For this week's blog, Robert Luciani, Client Support Function Owner at ComputerTalk, will guide us through several troubleshooting tips for both users and supervisors. First, we will address common inquiries regarding iceBar. Inquiries include resetting iceBar and error messages users might experience. Next, we will discuss how to access Microsoft Teams logs. These logs can provide insight into what may be causing issues for end-users in the Teams client.

Contact centers continually generate user data through various media channels. Therefore, it is essential for cloud-based contact center providers to establish and maintain industry-standard security controls to support the handling and storage of sensitive information. Maintaining a secure contact center environment is crucial to minimize the risk of data breaches which may result in damaged reputation, hefty fines, and loss of clients' trust.

Are you considering moving to the cloud, but hesitating because of concerns about costs, security, or reliability?

On Wednesday, June 16th, ComputerTalk presented our latest Slice of ice webinar, Expanding your Contact Center with iceChat. During this session, our Training Specialist, Kathika Uthayakumar, discussed challenges faced by organizations and customers, how iceChat works, how it can help with these challenges, and options for expanding iceChat even further.

Slice of ice Recap: Security and Standards – Mitigating Security Risks On Wednesday, May 19th, ComputerTalk presented their latest Slice of ice webinar, Security and Standards – Mitigating Security Risks. In this session, Jason Ellis of the Sales Operations team discussed risks and challenges, security protocols, and the power of ice.

It takes a certain kind of person to be able to thrive in a customer service position. Contact center agents need to have excellent communication skills, thick skin, a calm demeanor, and strong organizational skills to succeed. Even though an agent may have the personality and all the right skills to succeed, they may still experience low morale or burnout due to unattainable goals, an unreasonable workload, poor management, and upset customers, leading to turnover. There is a high cost associated with agent turnover, including time to interview, training, salaries, and more. Not to mention the negative effect on the customer experience due to inexperienced agents, which can add significant costs down the road.

Managing a contact center can be a difficult task. Between managing queues, de-escalating customer situations, and supervising agents, it can be almost impossible to find the time to drive improvements and find efficiencies to optimize your contact center. Some of the most successful contact centers have figured out how to cut through mass amounts of data to identify what is most important. One way to easily increase efficiencies is to understand the KPIs and metrics that are essential to agent productivity and the customer experience.