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A Connected Experience Capitalizes on the Power of Wi-Fi
PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED TO TMC NET’S IOT EVOLUTION A connected experience platform, Aerohive Networks’ new suite of enterprise technologies has been released that is designed to enable businesses to, according to Yahoo! Finance, “unlock the future potential of Wi-Fi” through its cloud networking architecture. “The intersection of mobility and cloud networking gives every organization the chance to transform how they serve their customers,” said David Greene, SVP and CMO, Aerohive Networks. “Our Connected Experience platform and next generation of cloud networking enables businesses to build on the foundation of their Wi-Fi infrastructure to improve customer engagement, create new business insights and drive growth,” said Greene. They are doing this through…
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All Cycles Lead to Unified Customer Service, Enhanced by Automation
PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED TO TMC NET’S REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS Survata Research Partners recently carried out a survey on behalf of FollowAnalytics and Gigaom Research on mobile app utilization by enterprise users. A focus group of 450 mobile marketers was surveyed on their mobile activity and the results of mobile marketing in 2015. To better understand the priorities and needs of marketers across some of the world’s most leading brands, the survey sought to find the root of potential issues, as brands adopt “mobile-first and omnichannel” business practices. The goal of this survey was to find new ways to “improve the customer experience, while creating long- term customer value and loyalty,“ elements that…
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Avaya and Plantronics Join Forces in the Name of Unified Communications
PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED TO TMC NET’S UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS In an evolving tech world, contact centers are more powerful than basic call centers, because chatting, e-mailing and texting with a customer base is becoming more effective than traditional calling methods. By joining forces with Plantronics, Avaya will fill the growing need for simplification in contact centers and unified communications. According to CNN Money, this partnership kicks off with a focus on compatibility that allows communications professional to utilize Plantronics headsets through Chrome-based contact center applications and includes the Avaya Agent for Chrome, as well as the customer engagement on Avaya application on Google’s cloud-based platform, Drive. The International Customer Management Institute (ICMI)…
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Sorry, Eavesdroppers: BlackBerry SecuSUITE Delivers Government-level Security to Mobile
PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED TO TMC NET’S CALL RECORDING As BlackBerry continues fulfilling pre-sales of a November 6 release of BlackBerry Priv, CrackBerry, the survivors’ guide to everything Blackberry, fills us in on BlackBerry’s SecuSUITE for Enterprise app. This app will be available later this week for BlackBerry 10, Android and iOS. This app is structured to allow VoIP technology to conduct secure, untapped conversations across the globe. This security is set at the maximum security level. BlackBerry, still considered a leader in the Enterprise and business ecosystem, is moving just one step further in reviving a brand so harshly abused during the rise of iPhone and Android devices. In its plan…
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2015 Report Reaffirms Contact Center Business Model
PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED TO TMC NET’S CLOUD CONTACT CENTER Last week, The Sander’s Retail Insights report was released. It reinforced a lot of common sense assumptions, but it also gave us deeper insight on just how important customer service is and why. Through their report, “Click & Collect, Contactless and Customer Service: What We Learned From the Retail Insights Survey 2015,” Business 2 Community highlighted important points that can also be found in this Sanderson’s Retail Insights 2015. They remind us that, to remain competitive in today’s market, we have to must the customer experience memorable. This also may mean evolving our business for accommodation. In fact, Business 2 Community suggests…
