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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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Opus Research Report: “2020 Intelligent Authentication and Fraud Prevention Intelliview”
In this third annual Intelliview, Opus Research and SymNex Consulting evaluate 20 firms to understand technology solutions to emerging security threats and CX challenges.
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Uniphore Strengthens BPO Alliances with WNS Partnership
As the global pandemic accelerates remote work environments, combined with customer care operations moving to the cloud, BPOs and contact center technology providers push for digital transformation.
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How Companies Are Meeting the Demands of a Global Pandemic with Conversational AI
Sheila McGee-Smith and Opus Research’s Dan Miller march through real-world examples of customer care firms adapting to today’s unique challenges in a video session at Enterprise Connect Digital.
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Journey Lays Out Path for Secure, Zero-Knowledge Authentication
Leveraging “zero-knowledge” authentication, the company hopes to improve customer satisfaction, prevent fraud and drive operational efficiencies for contact centers.
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Webinar: SMS + Automation: The Next Level in Conversational Sales and Analytics
Join Opus Research and Marchex for a live, interactive webinar (July 23) to learn how textbots and SMS messaging can dramatically uplift conversions and drive critical actions that increase revenue.
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Opus Research Report: A Cloud-Based Approach to Intelligent Authentication
How the Covid-19 global pandemic crisis exposed pre-existing performance problems and known security vulnerabilities in the customer care fabric of brands around the world.
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Neuro-Symbolic Artificial Intelligence and Potential Impact on Conversational Commerce
The joint research effort from MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab could allow companies to do more with less data and have significant implications for customer care, digital commerce and employee productivity.
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Webinar: “Survival Guide to the 50 Shades of Phone-Based Fraud: The Pandemic Edition”
Join Opus Research and software provider NICE to learn about cloud-based contact center solutions and the latest technologies for intelligent authentication and fraud-loss prevention. (June 25)
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Webinar: “Introducing Native Process Automation – AI-Infused Workflows for Contact Centers”
Join Thrio, TELUS International and Opus Research for this free webinar (Tuesday, June 2nd) to learn how AI-infused workflows and cloud-based services support both agent-based and automated self-service.
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Introducing Native Process Automation: The Foundation of Practical Workflow Management
Developed and put into practice by cloud-based contact center specialist, Thrio, NPA workflows are clear, simple, and have the potential deliver the key benefits that enterprises expect from Conversational AI.