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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: “Positive, Real-World Results for Conversational Assistance”
Opus Research presents results from a survey of those deploying Helpshift solutions validating the business value of messaging and automation in conversational engagements with customers.
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Opus Research “Vendors That Matter” Series: Marchex
Opus Research delves into how Marchex is defining “Conversational Intelligence” with applications and services that combine Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and Voice Biometrics to augment classic Call Analytics.
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Webinar: “How Conversational Intelligence Drives Better Business Outcomes”
On Tuesday, Dec 10th, Opus Research and Marchex discuss how conversational intelligence can boost sales, convert leads and increase close rates.
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Opus Research Report: “Decision Makers’ Guide to Enterprise Intelligent Assistants (2019 Edition)”
The most comprehensive assessment of today’s leading providers in natural language processing, machine learning, AI & analytics that power automated virtual agents and digital self-service solutions.
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Microsoft Releases Power Virtual Agents to Further Democratize Conversational Bots
A public preview unveiling of Power Virtual Agents tool showcases “no code” bot-building tools for customer support specialists and subject matter experts.
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Invoca Pushes Signal Discovery For Analyzing Customer Conversations
Newly released conversational analytics tool evaluates inbound customer conversations to help gather business insights, discover high-intent prospects and improve customer service.
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Webinar: “Global Speech Analytics Survey, Destination 2020”
Why enterprise contact centers are showing growing interest in AI and Conversational Service Automation to bolster employee efficiency and improve the customer experience.
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Opus Research Report: Global Survey of Speech Analytics and Conversational Service Automation: Destination 2020
A four-year tracking survey of decision-maker’s attitudes about Speech Analytics technologies shows growing interest in real-time customer journey orchestration, AI and Conversational Service Automation.
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Conversational Commerce Conference 2019 – Agenda & Presentations
Brands and enterprises present case studies on key business opportunities for deploying NLP and conversational technologies for sales & marketing, service automation and customer engagement.
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Citizens Banks, Frontier, and Xfinity Home Named 2019 Conversational Commerce Award Winners
Opus Research Awards are intended to showcase excellence and achievement for real-world enterprise deployments of Conversational AI technologies that are focused on customer experience and business value.