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NEC’s Newly Integrated UNIVERGE BLUE® CONNECT and ENGAGE Elevates Customer Experience, Business Communications & Teamwork

Integration of NEC’s Unified Communications and Contact Center as a Service (UCaaS & CCaaS) into one seamless cloud solution – merging User Experience (UX) efficiency with Customer Experience (CX) enablement

IRVING, TX – December 1, 2021 – NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading provider and integrator of advanced IT, communications, and networking solutions, announces the new integration of two of its UNIVERGE BLUE CLOUD SERVICES – CONNECT and ENGAGE – to provide users a single application for employee collaboration and superior customer communications. With this merging of Contact Center within Unified Communications, business communications are simplified, and teamwork is improved, while elevating both UX and CX capabilities.

Single Pane of Glass

NEC’s integrated UNIVERGE BLUE CONNECT and ENGAGE upgrades standard business operations by combining UCaaS and CCaaS into a single pane of glass which includes voice, video conferencing, file sharing and backup, multi-channel contact center and more.

With the unification of CONNECT and ENGAGE, customer care agents get the necessary tools and functionalities to track and enhance communications, while promoting upgraded customer satisfaction and first-call resolution. From call queues, contact directories, and active call routing, contact center agents are empowered to enhance CX and loyalty.

“Our newest cloud services offering is ideal for an increasingly hybrid workforce—unifying employee productivity and customer experience management into one application,” said Ronald Schapendonk, Director of Global Marketing at NEC. “The integration of CONNECT and ENGAGE provides smoother workflows and all the collaboration features our end users need for internal communication. Customer-facing employees get advanced voice handling tools and can leverage those collaboration features to work with other employees, ensuring positive interactions with customers.”

Smoother Workflows

NEC’s new solution offers anywhere, anytime teamwork. The solution bolsters capacity for hybrid workforces in a single user interface. In addition to advanced call handling capabilities, businesses gain greater visibility into employees’ performance.

The unified solution simplifies administration by providing an interface for adding and managing users with a single sign-on. During seasonal fluctuations, contact center operations can add more agents with just a few clicks. The responsive platform expands to meet the communications needs of small-to-medium sized businesses, as well as large enterprises.

To learn more about the benefits of combining UCaaS and CCaaS to enhance customer experience and employee productivity, visit: UNIVERGE BLUE ENGAGE.

About NEC Corporation of America

NEC Corporation of America (NEC) is a leading technology integrator providing solutions that improve the way people work and communicate. NEC delivers integrated Solutions for Society that are aligned with our customers’ priorities to create new value for people, businesses, and society, with a special focus on safety, security, and efficiency. We deliver one of the industry’s strongest and most innovative portfolios of communications, analytics, security, biometrics, and technology solutions that unleash customers’ productivity potential. Through these solutions, NEC combines its best-in-class solutions and technology and leverages a robust partner ecosystem to solve today’s most complex business problems. NEC Corporation of America is a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, a global technology leader with a presence in 140 countries and $29.5 billion in revenues. For more information, please visit www.necam.com.

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As a detail-oriented researcher, Sherril is expert at discovering, gathering and compiling industry and market data to create clear, actionable market and competitive intelligence. With deep experience in market analysis and segmentation she is a consummate collaborator with strong communication skills adept at supporting and forming relationships with cross-functional teams in all levels of organizations.

Sherril holds a Master of Business Administration in Marketing from University of Colorado, Boulder and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Rutgers University.

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