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Executive Insight: Multi-Sourcing in the Call Center by inContact February 20, 2009 - (Free Research) This paper examines how many executives are beginning to understand that cutting cost by outsourcing call center operations isn't always the best solution. Learn how "cheaper" often comes at the expense of "better".  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Addressing Common Contact Center and Enterprise Business Issues with Speech Analytics by Verint Systems April 2008 - (Free Research) As a solution to contact center issues, this paper suggests Speech analytics, which gives organizations the ability tap into existing recorded customer interactions to gain actionable intelligence for improving business performance.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

KnowledgeNote: The C-Suite May Not Be Your Lead Sweet Spot by KnowledgeStorm, Inc (E-mail this company) May 2006 - (Free Research) Is the C-suite really the best source of early leads that will convert to revenue for your company? New research from KnowledgeStorm unveils some surprising results that call this common conception into question, and should have technology marketers re-examining their lead targeting strategies.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Public complaints case study by SAS Institute Inc. March 2013 - (Free Research) With large volumes of data pouring into the Hong Kong Efficiency Unit's call center, they needed a way to manage this information and provide excellent customer service. Read this brief case study to see how they leveraged a visual analytics platform to take more effective action and make better decisions.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Dialing for Dollars: Nine Tips on Call Prospecting by Cisco Systems, Inc. January 2011 - (Free Research) The truth about effective call prospecting is that it’s a numbers game: the more calls you make, the better your chance of attaining customers. Just one customer could be enough to make your sales numbers. Continue reading this paper to learn nine tips for effective calling.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Case Study: la Caixa - Bank takes customer and employee support to the next level by Hewlett-Packard Company September 2009 - (Free Research) Spain's La Caixa bank wanted to expand into international markets, but reaching new customers meant amping up its customer service experience. Read this brief case study to discover how La Caixa chose a contact center outsourcing service to improve its customer experience management, boost its competitive position, and ultimately drive growth.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

NJ 2-1-1 Success Story by Five9 April 2013 - (Free Research) Read this brief case study to learn how NJ-2-1-1 implemented a cloud-based virtual contact center that successfully handled over 90,000 calls when 2012's Hurricane Sandy hit. Read on to discover the benefits they are enjoying from this system.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Case Study: TORO National Support Network by NEC Corporation August 2009 - (Free Research) Read this case study to learn how NEC solutions helped TORO improve contact-center service quality scores, improve staff productivity, improve business operations and enhance system flexibility.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Navy Federal Credit Union becomes trusted advisor with Infor by Infor December 2012 - (Free Research) Providing your customers with accurate, timely, pertinent information is the cornerstone of success for any client-based business. Check out this brief case study to lean how Navy Federal Credit Union implemented a cross-servicing platform to monitor customer interactions and provide more relevant services and information to their clients.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

How Does your Service Measure Up? Getting to Grips with Metrics by GoToAssist July 2011 - (Free Research) This quick guide will identify some of the most popular metrics that you should be measuring, look at ways in which you can measure them, and how to utilize these measures to improve your service delivery.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Reduce CPU Usage with 'SMART' SQL by BMC Software, Inc. November 2009 - (Free Research) This paper discusses how and why to design SQL that will reduce the number of times calls are made to DB2. We'll look at how to write SMART applications rather than writing applications that act like generic I/O modules to DB2, properly tune SMART SQL, and how to exploit SQL and application features in DB2 on z/OS version 8 and 9.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

IBM Tivoli Service Request Manager White Paper by IBM January 2010 - (Free Research) This IBM white paper will show you how you can help your organization manage incidents and problems, restore critical services, and minimize service desk calls in this white paper.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Web Lead Evaluation and Scoring Study by KnowledgeStorm, Inc (E-mail this company) April 2006 - (Free Research) KnowledgeStorm and The Artemis Group conducted an in-depth analysis of 15,452 Web leads generated by KnowledgeStorm. The objective of this study was to identify characteristics of Web leads that maximize sales opportunities and to debunk myths around what makes a good sales lead.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Talladega County 9-1-1: 100% Network Availability for Emergency Calls Countywide with WhatsUp Gold by Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold March 2011 - (Free Research) In November of 2009 Talladega County consolidated the various Public Safety Answering Points that traditionally handled call and dispatch services for 5 law enforcement agencies, 4 municipal fire departments, 15 volunteer fire departments, 2 municipal emergency medical systems, and 4 other private services into a single communications network.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Data Deduplication Approaches: Solving Today's Most Common Backup Problems by Quantum Corporation December 2008 - (Free Research) This Technology Brief discusses different approaches to data deduplication in the market today along with the pros and cons of each, and then matches some of the most common backup problems to a recommended deduplication approach. The brief close with a spotlight on Quantum's DXi7500 enterprise disk backup and replication system  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

