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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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Why Consumers Are Rapidly Turning to “VoiceFirst” Assistants Across All Devices
In this panel discussion from last month’s Conversational Commerce Conference, SoundHound’s Katie McMahon, VUI Inc.’s Pino Di Fabbrizio and Pullstring’s Oren Jacob discuss design and implementation considerations for “VoiceFirst” strategies.
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How Voice, Big Data and Machine Learning Are Connecting the Dots for Conversational Commerce
In a keynote conversation at last month’s C3 San Francisco, John Chambers, former CEO and Chairman with Cisco, sits down with Uniphore’s Umesh Sachdev and Opus Research to discuss how AI technologies are accelerating business opportunities.
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Autodesk’s Customer-Centric Approach In Launching a Virtual Agent (AVA)
In this featured case study from last month’s Conversational Commerce Conference in San Francisco, Autodesk presents why they launched a conversational intelligent assistant (AVA) for customer service and what they learned along the way.
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Webinar: Multifactor Password-Free Security for Computer Access
On October 11th, Ravin Sanjith (Intelligent Authentication, Opus Research) and John Spencer (Chief Product Officer, Veridium) discuss how to leverage the power of mobile biometrics for continuous seamless authentication.
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USAA, Royal Bank of Canada, Alight Solutions Named 2018 Conversational Commerce Award Winners
Opus Research Awards are intended to showcase excellence and achievement for real-world enterprise customer deployments of conversational technologies.
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Conversational Commerce Conference San Francisco 2018 – Agenda & Presentations
C3 San Francisco (#C3SF2018 – Sept 12-13, Four Seasons Hotel) was designed to help organizations unlock the power of machine learning, natural language processing, AI, continuous authentication and intelligent assistance.
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Opus Research Report: “Global Survey: Drivers For Deploying Speech Analytics (Year 3)”
Key findings from this global tracking study on speech analytics, in its third year sponsored by Uniphore, include: adoption trends by region and industry; impact of compliance regulation; growing interest in real-time applications, business objectives, virtual agents.
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Webinar: Key Findings Unveiled from Global Survey on Drivers for Deploying Speech Analytics (Aug 23)
Opus Research and Uniphore discuss findings from a global survey of 500 contact center and customer experience decision-makers to understand implications of Speech Analytics on enterprise customer care strategies.
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Get Your Nominations In for the 2018 Conversational Commerce Awards (CCAs)
Since 2014, Opus Research awards have showcased real-world implementations of conversational user interfaces for customer engagement, digital commerce, self-service, employee assistance, and intelligent devices.
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Webinar: Speaking Your Customer’s Language: How to Build a True Conversational Messaging Platform
Customers value fast, frictionless convenience; executives must invest accordingly. On August 2nd, Opus Research and Helpshift address the urgent topics that help brands and enterprises supercharge customer service experiences.