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This blog entry was posted by Ed Margulies, co-founder of Face It Corp. ("Putting a Pretty Face on Customer Service"). Margulies is a telecommunications architect, usability expert, inventor, and the author of 17 books on telecommunications, contact centers and service automation.

Social Media Wake-Up Call

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 This blog entry was posted by Ed Margulies, co-founder of Face It Corp. ("Putting a Pretty Face on Customer Service"). Margulies is a telecommunications architect, usability expert, inventor, and the author of 17 books on telecommunications, contact centers and service automation.

 

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Modality Myths that Just Won't Die

November 13, 2009 5:43 PM | 0 Comments

 

This blog entry was posted by Ed Margulies, co-founder of FACE IT Corp. ("Putting a Pretty Face on Customer Service"). Margulies is a telecommunications architect, usability expert, inventor, and the author of 17 books on telecommunications, contact centers and service automation.

 

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This blog entry was posted by Ed Margulies, co-founder of FACE IT Corp. ("Putting a Pretty Face on Customer Service"). Margulies is a telecommunications architect, usability expert, inventor, and the author of 17 books on telecommunications, contact centers and service automation.
 
Crash, Burn, Shame, Flames
 
That's how Ted Tencza, a dear old colleague from Dialogic, used to describe poorly planned services that went down the tubes. Over the years, we've witnessed many ill-fated services fail.
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This blog entry was posted by Ed Margulies, co-founder of FACE IT Corp. ("Putting a Pretty Face on Customer Service"). Margulies is a telecommunications architect, usability expert, inventor, and the author of 17 books on telecommunications, contact centers and service automation.

A Brave, New Customer Service Model

The Social Networking phenomenon has signaled a sea change in consumer behavior and provided lessons for enterprise purveyors of customer service.

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This blog entry was posted by Ed Margulies, co-founder of FACE IT Corp. ("Putting a Pretty Face on Customer Service"). Margulies is a telecommunications architect, usability expert, inventor, and the author of 17 books on telecommunications, contact centers and service automation.
 
Oh now that You've Asked
 
Is it possible you have $1,000 or so of hidden savings per year all wrapped up in your TV, Internet, Hosting, and Phone services combined? Yes, nestled in the underbelly of our Communications as a Service (CaaS) industry is a dirty little secret.
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This blog entry was posted by Ed Margulies, co-founder of FACE IT Corp. Margulies is a telecommunications architect, usability expert, inventor, and the author of 17 books on telecommunications, contact centers and service automation.

Raging Against the Machine

What good sport to it's been to dissect, criticize and bemoan the state of customer service. There are not too many instances in which you can navigate conversations at a social or business event without someone recounting their latest customer service fiasco. "Gee whiz, their Voice Response system is just the worse" or "I don't believe how they ask me to repeat what I already told the machine." In fact it has become so popular to complain about customer service, entire initiatives and web sites are dedicated to it.

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The Human Side of Self Service

February 12, 2009 1:38 PM | 0 Comments
 
This blog entry was posted by Ed Margulies, Senior Director, Multichannel Platforms at Oracle. Margulies is a telecommunications architect, usability expert, inventor, and the author of 17 books on telecommunications, contact centers and service automation. The views expressed in this blog are Margulies' and do not necessarily reflect the views of Oracle.
 
Human Factors Meets Self Service
 
Communications as a Service offers not only an opportunity to leverage network infrastructure for your basic communications needs, but often provides an outlet customer self service.
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This blog entry was posted by Ed Margulies, Senior Director, Product Management CRM Service Products at Oracle. Margulies is a telecommunications architect, usability expert, inventor, and the author of 17 books on telecommunications, contact centers and service automation. The views expressed in this blog are Margulies' and do not necessarily reflect the views of Oracle.

 

CaaS: A Big Telecommuting Enabler

 

Communications as a Service is the right concept for at-home and remote workers. With applications ranging from contact center, customer relationship management and content management, thousands of job functions can be virtualized.

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Postcards from the Centrex Edge

December 3, 2008 12:05 PM | 0 Comments
This blog entry was posted by Ed Margulies, Senior Director, Product Management CRM Service Products at Oracle. Margulies is a telecommunications architect, usability expert, inventor, and the author of 17 books on telecommunications, contact centers and service automation. The views expressed in this blog are Margulies' and do not necessarily reflect the views of Oracle.
 
Centrex: A CaaS Heritage
 
Centrex service is an excellent example of how CaaS-based offerings are successfully married to enterprise-based, on-premises applications.
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This blog entry was posted by Ed Margulies, Senior Director, Product Management CRM Service Products at Oracle. Margulies is a telecommunications architect, usability expert, inventor, and the author of 17 books on telecommunications, contact centers and service automation. The views expressed in this blog are Margulies' and do not necessarily reflect the views of Oracle.
 
The Not So Obvious Merger
 
People often ponder the viability of merging hosted communications services with enterprise-based solutions.
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This blog entry was posted by Ed Margulies, Senior Director, Product Management CRM Service Products at Oracle. Margulies is a telecommunications architect, usability expert, inventor, and the author of 17 books on telecommunications, contact centers and service automation. The views expressed in this blog are Margulies' and do not necessarily reflect the views of Oracle.
 
Earth Day Meet Your New Friend CaaS
 
I remember participating in my first Earth Day in 1970.
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This blog entry was posted by Ed Margulies, Senior Director, Product Management CRM Service Products at Oracle. Margulies is a telecommunications architect, usability expert, inventor, and the author of 17 books on telecommunications, contact centers and service automation. The views expressed in this blog are Margulies' and do not necessarily reflect the views of Oracle. 

A Common Thread


As a product manager in Oracle's CRM Service Products team, I get to work with many companies worldwide that are honing the definition of CaaS and are continually innovating in this area. I view CaaS as a natural evolution of traditional hosted services. CaaS has its roots in enhanced network services reaching back into the 1970s and 80s.
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Welcome to the CaaS Community Blog!

October 23, 2008 8:33 AM | 0 Comments

On this page, experts in the industry contribute their insights into Communications-as-a-Service (CaaS), best practices, trends and hot (or cool) features, products and companies.  Feel free to reply with comments to a particular post--get in on the action yourself and be an integral, valued part of the CaaS Community.  Visit regularly to view new posts, respond and communicate--using CaaS tools and to stay on top of the wave!

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