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Aug 29 2008   1:18PM GMT

Report: Unified Communications in the Call Center



Posted by: Tony Bradley
Avaya, Aspect, report, Aberdeen, call center, Unified Communications, UC

The Aberdeen Group conducted a survey earlier this year regarding the use of unified communications technologies in the call center. According to this Marketwatch.com article, one of the authors of the report said “Unified communications is as much about the business, finding the right business process to UC-enable, and finding the right return on investment for the right departments. A small number — 23% — have some form of unified communications implemented, but an astounding 50% of customers surveyed are or will be evaluating unified communications in the next eighteen months.” Aberdeen reports usually cost money, but Aspect Software and Avaya have sponsored this report so that you can download it for free (until September 26).

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Jun 7 2008   1:56PM GMT

Unified Communications in the Call Center



Posted by: Tony Bradley
customer service, latency, Call Centers, Aspect, Microsoft, Unified Communications, UC

Microsoft has a unified communications offering for small and medium businesses (SMB) with Response Point. They also have a more robust solution for enterprises providing even more features, functionality, and power for unified communications with Microsoft UC. What they do’t have, or at least didn’t have, is a unified communications solution for call centers, or other businesses that rely on communications more than standard businesses at an almost exponential level. The have formed a partnership with Aspect, a company that focuses on delivering innovative solutions for customer service and call centers. Combining the power and flexibility of Microsoft’s Office Communications Server 2007 with Aspect Unified IP delivers next-generation communications for call centers. There are still some hurdles to cross. Aside from delivering unified communications capabilities to the call center, the solution also has to offer high availability and resiliency to ensure communications are not disrupted even in the event of a server, or complete site catastrophe.

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