Category: Announcements

Contact center agents are often forced to toggle between multiple applications to search for information they need to resolve customer issues. Amazon Connect Customer Profiles automatically consolidates customer information from multiple applications and uses this information to establish a unified customer profile that it delivers to your contact center agent as soon as a support […]

Customers often have repeatable logic that is needed throughout the customer journey in contact center experiences. We’re going to take a look at how to simplify contact flow management by leveraging modules in Amazon Connect. The ability to build contact flow logic once, and reference it from other contact flows has been a customer request […]

This year, re:Invent is in Las Vegas and Amazon Connect has a jam packed agenda! With new launches, leadership sessions, workshops, and an in-person customer reception, there will be something new to do for everyone! Keep reading for more information on how you can get the most out of your re:Invent 2021 experience, whether in-person […]

Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces the general availability of Amazon Connect Voice ID, a Machine Learning (ML) powered voice authentication feature for Amazon Connect. Amazon Connect is an easy-to-use omnichannel cloud contact center that helps companies of any size deliver superior customer service at lower cost. Amazon Connect Voice ID offers both real-time caller […]

Providing great customer service is a key business differentiator in today’s highly competitive world in which we live. Typically, businesses measure customer satisfaction (CSAT) with post call surveys and reviewing of call recordings, both of which have their own associated challenges. CSAT surveys typically suffer from low response rates, can be subject to bias and […]

At the end of an interaction with a customer, agents have to create follow-up work items with other teams in order to provide the best end to end customer experience. Some examples include customer requests to mail specific product or services brochures, mailing a physical copy of a maintenance contract the customer has agreed on […]

At this time last year, AWS saw more than 5,000 new cloud-based contact centers spring up to deal with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. Customers chose Amazon Connect because it is easy to set up, use, and scale. One of those customers was the Government of Canada, launching a cloud-based call center for its […]

While on a call, contact center agents often switch between multiple applications to search for the information they need to solve customer issues. This can mean toggling between up to 10 different applications, from their custom agent application to Customer Relationship Management (CRM). To address this problem, some companies invest in complex integrations that stitch […]

Amazon Connect Chat enables you to provide customer support through web and mobile chat. Since chat is asynchronous, your customers are able to respond at their own pace, just as they would when texting with a friend. Now, through the Amazon Connect Chat integration for Apple Business Chat, you can deliver that same convenient and […]

In a scenario when customers contact a business, understanding their journey before they reach the contact center can immensely help in delivering a personalized self-service and agent experience. Data such as their past hold times, customer sentiment or recent business transactions can go a long way in providing effective customer resolution and improving customer satisfaction […]