The world’s largest technology show, GITEX Global, was recently held in Dubai. As was the previous case, Avaya invited a handful of analysts to be part of the 200,000 attendees to see the nearly 200 exhibitors from 170 countries. The event has always been a great opportunity to meet with Avaya executives, particularly on the international side, and the company’s customers and partners.

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The contact center industry, which stood still for the better part of several decades, has constantly changed for the past decade and a half. Contact centers were once voice-only, on-premises deployments used for inbound customer service. Then along came the shift to multi-channel as businesses looked to add support for e-mail, chat, web, social media, and other forms of communications.

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This year, NICE held its annual Industry Analyst Summit in Peru, near one of the seven new wonders of the world, the Inca citadel Machu Picchu. I thought one of the new wonders of the world was a fitting backdrop for the event as much of it revolved around artificial intelligence (AI), which has become one of the new wonders of the IT world.

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