Customer Support

Additionally announces expanded platform capabilities and new partner ecosystem  Directly, a leader in customer experience automation, today announced an additional $11 million in new funding, expanding the $20 million strategic investment announced in January, and bringing the total funding round to $31 million. New investors Triangle Peak Partners and Toba Capital join previously announced investors Samsung NEXT, Industry Ventures, Microsoft's M12 Ventures, True Ventures, Costanoa Ventures and Northgate in the round.…

Visa and GoodData to partner on development of data products for better customer insights  GoodData®, a leading global analytics company, announced today an investment and strategic partnership with Visa Inc., the world’s leader in digital payments. The investment further bolsters Visa’s commitment to providing access to aggregated data and analytics that help Visa clients and partners understand the impact and effectiveness of the critical decisions they are making today. For GoodData, the new investment amplifies its…

CampTek Software the leader in Robotic Process Automation(RPA) announced today that it has successfully completed the rollout of its AI and ML cloud- based InvoiceBot Solution. Until now, most invoice processing approaches have been piecemeal and are not always comprehensive.  Because there is no standard way of setting up invoices, they can be complex and varied depending on the source.  Therefore, an Intelligent Document Platform is needed. InvoiceBot extracts meaningful data from an invoice, with 100% accuracy regardless…

Poor service and emotional factors force customers to churn, costing U.S. providers an estimated $168 billion per year Despite the proliferation of self-service options, phone-based customer support remains the most popular and critical customer service channel for brands, according to the 2020 CallMiner Churn Index, which was released. CallMiner found that consumer reliance on phone-based customer support increased by 17% since 2018. The stakes are also higher: Nearly three-quarters of consumers surveyed will switch…

Conversica, Inc., the leader in Intelligent Virtual Assistants helping organizations attract, acquire and grow customers at scale, announced today that it has formalized a reseller agreement with Nectia Cloud Solutions, a premier partner in Latin America and the number-one Salesforce partner in Chile. As part of this partnership, Nectia Cloud Solutions has committed resources to an entirely new business unit, Predict-IA, which is dedicated to Artificial Intelligence solutions in the cloud. Predict-IA will provide direct…

Today’s Daily MarTech Round-up covers the latest in Cloud, Marketing Analytics, Automation, Customer experience AI and ML announcements from Terminus (ABM), Unica (Marketing Automation), Zeal (Content Management), Cyara (Customer experience), and Tencent Cloud (Video). Chat + ABM: Terminus Buys B2B Conversation Chat Platform Ramble to Sync Sales & Chat Data ABM teams can now greet each of their target accounts with their initial name and set up phenomenal customer support. That’s the power of Account intelligence…

Agents at enterprises deploying ScreenMeet Live can seamlessly escalate text chat sessions with customers on desktop and mobile to voice, video chat and screen share directly from within their CRM, with no download for the customer ScreenMeet announced today the release of ScreenMeet Live, a suite of instantly available, browser-based, remote customer engagement tools helping retail and consumer services brands to transition their face-to-face, personalized shopping and customer support services to an online environment.…

TeamSupport is a leading B2B customer support software: Now offers comprehensive, bi-directional integration with Microsoft Dynamics applications to improve clarity and streamline workflows B2B Customer Support is under intense pressure to deliver real-time insights and provide for a swift collaboration platform for every team member. To ensure seamless collaboration between team members and agencies handling critical tasks from their remote workplaces, TeamSupport has announced a key integration with Microsoft Dynamics®…

Scott Galit CEO of Global payments major Payoneer awarded the illustrious 'Freelance Businesses of the Year Award' for this year to Siva Balakrishnan, CEO of Vserve Ebusiness Solutions in recognition of his company's superior service delivery and value creation for small and medium businesses who are looking to strengthen their online retailer presence Payoneer honored the global entrepreneurial spirit displayed by Siva Balakrishnan and his team at Vserve Ebusiness in helping hundreds of businesses go online and become…

If you are planning your pandemic preparedness plan against the backdrop of ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, here is a list of 50 questions that would help your cause. It’s aimed to benefit a CIO or a Chief Security Officer, in addition to enabling every CXO to strive to become a Chief Pandemic Officer in the organization. Questions 1-9: Remote Workforce Management Questions 10-15: Communications, and Access Control Questions 16-25: Customer Support Questions 26-35: IT Security and War Preparation Have you empowered…