Unified Performance Management: The Key to Successful Performance Management by IBM April 2009 - (Free Research) Using common performance management tools and systems efficiently is just as critical to the success of the business as using a common set of applications for accounting and human resources (ERP) and marketing and sales (CRM). Read this paper to learn more.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Case Study: Fast, reliable Payment Card Industry compliance by Dell SecureWorks UK July 2012 - (Free Research) To avoid fines and meet an upcoming compliance deadline, call centre services provider, RESPONSE (Building Rewarding Relationships), needed to improve security. Read this paper to learn how the organisation secured an easily installed and managed security solution that could also be deployed in time to meet the looming deadline.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

3-2-1 Contact the Call Center by SearchCRM January 2013 - (Free Research) Contact centers can't live in the past. This three-part handbook offers insight into how contact centers can modernize an agent's tools to meet the demands and needs of customers whose mobile and social empowerment has put companies in the virtual hot seat.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Verint Solutions in Action AAA Washington: A Case Study by Verint Systems April 2008 - (Free Research) ULTRA and ULTRA analytics have equipped AAA Washington to more readily meet its compliance requirements and customer experience objectives.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

ORC International Database Manageability and Productivity Cost Comparison Study: Oracle Database 11g Release 2 vs. IBM DB2 Enterprise 9.7 by Oracle Corporation September 2011 - (Free Research) Conducted by the research firm ORC International, this study found that performing common database management tasks for Oracle Database 11g R2 took less time and fewer resources than performing the same tasks for DB2 Enterprise 9.7. Although funded by Oracle, the study was independently conducted by ORC.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

The Social Customer ebook "Rethinking Customer Service: The Call Center as Corporate Information Hub" by SAP America, Inc. December 2011 - (Free Research) This e-book looks at how the call center in particular can help drive a proactive, rather than reactive, approach to business. Experts from the call center world share strategies and mindset shifts that must take place as customers demand more and more information about the products and services that they consume.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

ORC International Database Manageability and Productivity Cost Comparison Study: Oracle Database 11g Release 2 vs. IBM DB2 Enterprise 9.7 by Oracle Corporation September 2011 - (Free Research) Conducted by the research firm ORC International, this study found that performing common database management tasks for Oracle Database 11g R2 took less time and fewer resources than performing the same tasks for DB2 Enterprise 9.7. Although funded by Oracle, the study was independently conducted by ORC.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Presentation Transcript: Getting Started with Unified Communications in an Exchange 2007 Environment by Dell, Inc. February 2009 - (Free Research) Check out this webcast transcript to learn how to implement Office Communications Server in a Microsoft Exchange environment, looking at unified communications solutions encompassing unified messaging, data web conferencing and audio conferencing.  (PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT) READ ABSTRACT |

Improving IT Economics and Gaining Business Value with CA Enterprise IT Management Software: An ROI Study by CA Technologies. November 2008 - (Free Research) This paper details a study that used standard IDC ROI methodology to calculate the costs of performing common IT administrative, operational, and support functions. With the recent dislocations in the world economy, the findings here can guide your company to increased productivity, cost savings, and revenue.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Embedding Analytics into Processes by SAS Institute Inc. July 2010 - (Free Research) In their latest book, Thomas Davenport, Jeanne Harris and Robert Morison show how companies apply analytics in their daily operations. We see examples of analytics at work within core processes in a variety of business areas. Read this white paper to learn how embedding analytics into your organization's processes can help you.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

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