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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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Webinar: “5 Keys to Success with DIY Chatbots & Intelligent Assistants”
Hear practical insights from real-world, successful deployments of chatbots and intelligent assistants that highlight the importance of combining high quality tools with key strategies and approaches that businesses should keep in mind.
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Opus Research Report: “New KPIs and Metrics for Intelligent Assistants”
Opus Research presents and analyzes core metrics in the implementation of chatbots and intelligent assistants and introduces emerging performance benchmarks for contact center and customer care operations, employee productivity, and, ultimately, the bottom line.
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Webinar: “From Speech Analytics to Conversational Service Automation: The Path Forward”
Learn how a new category of Speech Analytics solutions integrates machine learning and natural language generation to create dramatic efficiencies, accuracy, cost savings and return on investment.
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Webinar: “Natural Language Processing: The AI-Infused Resource That’s Revolutionizing Automated Care”
As businesses of all sizes investigate how and why to introduce “Conversational AI”, Opus Research and Inference Solutions explain why Natural Language will shape the future of Conversational Commerce.
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IBM’s Think 2019 Shows the Potential for Human+AI Intelligent Assistants
Think 2019 showcased a slew of sessions and topics delving into real-world opportunities of humans and machines working together, namely with IBM’s Watson Assistant.
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Opus Research Report: “How AI-Based, Zero-Effort Authentication is Changing the Customer Experience”
In this white paper, Ravin Sanjith with Opus Research outlines how voice biometrics-based, “zero-effort authentication” enables intelligent automation, reduced customer effort (no more PINs and passwords), and improved confidence in security.
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Zoho Brings Conversational AI to Full Suite of CRM and Customer Service Products
As a leading provider of business, collaboration, and productivity applications, Zoho has integrated conversational AI capabilities into its suite of products with “Zia,” an intelligence-enabled assistant and analytics engine.
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Opus Research Report: “Machines Search for Meaning: Tackling the Chaos of Big Data for Customer Care with AI”
How the implementation of Conversational AI can deliver pleasant customer experiences, improved agent and supervisor job satisfaction, and higher customer value.
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Webinar: Outsmarting Contact Center Fraudsters with Supercharged Voice Biometrics
In this upcoming webinar (February 7, 2019), Opus Research and NICE discuss how the creation of high-quality fraudster watchlists from historical recordings is a revolution in the fight against fraud.
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Webinar: How AI-Based, Zero-Effort Authentication is Changing the Customer Experience
In this on-demand webinar, Ravin Sanjith (Opus Research) and Alexey Khitrov (CEO, ID R&D) will discuss how voice biometrics, combined with AI techniques, can help deliver on the promise of secure, personalized digital self-service.