Contact Centers White Papers

WHITE PAPER: Customers want to use social media, video, instant messaging and more to contact you - and they want to do it quickly. In this resource, check out seven key trends that are driving effectiveness in the contact center.

Posted: 31 May 2013 | Published: 30 Apr 2013

WHITE PAPER: Research shows that 90% of customer service decision-makers believe delivering quality service is paramount to success. But with tight budgets, businesses today need cost-effective ways of achieving higher service levels. Read on to learn how collaboration in your contact center can keep costs low while increasing service levels.

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 | Published: 30 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: 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.

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 | Published: 29 Oct 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper explores and explains why the contact center is a key strategic focal point for customer engagement via social channels.

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 | Published: 01 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this whitepaper, discover how using unified communications (UC) in your contact center can help you increase effective communications between employees and clients, which will improve your customer satisfaction, retention, and loyalty rates.

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 | Published: 30 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: There has been tremendous innovation in contact center workforce management (WFM) over the past three years, with new vendors and offerings entering the scene. Find out how the new generation of WFM solutions are easier to use, improve agent satisfaction, enhance customer experience and cut costs.

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 | Published: 24 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Learn how the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition enables your employees to collaborate in the office or on the road from desk phones, PCs or Macs, mobile phones, business tablets, or any combination.

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 | Published: 28 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Learn how the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition enables your employees to collaborate in the office or on the road from desk phones, PCs or Macs, mobile phones, business tablets, or any combination.Now through Oct.29th 2011, US-based customers can buy one eligible Cisco Unified IP Phone and get another free.

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 | Published: 07 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: This overview examines the power of Speech Analytics technology to extend resources and expand knowledge.

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 | Published: 23 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: There has been tremendous innovation in contact center WFM over the past three years, with new vendors and offerings entering the scene. Find out how the new generation of WFM solutions are easier to use, improve agent satisfaction, enhance customer experience and cut costs.

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 | Published: 22 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper shows you how to build your business case and obtain approval for a new or upgraded contact center quality assurance and recording solution.

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 | Published: 21 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: What is "Speech Analytics," exactly, and why is it important? Find out how the latest wave of Speech Analytics offerings are used in call center communication today and what the benefits are.

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 | Published: 20 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: By reading this short white paper you will gain the knowledge you need to implement a successful customer service system. You will learn best practices for enhancing your customers experience and why cross pollinating your organization can be very helpful.

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 | Published: 15 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Today, the majority of North American contact centers today are supported by premise-based contact center and telephony systems. But there's another money-saving option for contact centers: third-party owned and operated hosted services. Before you decide which model to use, there's another factor you should consider: Total cost of ownership (TCO).

Posted: 06 May 2011 | Published: 06 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: See how SAP has combined SAP Business Communications Management with implementation services to help you quickly and predictably improve customer service and reduce operational costs in inbound contact centers. The all-IP contact-center solution works with SAP CRM to further increase customer service benefits.

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 | Published: 24 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Applications are complete, prebuilt BI solutions that deliver intuitive, role-based intelligence for everyone in an organization - from front line employees to senior management - that enable better decisions, actions, and business processes.

Posted: 22 Jan 2011 | Published: 22 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Today, Cloud is one of the most talked about trends in the IT industry. It’s a paradigm many believe will have a widespread business impact. However, while the term “Cloud”is relatively new, one of the core components, distributed computing, is well-established.

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 | Published: 09 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, we discuss eight IT-friendly software traits that minimize risk, maximize ROI, and encourage innovation. Although the focus of this paper is on contact center and web customer service software, the discussion is broad enough to be a valuable guide for any technology investment.

Posted: 07 May 2010 | Published: 06 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: A secure network foundation from Cisco enables you to easily and cost-effectively add new users and applications as needed.

Posted: 10 Oct 2008 | Published: 10 Oct 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides the three best practices for today's profitable contact centers.

Posted: 20 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2005

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses several issues related to implementing a telecommuting home worker program for contact center agents. Certainly, the particular requirements of each company will dictate the extent to which these and other concepts are implemented.

Posted: 02 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2008

WHITE PAPER: Employing home agents allows you to expand and improve your call center team. And they can be a form of insurance to keep your business running if disaster strikes. This white paper contains best practices for developing a Home Agents program.

Posted: 02 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper addresses high labor costs that are inevitable with contact centers and how a telecommuting or home agent program can greatly reduce your labor cost while increasing productivity of your contact center.

Posted: 16 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008

WHITE PAPER: The most successful contact centers are turning to leading-edge automated feedback solutions and developing processes to incorporate feedback into daily operations.

Posted: 05 Mar 2008 | Published: 04 Mar 2008