With more than two decades of experience in technology go-to-market strategy and planning, Suzy Meriwether joins core team driving new business growth and customer support Revionics, a provider of retail pricing, promotions, markdowns and advanced analytics solutions, today announced the hiring of Suzy Meriwether as director of product marketing. Meriwether is a portfolio marketing leader with more than 20 years of experience creating and executing go-to-market plans that drive revenue for technology companies of all…

2019 witnessed a dramatic transformation in Sales operations with the implementation of Artificial Intelligence. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) has cemented its positions as the Number 1 MarTech Tool for CMOs in 2020. CDPs will remain a potent ally, together with Email Marketing and Social Media Automation tools. Leveraging the power of AI will amplify the capabilities of the existing CRM system and help businesses deliver effective customer service. Benefits of CRM Software From a business point of view, a CRM…

Former Qualtrics sales executive joins AI-focused startup, Forethought Forethought, leading AI startup for customer support, announced the appointment of Dan Watkins as President. The two-year-old AI company and 2018 Disrupt Battlefield winner signed sales and operational expert Watkins to lead go-to-market, talent, operations, and customer experience. A highly experienced executive, Watkins joins Forethought after 13 years at Qualtrics, where he most recently served as VP of Sales, overseeing product sales in the…

Aiming to alleviate some COVID-19 anxiety VisualCamp, a member company of the Born2Global Centre, has launched its "SeeSo" website on April 13, a mobile eye tracking and gaze analytic SDK that allows developers to know where users are looking and their concentration. SeeSo website is an SDK management all-in-one platform for app developers, providing services such as SeeSo licensing, SDK usage management, payment, development guide documents, and customer support. Individual developers can develop apps with eye…

Five9 Intelligent Contact Center Offers Reliable, Scalable and Affordable Work From Home Solutions Five9, Inc., the leading provider of the intelligent cloud contact center, announced the launch of the Five9 FastTrack Program to help enterprises quickly transition to a safe and reliable work from home contact center solution as COVID-19 continues to push businesses to a remote work model. .@Five9 Intelligent Contact Center Offers Reliable, Scalable and Affordable Work From Home Solutions Amid #COVID19 Outbreak…

By Using Televerde’s Program, B2B and B2C Companies of All Sizes Can Emerge from the Crisis Poised for Rapid Growth It has become clear that COVID-19 will leave long-term business and economic consequences in its wake. Televerde, the first and only fully integrated sales and marketing technology organization with a proven execution model for generating demand and accelerating sales, looked at its unique business model to find a way to be a part of the solution. Televerde has always believed in “business as a force for…

Led by Gradient Ventures (Google's AI fund) and Partech; Christoph Auer-Welsbach, former Partner at IBM Ventures, Joins as Co-Founder Dutch startup Kaizo, formerly known as Ticketless, announces a $3 million seed round led by Gradient Ventures, Google's AI-focused venture fund, and Partech, with participation from several angel investors. Entrepreneur and investor Christoph Auer-Welsbach, former partner at IBM Ventures, also joins Kaizo as a co-founder. Kaizo was started in 2018 by Dominik Blattner, an entrepreneur with…

HubSpot is an Inbound Marketing and Sales software that assists organizations with pulling in visitors, convert leads and close clients. You can utilize HubSpot Marketing features to create landing pages, make websites and email sequences, and oversee collaborations with your leads and clients—all while examining the achievement of campaign and recording user behavior. HubSpot has a broad number of tools to track user's behavior and actions in the purchaser's journey. The tools are stacked into "hubs"— you can buy them…

Program to provide up to 20,000 of Zoho's small business customers free access to their existing Zoho applications for up to 3 months Zoho Corporation, a global company that offers the most comprehensive suite of business software applications in the industry, is launching its Small Business Emergency Subscription Assistance Program (ESAP) to help Zoho customers worldwide weather this global crisis. ESAP is one way Zoho is committing itself to helping its small business customers. For up to 20,000 qualified paying…

New features make superior customer experience accessible through AI-driven Interactive Voice Response Voximplant, an innovator in the Cloud Communication Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) market providing customized, serverless solutions, announced significant updates to Smartcalls, now known as Voximplant Kit. This no-code, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered solution helps companies build scalable outbound and inbound call campaigns leveraging Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and virtual agent capabilities that reduce…