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Intelligent Assistants
Intelligent Assistants Chronicles: The Genesys-IBM Watson Partnership
In June 2014, Genesys and IBM formed a partnership which to insure that IBM’s Watson’s “cognitive computing” capabilities are integrated with Genesys’ Customer Experience (CX) platform.
Watson and Siri Are Conspicuously Absent in the Apple/IBM Partnership
On July 15, Apple and IBM forged a partnership whereby Apple appointed IBM as its exclusive partner for bringing iOS- and MacOS-based apps and services into the enterprise marketplace.
ADT’s Pulse® Voice App Brings Voice Biometrics into the Home Security and Automation Mix
The newly launched ADT Pulse® Voice App features two-factor user authentication that seamlessly combines voice biometrics with a customer-selected passphrase to provide highly-secure, smartphone-based control of a home’s security system and “smart home” functions.
From the People Who Brought you Siri: Welcome Kasisto
At the FinTech Innovation Lab Demo Day in New York City, SRI International launched its latest spin-off targeting the market for branded Intelligent Assistants in the enterprise space.
Amazon’s “Fire” Phone and MayDay Will Redefine “Mobile Assistance”
At the launch event, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos positioned MayDay as an alternative to the dreaded “Droid Forums.”
Gotta Be Gotta Be Dom! That’s Domino’s New Intelligent Assistant
Dom is the product of work that Domino’s has been doing with Nuance Communications, and is a branded version of Nina Mobile, which made its debut roughly two years ago.
Five9’s Summer Release Accelerates Integration of SoCoCare
At Call Center Week in Las Vegas Five9 officially launched the Summer Release of its core cloud-based contact center offering.
New Apple iOS to Ship with Baked in “Hey, Siri” Feature
“Hey, Siri” was the top feature promoted by Craig Federighi, senior vice president of Software Engineering, when he introduced iOS 8 at WWDC (Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference).
Who Needs the Talking Refrigerator When You Have Amazon Dash?
Amazon Dash is best thought of as a part of a generation of Intelligent Assistants that we, members of humankind, should start getting ready to master.