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The contact center space is rapidly evolving, making it difficult for companies and people to stay up to date on the latest capabilities and best practices. Since launching in 2017, Amazon Connect has evolved as well with over 700 major feature releases, largely driven by customer input. The expanded features of Amazon Connect deliver the […]

By Marcos Ortiz (AWS), Ryan Baham (Empower), Illan Geller (Accenture), Ozlem Celik-Tinmaz (Accenture) , and Prabhu Akula (Accenture) Introduction Empower is a leading financial services company serving over 18 million Americans with $1.8 trillion in assets under administration. They take approximately 10 million customer calls annually through their care centers. To maintain service excellence at […]

Enterprise contact centers struggle to support multiple lines of business (LOBs) with separate IT and operations teams. Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies amplify this complexity, managing hundreds of customers with unique requirements. Contact center migration patterns address these challenges, accelerating deployments and simplifying operations. This post explains five such proven patterns that create a robust […]

Agents are critical components of any contact center, and it is essential for organisations to provide them with the right tools for success. By supporting agents effectively, companies not only improve the agent experience but also enhance the end-customer experience. To address this need, Amazon Connect offers Amazon Q in Connect, a generative AI assistant […]

Introduction Salesforce Contact Center with Amazon Connect (SCC-AC), now generally available, is a groundbreaking offering that integrates Amazon Connect native digital and voice capabilities into Salesforce. Building upon the existing voice-only Service Cloud Voice (SCV) integration, SCC-AC enables customers to unify voice and digital channels across Amazon Connect and Salesforce enhancing customer and agent experience […]

Workforce management (WFM) is essential for contact center success. It matches staff levels to call volume patterns, which reduces customer wait times and operational costs. Effective WFM ensures the right agents with the right skills are available all the time to handle customer contact volume. This systematic approach to scheduling maximizes both agent productivity and […]

When a contact center experiences an unexpected service disruption, the impact can be immediate and severe: agents unable to access systems, customers facing connection issues, and support teams working to rapidly restore service. While such scenarios may seem extreme, they represent exactly the kind of situations that make tabletop exercises essential for modern contact center […]

In today’s competitive business landscape, delivering exceptional customer experience (CX) is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity. At the heart of this evolution lies the power of insights and analytics, transforming how organizations understand, predict, and respond to customer needs. Amazon Connect is at the forefront of this revolution, offering cutting-edge solutions that harness the […]

In today’s digital-first world, businesses increasingly rely on chat interactions to serve customers efficiently and cost-effectively. Many common customer service scenarios require collecting sensitive information – from processing payments and updating shipping addresses to verifying identity and accessing account details. However, gathering this data securely while maintaining compliance with regulations like PCI DSS, GDPR, and […]

Introduction As organizations across industries seek to elevate their customer service capabilities, the adoption of cloud-based contact centre solutions like Amazon Connect has emerged as a strategic priority. For NatWest Group, a leading banking and financial services group in the United Kingdom, the opportunity to enhance customer experiences through an Amazon Connect-powered contact centre was […]