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Microsoft unveils Digital Contact Center platform

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One of the bigger announcements at this year's Microsoft Inspire event was the launch announcement of its Digital Contact Center Platform. Intended to be a cross-channel contact platform, it brings together a mix of existing applications and services as well as the recently acquired Nuance voice recognition tools. Microsoft has had many of the features needed to build a contact center in its portfolio for some time, with Dynamics 365 offering a fully featured CRM platform, Power Platform providing no-code and low-code workflow tools, and Teams providing a multi-channel desktop with voice, text and video all built in to one application for internal and external communications. It's a timely response to competitors like Twilio and Salesforce who have deep experience in features essential for contact centers, but who lack the breadth of Microsoft's product portfolio. Putting all these tools together and adding features from Azure's Cognitive Services suite of pre-built machine learning models makes a lot of sense. Users expect companies to meet them where they are, not chase down phone trees to sit on hold for hours, and if contact can be automated where possible while still maintaining a natural flow, organizations can use smart tooling to triage and manage calls, only handing over to humans where necessary.



Why Hitachi Is Spending $9.6 Billion to Dive Into the Software Business

WSJ.com: WSJD - Technology

That's where Hitachi hopes to employ GlobalLogic's engineering know-how in manufacturing, energy and other sectors to expand further outside Japan, said Gajen Kandiah, chief executive of Hitachi Vantara, the firm's digital infrastructure segment. "Unfortunately, you only hear about a small group of companies that are maximizing data," he said. "You don't hear about the 99% that isn't." The Morning Download delivers daily insights and news on business technology from the CIO Journal team. Digital services and the data analytics that power them have been a competitive advantage for many companies during the pandemic, with global supply chains upended and employees and customers interacting virtually.


SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

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We have exciting opportunities for you to innovate, influence, transform, inspire and grow within our organization and we encourage you to apply to learn more! We are looking for senior software engineers that will be part of the Management Reporting team and contribute towards our vision to accelerate Microsoft growth by radically transforming financial experiences to be the most scalable, agile, intelligent and compliant. Our team builds line of business applications and services that allows Microsoft to manage statutory financial compliance responsibilities and provides insights/solutions that enable greater efficiency and profitability for the company. Our services are built using wide variety of technologies such as Spark, Scala, HDInsight, AngularJS, C#, microservices, SQL, NoSQL, Databricks and are deployed in Azure. We expect all our systems to run with a DevOps model and value investments in automation and telemetry to deliver the best possible services.


Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Market Size to surpass 50.75% CAGR up to 2024

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This report studies the global Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare market, analyzes and researches the Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare development status and forecast in United States, EU, Japan, China, India and Southeast Asia.


I want to boycott US PC hardware, software and services. Is it possible?

The Guardian

If I wanted to show my distaste for the direction the US is going by boycotting American PC hardware, software and services, could it be done? You could certainly eliminate a lot of American products, but you might be giving up features without getting any ethical benefits. For example, more than a billion people already manage without a lot of American technology because they live in China or Russia. While I share your distaste for the Trump regime, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin are not exactly choirboys. And while Trump is scapegoating immigrants, more than half of America's top technology companies were co-founded by immigrants or the children of immigrants.


IBM $IBM Q2 2018 Earnings LIVE Webcast, July 18, 5pm EDT

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About IBM: IBM received a record-breaking 9,043 U.S patents in 2017, including 1,400 artificial intelligence and 1,900 cloud technology patents. Business focus: cloud computing, AI, software and services. Valuation is "dirt cheap," and the dividend yield is at a 24-year high.--SeekingAlpha.com IBM is the preferred IT provider for: 92 of the world's largest 100 banks 10 out of 10 of the world's largest insurers 8 out of 10 of the world's largest airlines 9 of the world's largest retailers Principal domain: IBM.com. Date/time: 18 July 2018, 5pm EDT Link to IBM's 2Q18 Earnings webcast Materials for download (to be updated after market close on July 18).


Australia's Citic Pacific Mining uses IoT to track vehicles

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With an operating footprint of up to 50km from the mining pit to iron ore carriers, it was easy for Citic Pacific Mining, Australia's largest magnetite mining company, to lose track of its assets, such as light vehicles, buses and service trucks. Find out how to draw up a battle plan for securing connected devices and the key areas to target. You forgot to provide an Email Address. This email address doesn't appear to be valid. This email address is already registered.


Text Analytics Market Growing at a CAGR of 17.2% During 2017 to 2022 - ReportsnReports

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The global text analytics market size is estimated to grow from $3.97 billion in 2017 to $8.79 billion by 2022, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 17.2%. The customer experience management (CEM) is expected to hold the largest market share during the forecast period. Among the various applications in the text analytics market, the CEM application is expected to hold the largest market share during the forecast period. Text mining is the most traditional application in customer service and is frequently utilized to improve customer experience through various information sources. Today, text analytics is implemented to offer quick, computerized feedback to the clients, which significantly reduces dependency on executives for resolving issues.


Yes, Apple is building a car

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The experts say Apple's self-driving car project is canceled, delayed or converted into a software play. They'll also tell you that cars are a weird business for Apple to be in. Apple is going pedal-to-the-metal on building a car and for good reason. The late Apple founder and CEO wanted more than that, according to J. Crew CEO and chairman Mickey Drexler, who served on the Apple board from 1999 to 2015. Jobs wanted Apple to reinvent the automobile industry.