Last week, Zingly.ai emerged from stealth mode with its “Collaborative Customer Experience” (CCX) platform to rethink how businesses deal with customers. Industry veterans from Avaya, Five9, Glia, and Talkdesk are leading Zingly, whose platform merges generative AI (gen AI), digital interactions, and telephony. The platform is designed for businesses that want to offer personalized services to their customers, which should be almost all companies.

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Zingly Emerges from Stealth Mode to Disrupt the Contact Center Industry

We’ve all faced the frustration of interactive voice response (IVR), which often fails to address specific problems and can be highly irritating. IVR systems make getting through to an agent difficult, leading to a poor customer experience (CX). At Customer Contact Week (CCW) Las Vegas 2024, Talkdesk launched two new generative AI (Gen AI) tools that address the challenges associated with traditional IVRs.

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Talkdesk Unveils Navigator at Customer Contact Week 2024

Memorial Day has passed, meaning conference season is shifting into high gear. The first event after the long weekend is Cisco Live, held this week in Las Vegas. Since this event falls between Enterprise Connect and WebexOne, Webex announcements are typically lighter, but that wasn’t the case this year. The news from the 2024 edition of Cisco Live focused on two areas – customer experience and hybrid work, which is consistent with the innovation from Webex over the past couple of years.

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Customer Experience and Hybrid Work Highlights Webex News at Cisco Live

This week, Avaya and the International Avaya Users Group (IAUG) are holding the annual Engage user event in Denver, CO. The conference brings Avaya stakeholders such as customers, resellers, partners, and anyone who wants to learn about the latest and greatest in Avaya innovation. Historically, Avaya has used the event to launch “big news.” So far, Engage 2024 is no different as Avaya and RingCentral announced an expansion to their strategic relationship.

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Avaya and RingCentral Expand Their Partnership