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Joint research by SDI and Freshworks reveals that only 38% of service desk teams provide businesses with context on data

London, UK - 3rd January 2019 - Freshworks, a global leader in customer engagement software, today announced the results of a business metrics research project suggesting that businesses aren't gaining full value from their service desk data. The joint research 'Measuring and Making Most of Service Desk Metrics' provides insights into what metrics organizations are measuring, how often they produce reports and what they do with the data.

Zendesk Launches Sunshine, an Open and Flexible CRM Platform

SAN FRANCISCO – November 13, 2018 – Zendesk, Inc. (NYSE: ZEN) today launched Sunshine, an open and flexible customer relationship management (CRM) platform built completely in the public cloud on Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS). Zendesk Sunshine enables businesses to connect and understand all their customer data, wherever it lives, and gives their developers the ability to build and deploy customer apps and services faster.

Freshworks Launches "Freddy": an AI Engine to enrich customer experience at every touchpoint

Freshworks a global leader in customer engagement software, has announced the launch of “Freddy”, an “Omnibot” AI engine that enhances the sales, support and marketing capabilities for businesses of all sizes.

Freshworks takes on Salesforce on its own turf with a massive campaign - #Failsforce

Freshworks, the global leader in customer engagement software, is making its presence felt in San Francisco during Salesforce’s annual event Dreamforce 2018. As a part of a campaign they are calling #Failsforce, Freshworks will be hosting a live press conference from a blimp above San Francisco with Freshworks customers who have switched from other CRMs.

Freshworks Launches Unified Marketplace Platform - the SaaS industry's first fully integrated customer engagement platform

Freshworks, the leading provider of cloud-based customer engagement software, announced today the launch of a unified marketplace platform that allows companies and developers to easily build apps that give access to a 360-degree view of customer information. In addition, the marketplace platform also provides a simple interface for customers to easily browse, try and install trusted applications with one-click.

Zendesk Introduces Sales Force Automation Tool Zendesk Sell

SAN FRANCISCO – November 13, 2018 – Zendesk, Inc. (NYSE: ZEN) today launched Zendesk Sell, a sales force automation (SFA) tool to enhance productivity, processes, and pipeline visibility for sales teams. Sell stems from Zendesk’s acquisition of FutureSimple Inc., the company behind Base, in September 2018, and marks the first step in integrating the sales force automation software into the Zendesk family of products.

Zendesk Acquires the Company Behind Base to Deliver Software Designed for Salespeople

SAN FRANCISCO — September 10, 2018 — Zendesk, Inc. (NYSE: ZEN) today announced it has acquired FutureSimple Inc., the company behind Base. Base is known for building modern, easy-to-use sales force automation software designed to help salespeople do their jobs more effectively.

Better together: Zendesk welcomes Base

Happy agents, happy customers, right? That’s the premise that Zendesk was founded on, and over a decade later, our ease of use is still one of the top reasons that businesses love our customer service and engagement platform. Today we have news: We’re sharing that love with another—related—part of your business: the sales team. Zendesk announced today that we are acquiring Base.

Freshworks Brings Context to Collaboration with Freshconnect

Freshworks, the global leader in customer engagement cloud software, today announced the launch of Freshconnect, a new contextual collaboration solution for support and sales teams. Immediately available to Freshdesk and Freshsales users, the new collaboration tool makes it easy for customer-facing and internal teams to work more efficiently with each other on customer issues and sales deals.