Category: Announcements

Introduction Agents play a critical role in a company’s customer experience strategy. They are often the primary point of contact for customers when they have questions, concerns or complaints. The quality of customer service provided by agents can have a significant impact on customer satisfaction and loyalty. Moreover, agents are not identical and perform at […]

Contact centers aim to provide consistent, high quality customer experiences. However, this requires agents to be aware of the relevant customer information and business rules in order to deliver the best service. Traditionally, agents used multiple applications to handle customer interactions. Amazon Connect agent workspace is a unified experience for contact center agents to access […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) was named a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Contact Center as a Service, Q1 2023 for the first time since Amazon Connect, our easy-to-use cloud contact center, was launched in 2017. We believe this leader placement reflects the rapid pace of innovation and continued success customers of all sizes see delivering […]

Over the course of 2022, we have seen organizations who use Amazon Connect, create innovative experiences on behalf of their customers. This includes leveraging machine learning capabilities and insightful analytics to identify trends and areas for improvement in customer service. In this blog post, we wanted to recap some of the frequently deployed and tested […]

In 2022, re:Invent returned to in-person gathering of over 50,000 attendees and exciting line-up of launches, keynotes, and sessions. Attendees witnessed new solutions, and delved deep into customer experience innovation, particularly with regards to Amazon Connect. This includes many new trailblazing capabilities including new chat analytics, Agent Workspace, and capacity planning tools. If you missed it, take […]

Introduction Organizations today are challenged by an evolving privacy and regulatory landscape, which can vary by geography, industry, or business need. To comply with these privacy regulations, contact center administrators are often required to enforce least-access privileges to sensitive resources used within their contact centers. With the tag-based access controls in Amazon Connect, you can […]

To build a customer centric culture many organizations have altered their efforts to focus on differentiating their customer experiences. Wowing your customers through the contact center will make it easy for your customers to continue to do business, engage, and build loyalty with you. Amazon is excited to announce Supervisor Barge for Amazon Connect Voice […]

Amazon Connect has an amazing lineup at re:Invent this year, with over 30 sessions spanning Business Applications, Industry, and Partner tracks! With new launches, leadership sessions, breakouts, workshops, and an in-person customer reception, there will be something to do for everyone. Here is a guide to help you build your agenda and get the most […]

Introduction Amazon Connect Cases allows your agents to track and manage customer issues that require multiple interactions, follow-up tasks, and teams in your contact center. As an organization, it becomes important to define performance metrics for resolving cases and identifying any bottlenecks. Amazon Connect supports Cases events streams which provide you with near real-time updates […]

Many contact center managers want to proactively reach out to more customers by leveraging high-volume voice, SMS and email capabilities to keep them engaged, informed, and on schedule for appointments, bill payments, or other events and activities. The vast majority of these communications are phone calls, and in many contact centers, agents make the calls […]