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LiveOps Unveils New Agent Desktop Inspired by Consumer Applications
[January 31, 2013]

LiveOps Unveils New Agent Desktop Inspired by Consumer Applications


Jan 31, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- LiveOps, Inc., a provider of cloud contact center and customer service solutions, announced the availability of LiveOps Engagea single, integrated, multichannel desktop, built with both the agent and the customer in mind.



According to a release, LiveOps Engage simplifies the user experience to increase agent productivity and improve customer experience across all channels on a single screen: phone, email, live chat, SMS, Twitter, and Facebook.

Inspired by modern web design, LiveOps Engage is a browser-based cloud application that's available at no additional cost to customers of the LiveOps Platform. The contemporary design, color palettes and typography of LiveOps Engage create a highly friendly user interface that's easy to learn and use. Agents using LiveOps Engage need less time and fewer clicks to complete the most common functions, since everything is contained in a single, integrated agent desktop, the company said.


"LiveOps Engage is very appealing. The look and feel is clean and a lot less cluttered than the user interfaces that many other vendors are showing," observed Dan Miller, Senior Analyst, Opus Research. "It masks many of the unavoidable complexities and lets the agents focus on what's most important without having to spend time toggling between multiple applications and browsers." Industry experts estimate that the time delays created for agents by disconnected applications can cost companies more than $5,000 per year in unnecessary spend per agent. These delays also lead to inconsistent service across communications channels and ultimately a fragmented brand experience for the consumer. Contact center agents are critical brand ambassadors, but they are often not empowered with the right tools they need to effectively manage their work flow or track customer engagement across an increasing number of channels, the company added.

"Agent experience is directly linked to delivering superior customer care across multiple channels. As such, it's imperative that businesses focus on empowering their agents with tools that help them easily access unified multichannel information," said Omer Minkara, Research Analyst, Contact Center and Customer Experience Management, Aberdeen Group." Best-in-Class organizations enable agents with the ability to handle multi-channel customer interactions through a unified agent desktop on a single screen. These unified agent desktop tools, such as those provided by LiveOps, enable increased agent productivity and improve customer satisfaction results by 39.9 percent year-over-year." "There is little doubt that for customer support operations to improve performance in today's complex environment, a unified agent desktop is an essential tool. It improves the customer experience, increases accuracy, supports more personalized interactions and reduces processing time," said Elizabeth Harrell, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Constellation Research. "LiveOps demonstrates solid innovation in this area that will attract more customers and help sustain its strong year-over-year growth in cloud customer service." "At LiveOps we have a saying: 'the agent experience creates the customer experience.' It really is that simple," said Kieron Lawson, Chief Technology Officer of Applications, LiveOps. "Driving agent productivity and efficiency are still the foundation of any contact center. LiveOps Engage lets today's Internet-savvy agents interact with customers on their channels of choice, with a user experience that's as simple as any other consumer application. By providing agents with a 360 degree customer view and all the tools they need to manage both social and private channels in a single desktop, they are more productive, more efficient, and ultimately provide better customer service. At the end of the day, that's what matters most to contact center decision makers." More information: www.liveops.com/engage ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected]))

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