What is Chat as a Service and how it serves different organizations? With 73% of users finding satisfaction in live chat, surpassing both email and phone support, it's evident that efficient communication solutions are paramount for business success. For senior IT leaders, CIOs, COOs, and security-conscious decision-makers, the rising prominence of Chat as a Service platforms has become hard to ignore.

Workforce analytics is the process of gathering employee time and activity data and reviewing it to find ways of increasing productivity and improving engagement. That means it’s crucial for analyzing performance, spotting trends, and making data-driven improvements. It’s also essential for effective human capital management (HCM).

It’s important for your business to rely on efficient IT Service Management in order to stay competitive. So whether you’re an IT manager, a help desk supervisor, or an IT professional, you understand the importance of keeping your support operations streamlined. But here’s the catch: it’s not always easy, especially when you’re dealing with a barrage of support requests and the need to meet customer expectations.

Starting a virtual call center requires both upfront costs that you pay once and recurring fees you pay each month. First, let’s detail each of the initial and ongoing costs. Initial setup costs run between $1,850 and $12,750. Increase these estimates if you’re purchasing hardware for more than one agent. Ongoing costs run between $1,200 and $7,600 per month. Increase these estimates for larger teams since the price of many of these software fees is per user.

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Chatbots are used by 1.4 billion people today. The interest in ChatGPT is fueling the flames of chatbot adoption to become even more mainstream for personal use and business alike. Companies are now rushing to launch their best AI chatbots to carry on 1:1 conversations with customers and employees. AI powered chatbots are also capable of automating various tasks, including sales and marketing, customer service, and administrative and operational tasks.

Retaining good employees should be a key effort for all organizations. Replacing employees is costly. Searching for new talent requires significant internal time, not to mention the cost of placing job ads, paying job board fees and engaging recruiters. Then there are the costs associated with onboarding and training. Organizations battling employee churn also suffer from a loss of institutional knowledge, lower team morale and reduced productivity.

Incorporating Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to your IT Service Management (ITSM) strategy sets common expectations for all the parties involved. They provide agents a clear framework to solve requests, helping businesses to meet customers’ needs and maintain high service standards. But how do you exactly create one? What do you need to have in mind? That’s what we’ll show you in this article!

People complain about not being able to do certain things because they do not have time. For such people, it is a reminder that everyone in this world has the same 24 hours a day. It depends on your interests and what you do with your 24 hours. What makes you different from other people is how you manage your day. Effective time management and time saving tips allow you to complete more tasks without hustling.

One of my favorite words is dynamic and when I get to use it related to work, I always get pumped. Truth: it’s a dynamic time to be an internal communicator. The pandemic dramatically altered how and where we work — and employee expectations along with it. And artificial intelligence (AI) continues to disrupt as we grapple with the best ways to harness its potential and minimize its pitfalls. Many organizations have put off modernizing their employee experience.