This paper examines current economic and business trends as well as challenges impacting the contact center market. It provides guidance and recommendations for contact centers looking for an alternative to on-premises contact handling solutions and more. 

The importance of achieving service excellence is growing. Products are increasingly becoming commodities, and CEOs are recognizing that first-rate service is crucial to enhancing customer satisfaction. This paper explores the crucial links between customer service and customer satisfaction. 

The Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research (formerly the HDMA Research & Education Foundation) recently published an important study concerning data management and data sharing in the healthcare supply chain. This whitepaper discusses the key conclusions of their study. 

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. 

Social technologies, commonly called Web 2.0, were originally used to describe consumer technologies that enable groups to organize and share information and media. But enterprises quickly caught on to the value of these easy-to-use tools for capturing and sharing ad hoc information that may otherwise not be documented. 

Twenty years old, RAID has become a standard and transparent feature. What is RAID, and how does this technology fit into the storage landscape? This expert FAQ podcast answers common questions about RAID, explores the different levels of this technology, and overviews the implementation stages and obstacles. 

Efficient call centers that also meet customer expectations is a challenge that many organizations face. Discover the key steps to turning your call center into a strategic asset. 

This paper explains various features (Softkeys) available to the phone while in a call state. 

Five9 is the leader in on-demand call center products. Watch this overview to learn about all the products Five9 has to offer to help improve your call center operations and learn just how easy it is to use the many products available from Five9. 

In this paper, we're taking audio conferencing to an entirely new level. Built with Web-based administration and control, HiDef Corporate audio conferencing gives you crystal-clear audio plus the tools to extract maximum value from every call. 

This paper reviews the forces that affect the professional services market today, defines and explains the main pillars of service delivery innovation, and reviews the benefits firms derive from service delivery innovation. 

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. 

This case study describes how Ceridian used LogMeIn Rescue to streamline its 50-to 90 day implementation process and to increase troubleshooting capabilities for customer support analysts handling 2,500 calls per day. With Rescue in place, Ceridian has experienced an increase in their customer satisfaction rates, which have grown from 83% to 94%.