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		<title><![CDATA[TORO National Support Network]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1119597]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[TORO's contact center handles an average of 300 calls per day and it needed a cost-effective solution that would improve its operations.  Download this case study to see how they partnered with NEC and how NEC's UC for Business contact-center solution improved productivity both inside and outside of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dynamics Collaborative Contact Center Demo]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1117227]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Optimize communications with Microsoft Dynamics® and the Collaborative Contact Center. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[RightNow Technologies, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14061_23-326426.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Tom Roderick - Thomas Weisel Partners. Thomas Roderick - Thomas Weisel Partners Congratulations on the number of large deals you did this quarter. I wanted to ask you guys, was there any conscious decision Greg this...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:06:09 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Path to Intelligent Communications: Service Oriented Communications and SIP in the Contact Center and Across the Enterprise]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=336074]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Service-oriented architecture and session initiation protocol are revolutionary technologies that promise to transform communications. Many enterprises have begun deploying SOA and SIP as ways to increase the responsiveness and adaptability of their customer service operations. This paper outlines that latest advances and provides examples of where technology is making an...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Customer Contact Transformation: An Accenture Perspective - Contact Center Metrics]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1181143]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Contact center metrics sometimes measure everything but what really counts: whether customers receive a satisfying experience when they interact with the contact center. Numbers that look good on the surface may really be disguising deeper performance issues that are pushing up overall operating costs, contributing to churn and getting in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Your Contact Center Metrics Aren't Telling You]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=941589]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Contact center metrics sometimes measure everything but what really counts: whether customers receive a satisfying experience when they interact with the contact center. Numbers that look good on the surface may really be disguising deeper performance issues that are pushing up overall operating costs, contributing to churn and getting in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA["Super" Heroes: How Contact-Center Supervisors Can Transform Team Performance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=936129]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Contact center supervisors within Communications and High-Tech companies make or break projects, initiatives and morale - they are the key to running a successful contact center. Yet they are also one of the most overlooked and underdeveloped resources in many contact centers. Developing and supporting supervisors is one of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Maximizing Contact Center Vendor Performance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=941741]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Outsourcing contact centers is both a desirable and in many cases necessary step for companies wishing to control their costs and improve performance. However, making outsourcing relationships work can be challenging, and requires an investment in management infrastructure to maintain quality and independence while continuing to innovate and drive down...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Call Center Solutions For CRM And Contact Center Professionals]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=345559]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Like anything else in the business world, Customer Relationship Management CRM requires a necessity to stay in-tune with the latest communications technology. You either adapt to stay in the game or fall way behind the competition. This statement especially rings true for call centers as new technologies, applications and call...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IP-Enabled Contact Centers: Lowering Costs, Raising the Customer Experience]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=286433]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper explores how Internet Protocol IP can be leveraged to lower the cost of enhancing customer service via your contact center. IP is a critical enabler for multisite contact centers, providing the underlying technology that lets you cost-effectively extend your contact center to locations anywhere around the world --...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Transforming Customer Self-Service With Video]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=316286]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cisco Systems believes that the video-enabled contact center offers significant cost reduction and revenue generating opportunities. Contact centers that move to video-enabled communications will see their operations break through current constraints to previously unprecedented levels of productivity, service quality, customer satisfaction, and brand loyalty. Demonstrating products rather than just describing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Managing your Contact Center Requirements: Reviewing New Technology Management Options]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=286434]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Advanced self-service applications and the power of IP networking are changing the face of the modern contact center. But badly implemented self-service applications often fail in their key promise to reduce agent workloads, since annoyed customers quickly abandon the self help channel to seek help from a live agent. To...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Expertise Location and the Contact Center]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=163047]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Today's contact centers are constrained by the inability to find and apply needed expertise from outside the center in a timely fashion and in a way that facilitates resolving a complex issue without a long back and forth process. The availability of expert location technology raises two questions: How well...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[An Analytical Approach to Workforce Management: Replacing Frustrating Traditional Reports With a Killer Application That Optimizes Staff and Contact Center Performance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=158928]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Traditional reports are at best clumsy mechanisms for improving contact center performance. They flood contact center staff with unsorted detail, much of which has little relevance to effective operations, and supervisors and managers spend far too much time using spreadsheets and other ad hoc tools to turn data into actionable...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Citizen Contact Centers: Americans in Touch With Their Governments]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=145666]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This document takes a focused look at how government officials have turned to the private sectors in recent years to build citizen contact centers that permit the public to get in touch with their government. It highlights several key lessons learned and offers substantive, practical advice government officials can use...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Creating Competitive Advantage for Medium Sized Businesses With Avaya Contact Center Express]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=151751]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper describes the Contact Center Express which provides cost-effective, easy to implement contact center solutions that are specifically designed and priced for mid-sized businesses. It offers the ability to leverage Avaya technology, including intelligent routing and integrated IP capabilities, which are available with Avaya MultiVantage Communications solutions such as...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Improving Contact Centers Through Operational Processes: Deliver Superior Customer Service at Lower Costs - for Higher Profits]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=149942]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Contact centers remain the crucial touchpoint in customer relationship management. To help their companies win additional customers and market share, they must give customers superior service while delivering measurable business value at low cost. Optimizing operational processes - in addition to customer delivery processes - helps contact centers meet these...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Make Your Customer Interactions More Efficient]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=254800]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Until recently, customer interaction technologies were often considered too complex and costly for all but the largest businesses to justify. But today that picture has changed. Encouraged by declining technology costs, changing customer expectations and pressured by competition, small and mid-size companies are investing in key customer service building blocks...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Leveraging The Business Intelligence Inside Today's Contact Centers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=283570]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Businesses are sitting on a gold mine - a treasure of customer information locked inside their contact centers. It is ironic that after half a decade the concepts of business intelligence and customer experience management have not been delivered but instead have become the mantra of recording vendors and a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[For The Customer's Sake, Don't Let Marketing Own The Contact Center]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=96825]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Contact centers have more meaningful interactions with customers than any other area of a company. A company that can optimize these interactions will achieve three essential goals: providing outstanding customer experiences, increasing revenue and retaining customers. Putting marketing in charge of contact centers won't bring about these objectives. Instead, it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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