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AI Receptionist (AIR) Now Generally Available from RingCentral

December 8, 2025July 4, 2025 by CSM Newsdesk
AI Receptionist (AIR)

RingCentral has announced the general availability of its AI Receptionist (AIR), an AI phone agent that uses generative AI to automatically answer customer questions and transfer callers to the right place..

SAP Unveils New Cloud POS System to Enhance Retail Operations

December 8, 2025July 3, 2025 by CSM Newsdesk
Cloud Point-of-Sale (POS)

SAP has launched a new cloud edition of SAP Customer Checkout, offering a seamless, efficient, and scalable point-of-sale solution for various industries. The cloud edition includes two components..

Thoma Bravo in Negotiations to Acquire Verint

December 8, 2025July 3, 2025 by CSM Newsdesk
Business meeting

Thoma Bravo is in advanced talks to acquire Verint, the customer relationship software company, amidst the AI revolution impacting the CRM sector. The deal value remains undisclosed..

TalkTalk Joins NiCE to Roll Out CXone Mpower for Next-Level Customer Experience

December 8, 2025July 3, 2025 by CSM Newsdesk
Two AI bots shaking hands

TalkTalk is enhancing its customer service capabilities by leveraging NiCE’s AI-powered platform, CXone Mpower. The collaboration aims to consolidate TalkTalk’s various operating systems into a unified AI platform..

Trailways Ranked Among Top 3 Best Bus Services in the U.S. by USA Today

December 8, 2025July 3, 2025 by CSM Newsdesk
Trailways bus and passengers

Trailways has been recognized as one of the top three bus companies in the United States by USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards 2025. The award acknowledges Trailways for its commitment to travel..

Cognizant Broadens Salesforce Partnership with Innovative Agentforce Capabilities

December 8, 2025July 3, 2025 by CSM Newsdesk
Cognizant Salesforce Partnership

Cognizant and Salesforce have expanded their partnership for deploying AI agents to transform customer and business operations. The services aim to accelerate the adoption of AI-augmented workforces..

Manhattan Associates Unveils Advanced Agentic AI to Transform Customer Experience

December 8, 2025July 3, 2025 by CSM Newsdesk
Agentic AI dashboard

Manhattan Associates has introduced new enhancements to Manhattan Active Omni, focusing on improving customer experiences and operational efficiency. The updates include advanced AI-powered tools..

Personalization Paradox: Too Many Large Businesses Are Still Failing to Adopt Personalized Loyalty

December 8, 2025June 26, 2025 by CSM Newsdesk
A women reading a text message on her phone

Far too many brands are still failing to implement a personalized loyalty program when it comes to promotions and loyalty – stuck in a vicious circle of blanket discounting, poor data, and squeezed margins..

Chick-fil-A Leads Customer Satisfaction Rankings for 11th Year in a Row

December 8, 2025June 26, 2025 by CSM Newsdesk
Chick-fil-A

When it comes to customer satisfaction in the fast-food industry, Chick-fil-A has once again claimed its spot at the top. For the 11th consecutive year, the beloved restaurant chain has outshone competitors..

Forrester’s 2025 Global Customer Experience Index Rankings: 21% Of Brands Declined, 6% Improved

December 8, 2025June 26, 2025 by CSM Newsdesk
CX graph on downward trend

According to Forrester’s global Customer Experience Index (CX Index™) 2025 rankings, ongoing challenges that drove last year’s decline in customer experience (CX) quality continue to impact consumers..

Superdial Raises $15M to Automate Healthcare’s Endless Admin Phone Calls

December 8, 2025June 24, 2025 by CSM Newsdesk
SuperDial founders Sam Schwager and Harrison Caruthers

As AI agents reshape work across industries, SuperDial is targeting one of healthcare’s most expensive and invisible burdens: administrative phone calls. Today, the company announced $15 million in new funding..

40% of Brits Willing to Pay for Human Support From Brands Over AI

December 8, 2025June 19, 2025 by CSM Newsdesk
Customer service representative talking to a customer

New Quantum Metric research highlights the importance of balancing human and AI-powered customer support in today’s omnichannel era. The new report, ‘The support struggle: Bridging the digital divide’ explores..

Sabio Group’s Customers Receive Numerous Recognition at UK National Contact Centre Awards

December 8, 2025June 17, 2025 by CSM Newsdesk
Sabio's Stuart Dorman addresses the UK National Contact Centre Awards

Sabio Group is delighted to congratulate several of its customers on their outstanding successes at the UK National Contact Centre Awards. Sabio’s clients secured an impressive array of wins across numerous..

TTEC Expands Strategic Partnership with Zendesk to Deliver Enhanced AI-driven Customer Experience Solutions

December 8, 2025June 12, 2025 by CSM Newsdesk
Customer service representative

TTEC today announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with Zendesk, a pioneer in agentic AI-powered service. With hundreds of TTEC enterprise clients already using Zendesk solutions, this enhanced agreement..

Sanas Unveils First-Ever AI-Powered Simultaneous Language Translation: Real-Time Speech-to-Speech Translation

December 8, 2025June 11, 2025 by CSM Newsdesk
Customer support agent

Sanas, provider of the world’s first Real-Time Speech Understanding Platform, today unveiled its AI-powered Real-Time Speech-to-Speech Language Translation technology. Sanas’ breakthrough AI architecture..

French CX Leaders Embrace AI Revolution as Sabio’s Disrupt Makes Sold-Out Paris Debut

December 8, 2025June 6, 2025 by CSM Newsdesk
Sabio's First Disrupt Event in Paris Saw Several Live Customer Case Studies

Sabio Group’s first-ever Disrupt event in France concluded this week with resounding success, selling out completely as French customer experience leaders gathered to explore how AI is transforming CX..

Firstsource and Sanas Join Forces to Transform Customer Conversations with AI

December 8, 2025May 30, 2025 by CSM Newsdesk
A women talking on her mobile phone

Firstsource Solutions has partnered with Sanas, a provider of real-time speech understanding technology, to enhance customer conversations using AI. The platform aims to eliminate language barriers..

Introducing GRAIA: The New Agentic AI and CCaaS Platform

December 8, 2025May 30, 2025 by CSM Newsdesk
GRAIA Team: Sahil Rekhi, Ákos Vécsei, Viktor Gajodi, Vilim Strejček, Marko Martinović

Bulb Technologies, Geomant, and Buzzeasy have jointly launched GRAIA, a unique Agentic CCaaS and Agentic AI platform. GRAIA is distinguished as the sole Agentic CX platform with fully owned CCaaS IP..

SoundHound AI Joins Forces with Allina Health to Enhance Patient Engagement

December 8, 2025May 30, 2025 by CSM Newsdesk
Healthcare contact center agent

Allina Health has introduced “Alli,” an AI agent powered by SoundHound AI’s Amelia conversational AI platform to streamline patient access and enhance customer service. Alli operates within Allina Health’s CX center..

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