Aspect Software Announces General Availability of Aspect Workforce Management Solution Powered by Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Corp selects Aspect Workforce Management on Azure for its 15,000 Agent Contact Centre
Today, Aspect announces the general availability of Aspect Workforce Management™ v19 on Microsoft Azure. This represents a critical step taken on Aspect’s product roadmap toward offering its full suite of cloud contact centre software solutions in a cloud-neutral deployment, enabling businesses to adopt and utilise enterprise-class software on the premises or cloud environment of their choice.
Patrick Dennis, president and CEO of Aspect, said,
“Working with Microsoft, we accelerated our WFM cloud development to get v19 fully enabled in Microsoft Azure,”
“This is a vital step in Aspect’s strategy to enable businesses to maintain control over how applications are deployed. By giving businesses greater choice and making our best-of-breed software available in a cloud-neutral deployment, we hope to better partner with businesses, like Microsoft, to meet the specific needs of their organisation.”
Microsoft has been a user of Aspect WFM operating a multi-thousand seat contact center in an Azure environment.
Jeana Jorgensen, General Manager, Cloud and AI at Microsoft, commented,
“We have had a lot of success using Aspect for workforce optimization in our contact centre,”
“We are pleased that Aspect is bringing their workforce management solution to Microsoft Azure. We look forward to working with them to bring the solution to our joint customers going forward.”
Major enhancements in WFM Cloud v19, include:
– Enhanced scheduling and forecasting tools
– Real-time intra-day tracking, shift bidding, shift trading
– Unlimited “what-if” scenarios
– Integrated Workforce Management Mobile application
– Omnichannel skills routing, search, monitoring and email reassignment
– Performance Management Coaching and Gamification support
– Scalability improvements, supporting very large contact centres with over 5,000 agents
Additional Information
Aspect is on a mission to simplify and improve customer engagement. Our enterprise software is used by millions of contact centre agents every year and supports billions of consumer interactions around the world. Our best-of-breed contact centre and workforce optimisation applications help companies keep agents engaged while providing exceptional customer service experiences. Our flexible, highly scalable solutions for self-service and live interaction management and workforce optimization are available on-premises or in any hosted, private or public cloud environment.
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