial intelligence.
Verint’s 2023 State of Digital Customer Experience Shows Interactions, Channels, and Expectations are Rising and Companies Face Barriers in Meeting the Challenge
Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, breaks down Verint’s recent research conducted on digital customer experience. Interactions, channels, and expectations are rising, and companies face barriers in meeting the challenge.
It Was a Solid Q2 for Zoom’s Video Conferencing, Cloud Contact Center, and Collaboration Software Products
Todd R. Weiss and Craig Durr, analysts at The Futurum Group, share their insights as video conferencing, cloud contact center, and collaboration vendor Zoom reported that its Q2 FY2024 revenue rose to $1.14 billion, up 3.6% from $1.1 billion YoY.
RingCX Will Combine RingCentral’s AI Functionalities, Its Unified Communications Capabilities, and Omnichannel Contact Center
Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group shares her insights into RingCentral’s new native, intelligent contact center solution, RingCX.
Partnership Promises Data Flow To Support Both Agents and Customers; Medallia Makes It Clear They Are No Newcomer To AI in Experience Management
Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group shares her insights on two recent Medallia announcements, including the company’s reveal that its sizeable financial investments in AI over the past 2 years has yielded strong results, with more than 1 million weekly active AI users on its platform.
Support for Integrations to Help Customers Run Best-in-Breed Applications With Zoom Functionality
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group covers Zoom’s newly announced Developer Ecosystem Framework, and discusses how it will be used to support current customer application preferences while also setting the table for future platform sales opportunities.
Supervisor Workspace, Enhanced Analytics, and Improved Customer Journey Mapping are Among the Updates
Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, covers and assesses the 8x8 announcement of several new enhancements to its 8x8 xCaas platform, particularly those related to its contact center solution.
Service Management Vendor Also Announces New AI-Embedded SKUs for ITSM, CSM, and HRSD Offerings
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group shares his insights into ServiceNow’s AI product strategy, covering the announcement of two new generative AI tools for the Now Platform, as well as the forthcoming generative AI-infused premium SKUs to enhance its ISTM, CSM, and HRSD offerings.

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