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The Future of the Contact Center. Rich Tehrani President TMC www.tmcnet.com. TMC. 33 Year Old Publishing And Trade Show Company First Magazine in Contact Center and VoIP Space TMCnet: Top 3,500 Sites in World. Here Is The Future. VoIP SIP Speech. Your Future is VoIP. What is it?
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The Future of the Contact Center • Rich Tehrani • President • TMC • www.tmcnet.com
TMC • 33 Year Old Publishing And Trade Show Company • First Magazine in Contact Center and VoIP Space • TMCnet: Top 3,500 Sites in World
Here Is The Future • VoIP • SIP • Speech
Your Future is VoIP • What is it? • Regular Voice • Voice over IP Voice Voice Voice Voice Voice
VoIP Benefits: • Cost • Remote Agents • Distributed Contact Centers • Offshoring – Indirect Cost Savings • Single Wire – Easier Management • Knowledge Workers
Other Benefits: • Wireless Management • Presence -- SIP • Less Equipment • Browser-Based Phones • Better Equipment – More Competition • Push-To Talk
IP Changes Everything • Chat • E-mail • Voice • Video
How Does Business Benefit? • Seamless Connectivity • Virtual Enterprise • Easy Video • New Services • More Flexibility • Wireless Benefits – Soft Client or Phone • Inexpensive Conferencing
More Business Benefits:Hosting Becomes Easy • VoIP Allows Agents and Host to be Anywhere – Saves $ • Allows Distributed Contact Center and Flexible Business Growth • Reduces Capital Expenditures
New Business Ideas • Video Kiosks • Call-Me Buttons • Better Sound Through Headsets • CD Quality Conversations
Heed Warning Signs Security Bandwidth Issues Find Solid Vendors QoS
Spam Over Internet Telephony • S • P • I • T
More Security Issues • Denial Of Service • Firewall Issues • Customer Data Issues – Be Careful
SIP • Device Interoperability • System Interoperability • Seamless Presence
SIP Trunks • The Future Of Contact Centers • HMP Connections
Speech • 20%+ Can Be Automated • Quality Assessment • Performance Optimization • Rapid Escalation
Home Agents • Amazing Potential • Can Also Be Off Shored
Ideas • E-Mail • Integrate Media – Chat, E-Mail, etc. • Don’t Bounce Customers • Don’t Over-Rely On Technology
Future • Customers Will Become More Empowered • Will See Wait Times Online • Will Have Instant Chat Capability • Will Schedule Call Backs Online • You Want To Be Ahead Of This Curve • Happier Customers
The End • Thank You For Attending And Listening And • Thank You Interactive Intelligence/Vonexus For Inviting Me! • WWW.TMCNET.COM • Blog: tehrani.com • Rich Tehrani • President • TMC • rich@tmcnet.com