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April 2009 - News from Syntellect 

 Contact Center Solutions, Contact Center Software

 

Syntellect and Enghouse Acquire Trio

Trio

Enghouse Systems Limited (TSX: ESL), today announced its acquisition of the business and shares of Trio Enterprises AB. The acquisition was completed by Enghouse and certain of its subsidiaries including Syntellect Inc., for a purchase price of approximately $7.0 million. Trio’s 2008 annual revenues were approximately $15.0 million.

“We are very pleased with the acquisition of Trio,” said Stephen Sadler, chairman & CEO of Enghouse. “The acquisition of this well known industry leader will allow Enghouse to continue growing our global presence and expand to new markets in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.”

Steve Dodenhoff, president of Syntellect added, “Trio’s significant Scandinavian market share, distribution channels, market focus and technology portfolio are a perfect complement to Syntellect’s core business. The combined organization, capabilities and product portfolio will be able to address the full spectrum of market opportunities in the Unified Communication and contact center space.”

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Refresh Your IVR: Low Cost Updates

MediaVoice

Will an audio voice recording provide your new customer’s first experience of your company? You only get one chance to make a good first impression. Creating a differentiating image in the marketplace is a competitive advantage.

Has your company overlooked the image or persona portrayed via pre-recorded voice prompts and messages for IVR's, auto-attendants and other self-service applications? Do these applications speak the language(s) your customers speak? These prompts are typically the first thing a customer hears when interacting with your company and a strategic variable worth serious consideration when crafting an overall company image.

If you haven’t updated the prompts or scripting for these customer touch points within the last year then it’s time to review them to remain on track with your CRM strategy. Let us help.

We can help you make the most of your customer’s first contact. We have a wealth of copywriting, voice-over and directing talent and audio production experience ready to help you.

CLICK HERE to listen to samples of our talent and examples of audio promotional material and read about one company’s success after revamping their audio image. If you have questions or would like to learn more about creating a voice brand for your company, please send us an email.

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Syntellect's Remote Administration Services

Maintain Your Contact Center Remotely

A well maintained contact center solution will allow the system to operate more efficiently and be more cost effective over time. Most internal support problems require extensive phone calls, and in many instances, travel to identify and remedy the problem. By using Syntellect’s Remote Administration Service (RAS), contact center technology can be maintained off-site by application experts, reducing operation costs and freeing up staff for other responsibilities.

Features of RAS include:

  • Day-to-day system administration
  • System inspections and monitoring
  • Remote updates and patches
  • Off-site critical system data back-up
  • Status reports
  • Support administration

CLICK HERE to learn more about Syntellect's Remote Administration Services or email us for more information.

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Syntellect Launches CT Connect 7.5

Syntellect announced the release of Syntellect CT Connect Version 7.5. This release includes a number of new and updated switch supports. To better serve the CTI needs and requirements of the end user, many of the updates for this release were developed in close cooperation with Syntellect’s customer and partner base.

With the release of CT Connect Version 7.5, Syntellect further strengthens the position of the most used CTI middleware in the world. CT Connect 7.5 adds additional PBX switch support to the product and also includes new releases of PBX switches previously supported:

  • Mitel ICP 3300
  • Ericson MX One
  • Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise
  • Cisco Call Manager

These enhancements are in addition to the improvements and switch updates introduced for CT Connect over the last year (mostly in service pack releases) and include:

  • Support for Ericsson BP250 switch
  • Support for Avaya IP Office switch
  • Support for Nortel BCM
  • Support for the Asterisk IP PBX
  • Support for newer releases of the Avaya ACM & AES servers

As part of the CT Connect 7.5 release, Syntellect is also introducing changes to the licensing model, which will allow us to better address market requirements for, both the small user as well as the multi thousand port users.

To learn more about Syntellect's CT Connect 7.5 please contact your Account Manager or send us an email.

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     Phone+ Case Study: Syntellect Oils Valvoline's Customer Contact

VIOCPhone+ Magazine highlighted Syntellect's client, Valvoline Instant Oil Change (VIOC) for an online article. Since VIOC implemented Syntellect CIM, the company has reduced the average response time of an email request from 24 hours to a few minutes and reduced the average wait time for callers from more than one minute to an average of 17 seconds.

PHONE+ magazine, published since 1986, covers emerging telephone technologies, operations, marketing strategies and telecom industry trends. To read the article, CLICK HERE.


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Syntellect's Product Roadmap Webinar Recap

 

Syntellect held a live, interactive Product Roadmap Webinar on April 16, 2009 that provided an overview of our IVR/Self-service, Contact Center Management, CTI and Development solutions. J.R Sloan, Vice President of Product Management and Marketing discussed the strategy of each Syntellect product offering and answered questions on how the product roadmap will enhance client's contact center solutions.

If you would like a copy of the Product Roadmap Webinar, please email us and we will have an Account Manager contact you.

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Upcoming Events

 

Temenos Client Forum
May 4-9, 2009
Monaco

Infoshare 2009
May 12-15, 2009
Orlando, Florida

ICMI Contact Center Management Conference and Expo
June 1-3, 2009
Austin, TX

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