Virtual assistants can elevate the customer experience. Here’s a primer on the different virtual assistant types and how they can best assist your customers. Customers today expect more from the ...

Google is combining several technologies, including virtual phone numbers, audio transcriptions, automated reporting and analytics, in a new effort to help small business owners better manage their ...

Sophie AI is designed specifically for the service industry to handle any type of interaction, with the ability to understand visual, voice, and text and deliver automated service without compromising ...

Q-nomy's new application adds a virtual waiting room to its Q-Flow® customer journey management solution, enhancing the customer experience with useful, personalized functionality. MIAMI--(BUSINESS ...

Mitch Luciano is President/CEO of #1 Ocean Carrier Trailer Bridge, the #1 Place to Work in Jacksonville and an Inc Best Workplace for 2020. Almost overnight, the coronavirus pandemic moved the ...

The start of Transform’s Conversational AI Summit, presented by Five9, found business leaders bullish on the future of intelligent virtual agents (IVA). If the future of retail customer service is ...

United Airlines passengers can now get contact-free help at certain airports. On Tuesday, the airline announced that it has launched “Agent on Demand,” a virtual customer service program that’s ...

There are roughly 30.2 million small businesses in the US, and according to research from Google's experimental product lab Area 120, those businesses receive an average of 13 phone calls every day, ...

Ultimate.ai, a virtual customer service agent builder, has closed a $20 million Series A round of funding, led by Omers Ventures with participation from Felicis Ventures and existing investors HV ...

Many contact center vendors have based their business models around selling solutions that support live contact center agents. These typically sell at $100 to $250 per seat, with basic IVR ...

Contact center agents have tough jobs – talking to people who are confused or frustrated and trying to solve their concerns while also maintaining a position as the public face of the company and also ...

It could be argued that chatbots are the number one application of AI in any enterprise. Their broad acceptance by those who prefer virtual customer service over long telephone waits has made chatbots ...