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The Social Business: Advent of a new age
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines the why organizations need to become social businesses today. Read on to learn how your business can become social through crafting the right blueprint relying on networks, social and real-time collaboration, mobility and integration, how to deepen your customer relationships and the benefits associated with it, and much more.
Posted: 30 Jul 2012 | Published: 16 Feb 2011

IBM

Social Customer Service: The Pivotal Driver of the Social Enterprise
sponsored by LiveOps
WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to see how you can maximize your customer relationship management efforts through social customer service and foster brand loyalty, higher customer lifetime value, enhanced customer experience, and higher revenues.
Posted: 06 Jul 2012 | Published: 06 Jul 2012

LiveOps

A smarter approach to CRM: An IBM perspective
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: With instant access to information, customers expect a purchase experience that matches the ease and speed of the information-gathering experience. Read this white paper, created in collaboration with Frost & Sullivan, to see how a customer relationship management (CRM) solution can help you respond on the customers' terms.
Posted: 05 Jul 2012 | Published: 15 Feb 2012

IBM

Will Your Customers Really Wait for You to Get Service Experience Right?
sponsored by KANA
WHITE PAPER: In order to prosper in today’s challenging environment, delivering high quality customer service is critical. This paper outlines an approach to building a solid customer service strategy and addresses common challenges as well as tips for avoiding and overcoming pitfalls.
Posted: 21 Jun 2012 | Published: 21 Jun 2012

KANA

Buy. Smarter. Redefining commerce in the age of the customer
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to discover a smart approach to commerce. In this era of the empowered consumer, customer relationship management is a vital to your enterprises success. Discover a smarter commerce strategy that enables you to reduce, or avoid, the potential for unsatisfied customers.
Posted: 18 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012

IBM

Thumbs Up! Customer Engagement for a New Generation A Benchmark Study of the Impact of Social Media on Customer Service
sponsored by DMG Consulting
WHITE PAPER: This paper reviews a study of the impact of social media on customer service and how to plan and implement social media for maximum effectiveness within your business.
Posted: 16 May 2012 | Published: 01 Nov 2011

DMG Consulting

The top 10 secrets to using data mining to succeed at CRM: Discover proven strategies and best practices
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper offers insight into an option that capitalizes on predictive analytics, enabling your business to target, optimize and automate your customer-centric interactions. Read this now and learn from other successful companies 10 pivotal tips - including careful planning and setting goals - that will help you craft the perfect data mining plan.
Posted: 16 Apr 2012 | Published: 16 Apr 2012

IBM

Become a social business on the cloud: IBM SmartCloud for Social Business collaboration services
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: 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.
Posted: 16 Apr 2012 | Published: 16 Apr 2012

IBM

Smarter Customers, Smarter Commerce: Innovations in the Banking Industry
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Banks today must reassess their business models and focus more on efficiency, data collection and risk management in order to stay competitive. Uncover a unique framework that can help meet your business objectives and allow for better data management in the highly regulated financial industry.
Posted: 13 Apr 2012 | Published: 13 Apr 2012

IBM

Connect with Sage 200 Suite - How Sage 200 helps keeps your finances in check
sponsored by Sage Software
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn about a software suite that easily shares business intelligence (BI) and customer relation ship management (CRM) data throughout your business, is designed to grow with you, and is customized to suit your specific needs.
Posted: 30 Mar 2012 | Published: 30 Mar 2012

Sage Software

CRM Solutions For The Finance And Insurance Industries
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read this report to learn how Forrester Research rated 24 CRM solutions in terms of their strengths and weaknesses in supporting four key cross-functional processes in the finance and insurance industry.
Posted: 28 Mar 2012 | Published: 14 Feb 2011

SAP America, Inc.

