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• Report The Forrester Tech Tide™: Contact Center Technologies For Customer Service, Q1 2021

  Twenty Technologies Underpin Customer Service

  January 19, 2021 | Kate Leggett, Ian Jacobs, Art Schoeller

  Customer service is increasingly critical to firms' ability to win, serve, and retain their customers. To accelerate their performance in customer service, companies are evaluating and adopting a...

• Report Build An Outside-In Contact Center Roadmap

  Roadmap: The Contact Centers For Customer Service Playbook

  December 31, 2020 | Art Schoeller

  In most industries, a large percentage of customer contacts need support from contact center agents. Developing a solid contact center roadmap in the context of a broader customer experience (CX)...

• Report Organizing For Success In Collaboration

  Organization: The Enterprise Collaboration Playbook

  October 23, 2020 | Art Schoeller

  Too often, technology leaders approach staffing for collaboration as they would other projects led by the technology organization. Application development and delivery (AD&D) leaders must establish...

• Report Collaboration Success Hinges On Effective Change Management

  Continuous Improvement: The Enterprise Collaboration Playbook

  June 19, 2020 | Art Schoeller

  For two decades, companies have introduced new and potentially better tools to help employees collaborate, only to see tepid adoption. In the past several years, employees have begun to...

• Report Now Tech: Cloud Contact Center Vendors, Q2 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 25 Cloud Contact Center Providers

  June 2, 2020 | Art Schoeller

  You can use cloud contact center providers to rapidly deliver critical contact center capabilities, increase flexibility and scale of operations, and lay the foundation for a cognitive contact...

• Report Vendors Battle For The Heart Of The Contact Center

  Landscape: The Contact Centers For Customer Service Playbook

  November 15, 2019 | Kate Leggett, Art Schoeller, Ian Jacobs

  The heart of the contact center comprises a set of complex, unintegrated technologies, which firms must leverage to deliver quality service. But application development and delivery (AD&D) pros...

• Report Design Your Contact Center To Be Customer-Centric

  Strategic Plan: The Contact Centers For Customer Service Playbook

  September 25, 2019 | Art Schoeller

  As enterprises strive to offer better customer experience (CX), they must incorporate organizational and operational change into contact center architectural design. Companies must establish...

• Report FAQ: Enhance Your Contact Center With Home-Based Customer Service Agents

  As The Gig Model Gains Ground, Work-From-Home Customer Service Agent Programs Become The New Normal

  July 2, 2019 | Art Schoeller, Ian Jacobs

  What does a successful work-from-home customer service agent program look like? How do you measure success and ensure continuous improvement? In this brief, we answer the most common questions from...

• Report A Solid Enterprise Collaboration Road Map Reduces Risk And Drives Adoption

  Road Map: The Enterprise Collaboration Playbook

  June 14, 2019 | Art Schoeller

  Enterprise collaboration (EC) technology can transform how employees work by eliminating barriers to collaboration, improving customer engagement, and accelerating the flow of information and...