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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: dtop@opusresearch.net
Twitter: @derektop
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How Marketing Leaders (MLs) Can Deliver Results and Keep Their Jobs (Part II)
Second of a two-part series that focuses on three key actions marketing leaders (ML) must take to increase his or her team’s impact and contribution to the company.
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How Marketing Leaders (MLs) Can Deliver Results and Keep Their Jobs
First of a two-part series that focuses on three key actions marketing leaders (ML) must take to increase his or her team’s impact and contribution to the company.
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LinguaSys Launches API Portal for Natural Language Processing Platform GlobalNLP
At the forefront of using a low-touch distribution models, LinguaSys launches an API portal for its GlobalNLP platform.
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“Survey Results: Factors That Influence Enterprise Customer Experience Initiatives”
An exclusive Opus Research report details organizational processes and the decision-making factors involved for purchasing, implementing and measuring success for enterprise customer experience initiatives.
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RogerVoice Provides Mobile Phone Solutions for the Hard-of-Hearing
Mobile phone app RogerVoice delivers completely automated, real-time transcription of conversations to create a rich mobile phone experience for deaf or hearing-impaired users.
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Eckoh and West Enter Partner Agreement to Combat Agent Fraud in the Contact Center
A newly announced partnership between West Interactive and Eckoh directly addresses the challenges that arise when firms accept credit card payments over the phone.
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Apple Watch: The Next Generation Intelligent Assistant is at Hand (or at Least “On Wrist”)
While the just-announced Apple Watch features health monitoring, payment processing and other really cool applications, is the shiny new thing just a fashion accessory or highly functional intelligent assistant?
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Seven Key Reasons Why Empirix Acquired Verios Software
Empirix is acquiring a provider of real-time analytics to test, monitor and manage wireless networks to improve the customer experience. Here’s why:
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eGain and NICE Systems Bolster Customer Care Platforms with Reporting Capabilities, Real-Time Analytics
With an emphasis on delivering souped-up anlaytic capabilities to understand customer conversations across any channel, at scale and in real-time, both eGain and NICE Systems announced new platform soultions
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West Interactive and Interactive Intelligence Partner to Broaden Cloud-based and Hybrid Contact Center Offerings
West Interactive and Interactive intelligence form partnership to sell, service and support each other’s portfolio, delivering impactful changes in the roadmaps of both companies.