Uncover the 6 IT professionals recognized for their contributions to cultural innovation, technological advancement, business harmonization, green IT, and customer experience. Review exclusive Q&A with each winner as they discuss their thoughts on top trends including cloud computing, social media, millennials, video-conferencing, and more. 

By exploiting the disruptive forces and trends discussed in this resource, you will be able to transform the customer experience, improve the customer’s sentiment about your organization, and turn customers into advocates. 

Read this white paper to learn how to integrate your operations into a new structure acquired through mergers and acquisitions; align your IT operations into a single platform; enhance customer service; increase the productivity of your global workforce; and bolster supply chain efficiency. 

This paper describes how virtualization has affected storage technologies and how Oracle’s storage solutions enable organizations to reduce IT costs, accelerate provisioning of private cloud services and achieve higher service levels. 

This brief paper outlines a social business cloud solution that provides integrated e-mail, social business capabilities and third-party applications, all delivered through cloud computing. Learn how it offers a security-rich environment that will allow your business to become a social butterfly in addition to reducing costs and complexity. 

This white paper describes five tips and challenges for using Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems. 

If your organization isn't on the cloud yet when it comes to customer service, then you may be severely disadvantaged. Competition for customer service is increasing and your company needs all the latest tools to stay ahead of the game. Read this white paper to learn how four contact centers adopted agile cloud-based computing technologies. 

The right cloud computing solution makes it possible for call centers to eliminate barriers created by obsolete premise-based solutions, achieve customer service excellence and continue business success. Find out how inContact is helping hundreds of call centers greatly reduce costs while simultaneously increasing customer satisfaction levels. 

This paper outlines the five fundamentals for a successful FCR program. 

This paper discusses first contact resolution and the offerings for measuring success with FCR. 

Read this case study to learn how BancVue utilized Sugar Professional to optimize their customer’s business models and extend the base model contract module for improved contract management. Continue reading to learn how BancVue is winning the war against the big banks with the help of Sugar Professional. 

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%.