Siri is being covered in most of the business and popular press as a “mobile assistant.” But its long-term impact is tightly bound to how end-users discover, define, and get comfortable of new ways to control devices, navigate content and carry out daily activities through mobile devices.
Thanks to advances in reliability, capacity and security, “The Cloud” has become the general destination for applications, storage and computer power that used to live almost exclusively within enterprise firewalls. This creates a new playing field where old-guard, voice application service providers (like Voxeo, Convergys, Microsoft/Tellme, Nuance) are on a par with Amazon.com, Salesforce.com, IBM and other “giants” of cloud computing.
Featured Research Shoppers and browsers turn to the Web, search engines and social networks for advice and information about goods and services; but the phone (especially mobile) and contact center resources still figure prominently into their conversational path. Leading contact… Read More ›
With over 6.5 million registered voice prints supporting user authentication, we can begin to detect patterns that are defining successful adoption of the technology. It is clear that voice biometrics must be incorporated in multi-factor deployment schemes and that demand is destined to be driven by creating a positive user experience across multiple communications modalities and networks. That creates a “multiplier effect” as system integrators, application developers and mobile service providers discover the value of stronger authentication of individual end-users.
Featured Research In January 2007, Opus Research’s annual “what to expect” advisory included a section called “Make Way for Mashups” in which we described opportunities to bring together content, information and status indicators from a variety of sources to deliver… Read More ›
A survey of over 200 customer care professionals, sponsored by Empirix and conducted by Opus Research, discovered that use of social media and “cloud computing” is on a par with popular IM and collaboration platforms.
Featured Research Providers of hosted speech applications were ahead of the curve in anticipating and accommodating requirements for third-parties to handle seasonal or media-driven spikes in calls to customer care agents or IVR resources. Today, to stay ahead of the… Read More ›
Featured Research A fundamental shift is taking place as customers assume control of the time, place and context for their interactions with selected vendors. In this report, sponsored by SpeechCycle, Opus Research describes the current sea change in customer care… Read More ›
Featured Research With more than five million registered voiceprints around the globe, it appears that voice biometric-based solutions are poised to assume the pivotal role of user authentication to support higher levels of trust among users of mobile apps, remote… Read More ›
Featured Research In this era of social media, customers are becoming much less patient with traditional customer care channels. That’s why it’s so interesting to evaluate survey results that provide insight into customer preference and intention to use new tools… Read More ›