Unified Self-Service: Delivering on the Value of Multi-Channel Customer Interactions
sponsored by Voxeo
WHITE PAPER: This informative paper addresses how your company can enhance service, lower costs and increase revenue by taking advantage of these new mediums and expanding the ways in which you communicate with your customers.
Posted: 20 Mar 2012 | Published: 20 Mar 2012

Voxeo

Is Your CRM Solution Keeping Up with the Times?
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, IT Business Edge explains the key business and technology factors to consider in deciding whether and when to upgrade your CRM system, including the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) factor.
Posted: 02 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Dec 2011

Oracle Corporation

Deliver a Superior Cross-Channel Commerce Experience
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: With the right intelligence and personal information, there are plenty of new opportunities for you to provide superior experience and maximize the opportunity of every customer touch point. This paper shares actionable strategies needed to deliver personalized and relevant content, based on a variety of factors.
Posted: 01 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Mar 2012

Oracle Corporation

Powering the Cross-Channel Customer Experience with Oracle’s Complete Commerce
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper and gain an understanding of Complete Commerce and how it can change the way you interact with your customers. Complete Commerce can help you unify your customer's experience, personalize their journey, maximize engagement and optimize the execution along the way.
Posted: 01 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Mar 2012

Oracle Corporation

Knowledge-Infused Customer Relationship Management: A Game-Changing Investment for Customer Support
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Most customer service organizations have recently seen operational budgets cut by nearly 20%. In addition, the goal of maintaining quality customer service has become more difficult to achieve. Organizations must now deliver the same levels of service with fewer resources. Can it be done? Read on, and find out how.
Posted: 01 Mar 2012 | Published: 16 Nov 2011

Oracle Corporation

Cloud Cover for the Call Center: Meeting Demands Intelligently and Efficiently
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper covers many of the complications and complexities of managing a call center. It explores the various solutions available and offers pros and cons to each of the options. It shows the positive financial impact picking the right choice can have.
Posted: 01 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Mar 2012

Oracle Corporation

Optimizing Your Return on Customer Attention with Oracle RTD
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how business intelligence (BI) can combine your explicitly-defined business rules and automatically-identified statistical information to deliver the best possible content to your customers for every single interaction.
Posted: 01 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

Oracle Corporation

Making WFM Work: Best Practices and ROI Model
sponsored by Calabrio, Inc.
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

Calabrio, Inc.

What You Should Know about E-Signature Law
sponsored by DocuSign, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read this brief white paper to familiarize yourself with eSignature laws so that your company can gain a competitive edge and increase your business's productivity.
Posted: 20 Jan 2012 | Published: 19 Jan 2012

DocuSign, Inc.

Why It Pays to Use Electronic Signature
sponsored by DocuSign, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the many benefits of electronic signatures and how your organization can implement an eSignature system into your current contract process.
Posted: 20 Jan 2012 | Published: 18 Jan 2012

DocuSign, Inc.

Selling Solutions: How to Use the Pain Chain to Sell Technical Solutions
sponsored by ConnectWise
WHITE PAPER: This resource explores selling solutions for IT service providers. Learn about what a Pain Chain is, how it works, and how to use it as a successful sales strategy. When used correctly, the Pain Chain becomes a useful tool that can help strengthen your relationship with your clients.
Posted: 03 Jan 2012 | Published: 03 Jan 2012

ConnectWise

Smarter communications through analytics
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: As research suggests, investments in data integration and analytics that maximize the value of each customer are worthwhile and create potential for financial gain. To quantify the value of those investments, an illustrative $8 billion communications provider was modeled. Results from this effort are presented throughout this paper.
Posted: 18 Nov 2011 | Published: 18 Nov 2011

IBM

Capturing Value from Patient-Centered Care
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the leading practices employed by healthcare systems worldwide and proposes a patient-centered care approach for IT investment that combines a series of capabilities to improve quality care, reduce operating costs and optimize revenue.
Posted: 18 Nov 2011 | Published: 18 Nov 2011

IBM

JBoss Enterprise Middleware, by Red Hat: Technical Support Services Leader
sponsored by Red Hat
WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the features of JBoss Enterprise Middleware and highlights technical and customer support as the key characteristic that sets this middleware apart from the competition.
Posted: 03 Nov 2011 | Published: 01 Nov 2011

Red Hat