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class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/Joe-Staples-thumb-256x256.html','popup','width=256,height=256,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/Joe-Staples-thumb-256x256.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"197\" width=\"197\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" class=\"mt-image-left\" alt=\"Thumbnail image for Joe-Staples.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/assets_c\/2008\/08\/Joe-Staples-thumb-256x256-thumb-256x256.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">One of the most innovative communications companies around certainly has to be Interactive Intelligence. Consider the company saw the unification of communications happening in the mid-nineties and launched products to take advantage of what they saw as a huge opportunity. While the rest of the communications space was awash is individualized, siloed solutions, Interactive Intelligence was busy building solutions which minimized the traditional box overload most call centers had to contend with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Specifically, they focused on eliminating the need for a separate PBX, ACD, IVR, ACD, etc. Sure, this makes sense today but in the nineties this was far from common thinking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">What I have learned in my career is having a good idea is only part of what makes a successful company. 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