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Derek Top, Principal Analyst & Research Director, Opus Research
Derek Top is Principal Analyst and Research Director for Opus Research, a diversified advisory firm tracking how AI, LLMs, and advanced technologies are impacting customer experiences and enterprise applications. For more than 20 years, he has been covering technology innovation and spearheading analysis about how Conversational AI and Conversational Intelligence technologies transform businesses and reshape customer experiences.
Previously, Top served as senior associate editor with Optimize magazine and InformationWeek covering business technology and enterprise IT trends for CMP Media and UBM. Before joining CMP, Top was managing editor with Streaming Media, Inc. Prior to Opus Research, he was senior editor and program director at the Trellis Group. There he helped produce the VERGE conference series and wrote about how technology convergence drives innovation for smart energy and sustainability.
Contact: [email protected]
Twitter: @derektop
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Conversational Intelligence Consolidation: Verint and Calabrio Make Strategic Acquisitions
The acquisitions intensify pressure among AI insights companies and conversational analytics vendors as they look to differentiate or seek to be acquired themselves.
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GenAI Trust and Safety: Mitigating Risks and Enabling Solutions
An in-depth Opus Research report on the emerging landscape of solution providers helping enterprises monitor and secure their GenAI applications, including executive resources to make informed AI decisions and take appropriate actions.
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Opus Research Welcomes Ian Jacobs as VP and Lead AnalystÂ
Previously at Forrester, Jacobs has been at the forefront of research on conversational AI, covering the technology and its applications in customer service since 2005.
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Zoom Unveils AI Companion 2.0: Advancing the AI-Assisted Workplace
AI Companion 2.0 represents an interesting leap forward in AI integration across Zoom’s ecosystem and the potential of predictive, autonomous assistance.
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Optimizing the Customer Journey to Improve Revenue Outcomes
Join Opus Research and Invoca (Oct 16) to learn how connecting the buying journey data from click, to call, to conversion drives more revenue and customer lifetime value.
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Salesforce Pushes Forward with Gen AI: Introducing Einstein Service Agent
Salesforce’s fully autonomous AI agent represents an important leap for GenAI chatbots and the accelerated adoption of LLMs across business functions.
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Building a Practical GenAI Roadmap to Deliver Smarter CX
Introducing a comprehensive self-assessment framework to show how companies like Enghouse Interactive help contact centers develop a tailored roadmap for integrating AI functionalities effectively.
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How the Core Benefits of Generative AI Deliver Smarter CX (Webinar)
Identify first-order GenAI concerns and build a successful CX strategy to help you effectively prepare for practical AI customer care implementations.
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United Airlines, TXU Energy, and Memorial Hermann Among Opus Research’s 2024 Conversational AI Award Winners
Opus Research awards celebrate outstanding achievements in the application of NLU, Conversational AI, and Generative AI business use cases.
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Shaping the Future of Customer Care: Innovative Self-Service
This free whitepaper delves into the dynamic landscape of self-service customer care and Conversational AI, exploring the challenges, opportunities, and advancements that define its evolution.