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07 Oct 2026
Webex Dialog targets long-tail customer relationships with AI
Webex Dialog pushes agentic AI beyond individual service interactions, raising questions for CIOs about customer context, orchestration and governance. Continue Reading
By- Don Fluckinger, Senior News Writer
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06 Oct 2026
Upcoming SAP CX features to focus on content and marketing AI
SAP is moving deliberately to build more CX connections across its platforms -- for example, plugging ERP data into marketing to spin up campaigns. Continue Reading
By- Don Fluckinger, Senior News Writer
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02 Oct 2026
Outcomes-based AI pricing works in theory -- but in practice?
Outcomes-based AI pricing sounds great at a macro level, but CIOs must define results, settle disputes and meet procurement requirements before it works in practice. Continue Reading
By- Don Fluckinger, Senior News Writer
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25 Sep 2026
Salesforce CCaaS to be released globally, adds workforce management
Salesforce's contact center as a service offering replaces a patchwork customers cobbled together to make Service Cloud work, but it puts longtime partners in a peculiar place. Continue Reading
By- Don Fluckinger, Senior News Writer
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24 Sep 2026
How to gather and evaluate customer sentiment
Businesses can glean customer sentiment from sources like surveys, social media, comment cards, contact centers and word of mouth, which can help predict and drive future sales. Continue Reading
By- Scott Sachs, SJS Solutions
- Scott Robinson, New Era Technology
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23 Sep 2026
A buyer's guide to personalization software products
Personalization software enables businesses to customize customer experiences. But the market is muddled with varying products, rebranding and consolidation. Continue Reading
By- Griffin LaFleur, Granite GTM
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22 Sep 2026
Top 8 customer support knowledge base software platforms
Customer-facing knowledge base software is a key cog to improve customer self-service. Explore the leading platforms and how to choose the right product for your organization. Continue Reading
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21 Sep 2026
A practical guide to AI governance in contact centers
Enterprise CX leaders managing contact center AI need a governance framework to oversee access to customer data and set limitations and controls on AI capabilities. Continue Reading
By- Andrew Froehlich, West Gate Networks
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17 Sep 2026
Agentic AI in CX management: A strategic guide for business leaders
Companies are already reaping the benefits of agents that can autonomously handle multi-step processes. Learn their unique benefits, technical requirements and challenges. Continue Reading
By- Beth Schultz, Metrigy Research
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16 Sep 2026
HubSpot adds AI CRM intelligence layer, marketing AI
With AI automatically entering data into the systems of record, there remains a need for humans in the loop. Continue Reading
By- Don Fluckinger, Senior News Writer
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15 Sep 2026
Salesforce AI agent governance, development key themes at Dreamforce
Salesforce goes deep under the hood of AI architecture and agentic management with new releases. Continue Reading
By- Don Fluckinger, Senior News Writer
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14 Sep 2026
The hidden cost of AI automation: Preserving organizational expertise
Organizations are embedding AI in enterprise systems and adopting human-in-the-loop strategies to automate routine tasks while preserving workforce expertise. Continue Reading
By- Mary E. Shacklett, Transworld Data
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11 Sep 2026
Salesforce Enterprise AI Harness latest salvo aimed at ServiceNow
Salesforce battling ServiceNow, AWS and a cast of thousands for the soul of agentic AI management. Continue Reading
By- Don Fluckinger, Senior News Writer
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11 Sep 2026
10 voice of the customer tools for better CX
Compare 10 voice of the customer tools that collect feedback, analyze sentiment and help teams act on customer experience issues. Continue Reading
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08 Sep 2026
AI knowledge base automation reshapes customer self-service
Knowledge base automation can be a powerful tool to enhance customer self-service. Learn how AI-powered knowledge bases can improve customer experience and employee workflows. Continue Reading
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03 Sep 2026
Genesys banks on AI customer service agents -- and their orchestration
The agentic SaaS playbook is emerging: Throw open your platform to agents of all stripes, and provide a harness or orchestration layer to manage it all. Continue Reading
By- Don Fluckinger, Senior News Writer
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03 Sep 2026
5 mistakes to avoid when choosing a CX provider
When picking a CX vendor, enterprise tech buyers should have realistic AI expectations and watch out for a lack of industry expertise, scalability and integrations. Continue Reading
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03 Sep 2026
5 key contact center AI features and their benefits
As multifunctional contact centers grow more complex and vital as revenue and relationship centers, generative and agentic AI have become a foundational component. Continue Reading
By- Andrew Froehlich, West Gate Networks
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02 Sep 2026
Adobe in Slack: Access content, production tools from Slackbot
Everyone's spreading the love -- and premium features -- with everyone else's AI interface. Continue Reading
By- Don Fluckinger, Senior News Writer
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28 Aug 2026
Enterprise software management expands from apps to capabilities
Application management still matters, but embedded AI requires enterprises to track and govern individual capabilities inside the software they already use. Continue Reading
By- James Alan Miller, Senior Executive Editor
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27 Aug 2026
AI turns application administration into business policy
AI does not reinvent application administration. It makes some settings consequential enough that enterprises need clearer decision rights and governance. Continue Reading
By- James Alan Miller, Senior Executive Editor
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27 Aug 2026
Salesforce-Anthropic integration expanded, begets 'Claudeforce'
Is this another sign of the SaaSpocalypse, or just a new evolution in work? Continue Reading
By- Don Fluckinger, Senior News Writer
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26 Aug 2026
Outcome-based AI pricing hits a measurement problem
As vendors move beyond seat-based models, enterprises must determine how to measure AI value, handle attribution issues and avoid paying for unclear outcomes. Continue Reading
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26 Aug 2026
Software value needs outcome measures
Usage data can start a software value review, but enterprises need outcome measures tied to workflow evidence and business purpose. Continue Reading
By- James Alan Miller, Senior Executive Editor
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25 Aug 2026
How agent assist technology works in the contact center
Contact centers that invest in agent assist technology can help their agents become more productive and eliminate tedious tasks to make their jobs easier. Continue Reading
By- Beth Schultz, Metrigy Research
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25 Aug 2026
Software usage does not prove software value
Logins, clicks and feature use can help evaluate software, but they do not prove value unless tied to workflow improvement and business outcomes. Continue Reading
By- James Alan Miller, Senior Executive Editor
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24 Aug 2026
Salesforce broadens headless offering for agentic AI access
Headless 360 kicks into high gear with MCP servers for Salesforce features, data repositories. Continue Reading
By- Don Fluckinger, Senior News Writer
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19 Aug 2026
Data reconciliation can hide software debt
Recurring data reconciliation can signal software debt when teams rely on spreadsheets, exports and corrected reports more than official systems. Continue Reading
By- James Alan Miller, Senior Executive Editor
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