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Standard Bank is one of the largest banks in Africa, with over 50,000 employees serving more than 18 million customers across 20 countries. Founded in 1862, the bank has grown to be a leading financial services organization, providing personal and business banking, wealth management, advisory services, and more. Standard Bank’s contact center operations underpin its customer […]

Deploying an effective contact center solution can be complex, especially for enterprises with unique requirements. This blog post outlines a foundational process that includes standardized approaches to discovery, documentation, and development. By following this approach, businesses can establish a reliable, scalable contact center that meets their current needs, and can be easily maintained and enhanced […]

In the fast-paced world of cloud innovation, staying ahead of the curve can be a challenge. At Amazon Connect, we’ve recognized the need to provide comprehensive and up-to-date training resources to our customers and partners. Since its launch in 2017, Amazon Connect has disrupted the contact center industry with as a secure, scalable, and feature-rich […]

Introduction Contact center agents and supervisors continuously strive to provide exceptional customer service to their customers. In modern contact centers, an interactive voice response (IVR) system is typically the first point of contact for a customer seeking support. Therefore, it is crucial to provide an exceptional customer experience while the customer is interacting with the […]

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) was the hot topic for most of 2023 and has not slowed down in 2024, with new innovation and creative use cases for this remarkable technology coming forward every day. The promise of generative AI for customer experience (CX) use cases is clear and exciting. With any new exciting idea, however, […]

Generative AI is delivering real customer experience (CX) results in production at enterprise scale sooner than expected.

Callback mechanisms play a crucial role in modern contact centers as they allow callers to reserve their position in the queue without having to remain on hold. This not only enhances customer service by reducing wait times but also optimizes telephony costs and agent utilization. When a callback is requested by a caller, it remains […]

Introduction Contact center agents face a variety of challenges when handling customer interactions. Whether it’s troubleshooting a technical issue, resolving a billing dispute, or simply providing helpful, accurate information, agents need to be effective across a wide range of topics. This often requires months, or even years, of experience becoming familiar with the various issues […]

Real-time media services running within virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment, such as Citrix, can experience audio quality issues due to the resource intensive nature of processing the media on the server(s). Implementing Amazon Connect audio optimization for Citrix enables you to improve audio quality, reduce host server resources and lower cost per agent. VDI sessions […]

Introduction Contact center agents assist customers with topics that involve complex workflows. Within the Amazon Connect agent workspace, step-by-step guides support agents with clear instructions on how to handle a particular use case. Step-by-step guides are agent facing workflows that can branch based on decisions and send & receive data from external systems. Guides increase […]