Buyers Guide

Customer Interaction Analytics 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Keith Dawson on 04 September 2025

Executive Summary Customer Interaction Analytics The first iteration of artificial intelligence (AI) tools for contact centers to use Generative AI (GenAI) brought measurable improvements to operations by automating routine functions and speeding interactions. What floated under the radar was how continued AI development was about to remake the analytic landscape around customers. We are now... Read More

Topics: Customer Experience, Contact Center, Business-focused Software and Services, Customers and CX - Business & Technologies, Customer Interaction Analytics

Agent Management 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Keith Dawson on 04 September 2025

Executive Summary Agent Management Labor has long been the largest ongoing operational expense in contact centers—so much so that managers have had to manipulate the size of the agent pool to account for cost controls. In recent years, however, it has become clear that an explosion of new technology is upending core assumptions about how that labor force should be managed. The development of... Read More

Topics: Customer Experience, Contact Center, agent management, Business-focused Software and Services, Customers and CX - Business & Technologies

Contact Centers 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Keith Dawson on 04 September 2025

Executive Summary Contact Centers Contact centers have remained largely unchanged for decades, but are now undergoing a drastic overhaul in operations, interaction mechanics and underlying technology architectures. This is proving disruptive to both technology buyers and sellers. The most immediate cause is the explosion of new tools derived from artificial intelligence (AI) innovations. Contact... Read More

Topics: Customer Experience, Contact Center, Business-focused Software and Services, Customers and CX - Business & Technologies

Conversational AI for CX 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Mark Smith on 31 July 2025

Executive Summary Conversational AI for CX The digital transition to artificial intelligence-enabled (AI) software is transforming enterprises in unprecedented ways. While many AI initiatives in business focus on data processing for analytics and operational efficiency, there is a notable shift with the rise of conversational AI. This advancement goes beyond traditional human-computer... Read More

Topics: communications, Workplace, Digital Business, Conversational AI, CX, Business & Technologies, Platforms, Suites

Conversational AI for Workforce 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Mark Smith on 31 July 2025

Executive Summary Conversational AI for Workforce The digital transition to artificial intelligence-enabled (AI) software is transforming enterprises in unprecedented ways. While many AI initiatives in business focus on data processing for analytics and operational efficiency, there is a notable shift with the rise of conversational AI. This advancement goes beyond traditional human-computer... Read More

Topics: communications, Workplace, Digital Business, Conversational AI, Business & Technologies, Platforms, Suites, Workforce

Communication Platforms 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Mark Smith on 31 July 2025

Executive Summary Communication Platforms The need for communication with consumers and customers has evolved dramatically in recent years, transforming how enterprises connect to meet a wide range of needs. Today’s communication platforms, often referred to as CPaaS (Communications Platform as a Service), operate as services with APIs and integrations across the internet and carrier networks,... Read More

Topics: communications, Workplace, Digital Business, Business & Technologies, Collaborative AI, Platforms, Suites

Collaborative AI Suites 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Mark Smith on 31 July 2025

Executive Summary Collaborative AI Suites The necessity for collaboration across the enterprise has evolved dramatically, modernizing sophisticated digital interactions across all channels and devices for both internal teams and external stakeholders, including customers, partners and suppliers. Technological innovations have significantly reduced the complexity of enabling these essential... Read More

Topics: communications, Workplace, Digital Business, Business & Technologies, Collaborative AI, Platforms, Suites

AI Agents 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Mark Smith on 31 July 2025

Executive Summary AI Agents The shift toward artificial intelligence (AI)-driven software in enterprises and workforce processes has generated a rising demand for more intelligent applications and systems across enterprises. However, integrating and utilizing decades of accumulated knowledge and data presents a significant challenge due to the complexity of legacy systems and existing business... Read More

Topics: communications, Workplace, Digital Business, Business & Technologies, Collaborative AI, Platforms, Suites, AI Agents

Collaborative AI Platforms and Suites 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Mark Smith on 31 July 2025

Executive Summary Collaborative AI Platforms and Suites Digital modernization through artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally transforming how enterprises collaborate and communicate—both internally among teams and externally with customers, partners and suppliers. Today’s collaborative platforms and suites enable seamless interaction across channels and devices, making business processes... Read More

Topics: communications, Workplace, Digital Business, Business & Technologies, Collaborative AI, Platforms, Suites

Operational Data Platforms 2025 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Matt Aslett on 30 July 2025

Executive Summary Operational Data Platforms Operational data platforms include relational and non-relational databases (including NoSQL) as well as the increasing convergence of relational and non-relational approaches. Complemented by data operations and data intelligence platforms and tools, operational data platforms play a fundamental role in enabling enterprises to operate efficiently.... Read More

Topics: Artificial intelligence, Data Platforms, Operational Data Platforms, AI & Technologies