Heathcare insurance provider Aetna uses IBM WebSphere DataPower appliances every day, processing more than eight million production requests daily. In this presentation you will learn how WebSphere DataPower appliances are a key element in Aetna's holistic approach to service oriented architecture (SOA). 

This video discusses how you can avoid the pitfalls of poor information management and optimize supplier data for improved procurement, visibility, compliance and accuracy. 

This webcast explores the option of moving your contact center applications and Unified Communications strategies to the cloud. Uncover the benefits and opportunities of cloud-based solutions, and get help deciding whether being in the cloud or on-premise is best for your organization. 

This white paper presents the results of a total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis comparing premise-based and hosted contact center platforms. 

Read this white paper to get a framework, plan and recommended best practices for transforming your siloed contact centers into a multi-channel servicing environment. 

This brief but informative video demonstrates how Melissa Data's Contact Zone software can help you cleanse and validate data for better data quality and output. 

Download this podcast to learn more about moving your contact center applications and Unified Communications (UC) strategies to the cloud. Uncover the benefits and pain points involved, and get help deciding if a cloud-based communication strategy is worthwhile for your organization. 

With HP's contact centre and customer services, la Caixa was able to expand and continue to provide excellent service to their customers. Read this case study now to learn more about HP's call centre and contact centre offerings. 

In this third edition of the Customer Experience Exchange e-zine, Chris Maxcer delves into world of incorporating team-building activities into contact center agents' schedules, Vangie Beal discusses Dell's six-year investment in social media and Anna Fiorentino writes about why customer loyalty has dipped nearly 10%. 

This video explains how you can combine interactive voice response (IVR) and ACD systems into one that tracks calls, call waits and offers "self-service" options for callers with a long wait. Watch this now to see a detailed overview of this all-in-one system that will save your organization money. 

Contact Zone is open-source extract, transform and load (ETL), and data quality software. Easily build and manage data transformations to cleanse, update, standardize and enrich contact information, helping reduce costs, improve communications and easily integrate enterprise data. 

One of the biggest dangers in establishing best practices for your contact center is to do so in isolation from your self-service stakeholders. Instead, all customer "touch-points" must be viewed as part of a continuum. Customer touch points include Web Self-Service, Interactive Voice Response, Contact Center Agents, and Face-to-Face transactions. 

Read this article to discover the procurement software licensing and deployment options available and learn what business factors will help you determine the best approach for your company.