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The 10 Worst Practices for Technical Support and How to Overcome Them by NTR Global October 29, 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper will explore 10 of the "worst practices" that are common to customer support operations. We will discuss how these worst practices can creep in to your contact center and ways to deal with them. We will also touch on how to eliminate well‐intentioned management blunders and discuss good and bad uses of support technology.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

IT Courseware by SkillSoft Corporation SkillSoft's IT Skills instruction is designed to encourage and prompt frequent learner interaction with the course content. SkillSoft maintains courseware integrity and effectiveness by offering a balance of thorough instruction, challenging practice exercises and quizzes.  (ASP & SOFTWARE PRODUCT)

CW+: Open Group technical report: IT Specialist Certification (ITSC) accreditation requirements by ComputerWeekly.com October 22, 2010 - (Free Research) The Open Group IT Specialist Certification Program (the Program) is designed to validate the existence of those qualities and skills in a professional that enable the effective development, implementation, and operation of IT solutions.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

From Workforce Management to Workforce Productivity by Aspect December 19, 2012 - (Free Research) This white paper reveals the technologies that support workforce productivity and offers tips for choosing the right supplier.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

5 Ways to Optimize Your Workforce for Customer Contact in a Social Marketplace by Aspect August 11, 2011 - (Free Research) This white paper discusses how workforce, quality and performance management capabilities provide practical business processes and tools for effective staffing, monitoring, reporting, evaluation and coaching.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Eight Essential Steps: Moving the Contact Center Beyond Operational Efficiency to Business Effectiveness by Aspect August 10, 2010 - (Free Research) This paper explains how to move the contact center beyond operational efficiency to business effectiveness and provides best practices employed by businesses that already operate their contact centers as profit centers and touching on the technology that makes it possible. Read on to learn how to transform your contact center into a profit center.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Integrated vs. Unified: Five Reasons Why Contact Centers Must Get Unified by Aspect August 10, 2010 - (Free Research) This paper presents the main differences between integrated and unified contact centers, and gives five reasons why it is imperative for contact centers to adapt a unified solution. Read on to learn how adopting such a solution can increase productivity, decrease costs, and enhance the customer experience, thereby increasing customer loyalty.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

CW+: Open Group technical document: IT Specialist Certification (ITSC) Conformance Requirements by ComputerWeekly.com October 21, 2010 - (Free Research) The Open Group IT Specialist Certification Program (the Program) is designed to validate the existence of those qualities and skills in a professional that enable the effective development, implementation, and operation of IT solutions.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

First Contact Resolution by Pegasystems May 10, 2011 - (Free Research) Contact centers have perfected the art of tracking customer inquiries, but first contact resolution is still alluding them.  The key to solving the problem-- not just answering, but resolving the issue.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

Contact Center Consolidation by CosmoCom, Inc. July 2008 - (Free Research) Improving access to contact center resources is more challenging when agents are distributed across multiple locations. View this webcast for insight into Contact Center Consolidation.  (WEBCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Get Certified - Avaya Communication Manager by Global Knowledge May 2013 - (Free Research) The Avaya Professional Credential Program is designed to make sure that individuals have the knowledge and skills to successfully sell, design, implement (install), and maintain Avaya products.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Contact Center for Dummies by Avaya July 2011 - (Free Research) With the emergence of worldwide competition in the contact center business, working from a defined methodology is becoming increasingly important. This guide provides an approach to the different methodologies you can use, with information not only on running contact centers, but also on implementing contact center technology in a profitable way.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

STA Travel’s Increases Website Performance 50% with Riverbed by Riverbed Technology, Inc. November 2011 - (Free Research) Global travel specialist STA Travel found that access to its website had slowed and that peaks in web traffic from promotional campaigns had become difficult to manage. The company turned to the Riverbed Stingray Traffic Manager to quickly improve the website’s performance and uptime, and provide a superior online experience for its customers.  (CASE STUDY) 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 |

International Cruise & Excursions, Inc. by Aspect March 2008 - (Free Research) ICE contact center staff had been using Excel spreadsheets to schedule agents, which was an inefficient and difficult practice, Since the agents are the primary drivers of the company's sales.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

How Mobile Devices are Driving Innovations in Contact Centers by Avaya October 2012 - (Free Research) Failing to adopt a customer service strategy for mobile devices could put your business at a serious disadvantage. Gartner research suggests that 80% of companies will suffer revenue loss from the lack of customer support on mobile devices by 2013. Read this paper to learn how to utilize the opportunities mobility offers customer service.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Best Practices in the Call Center: A Customer Touch-Point Methodology by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd October 2012 - (Free Research) 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.  (WHITE PAPER)

Improve Datacenter Efficiency by Refreshing Sun SPARC/Solaris Servers by Oracle Corporation March 2011 - (Free Research) Oracle's Tom Atwood, Senior Principal Product Director and Gary Combs, SPARC Specialist discuss how you can refresh legacy systems onto the latest server technology and take advantage of virtualization techniques to help you build an efficient, agile datacenter.  (WEBCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Speech Analytics - The Power of Simplicity by Calabrio, Inc. June 2011 - (Free Research) This overview examines the power of Speech Analytics technology to extend resources and expand knowledge.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Four Things You Should Know About Cache Battery: Why Cache Battery Life Matters to Your Business by CCSS April 2010 - (Free Research) Cache Battery life may be more important than you think. Learn why cache battery matters to your business, the challenge of cache battery management, the consequences of a failed battery, and the value of cache battery monitoring.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Simplifying Contact Center Technology by Oracle Corporation August 2008 - (Free Research) Computer telephony integration (CTI) enabled contact centers realize immense cost savings, increased reliability and improved performance. Learn how an on-demand solution can simplify your organization’s contact center technology.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

STA Travel’s Website Performance Flys with Riverbed by Riverbed Technology, Inc. November 2011 - (Free Research) The company turned to the Riverbed® Stingray™ Traffic Manager for support. This cost-effective solution deployed quickly, improved the website’s performance and uptime, and provided a superior online experience for its customers.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Business Skill Courseware by SkillSoft Corporation SkillSoft’s Business Skills Library focuses on behavioral skills that are designed for business professionals and key to performance regardless of job responsibility, as well as the skills and knowledge that are relevant to the various areas of functional responsibility in today’s business organizations.  (ASP & SOFTWARE PRODUCT)

Dying to Comply by Aspect October 2011 - (Free Research) In 2010 when Ofcom, the United Kingdom's regulatory authority for communications industries, revised their regulations regarding outbound calling, businesses were outraged. Companies feared that the revisions would hinder their success. Read on to learn how complying with these changes can actually lead to improved performance and productivity.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

HPC maturity benchmark 2012 by IBM March 2013 - (Free Research) Grid technology is maturing, yet the pressure to increase computing capabilities has never been higher. This resource details the results of a recent high performance computing survey, providing a grid maturity benchmark that will help you plan a more intelligent grid strategy.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

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