Supplier Spotlight: Effortless

04/21/2020 7:10 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
It's probably not surprising that remote workers outperform office workers in several key areas. Studies have shown that people working remotely are more productive, better at collaborating, and more present than their office-bound counterparts.

Supplier Spotlight: RapidScale

04/16/2020 6:00 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
Technology started allowing us to work remotely in the early 2000s. originally allowing people to connect to corporate networks from home to access email, file servers or other systems. A lot has changed, for the better.

Wuhan Virus Phishing Attacks

04/15/2020 7:51 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
I just got an e-mail from the WHO asking for a donation to help fight coronavirus. It looked good. It sounded good. It was a fake. Asking for a donation in Bitcoin set off my alarm. We may get sick, but phishing, the art of conning people via email or texts, is as healthy as ever.

Supplier Spotlight: Nextiva

04/14/2020 11:04 AM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
Many organizations have shifted their tools and systems for remote teams for the first time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For employees and employers, this is a major adjustment. Now is the time to optimize the rushed solutions set in place. Cloud 9 is here to help.

Supplier Spotlight: StratusWorx

04/13/2020 10:52 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
For businesses suffering from COVID-19, contact Cloud 9. Many of our providers are offering non-profits, healthcare providers, and small businesses six months of free Cloud Desktops, including free Microsoft Office with Microsoft Teams, for up to 10 users.

Supplier Spotlight: Dialpad

04/10/2020 7:18 AM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
Work from anywhere with Dialpad. A modern phone system, for a modern workforce, born in the cloud. Move your phone system, conferencing and call center to the cloud. Support your modern, mobile workers. Work from anywhere and let Ai make every call a smarter call.

Supplier Spotlight: GoTo / Jive

04/09/2020 7:55 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
To say things have dramatically changed over the past few weeks in the face of COVID-19 is a tremendous understatement. The promise of a remote workforce has been building steam for quite some time – but seemingly overnight, nearly everyone has been forced to accept remote work as their new normal.

Supplier Spotlight: 8x8

04/09/2020 6:20 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
Let’s face it, working from home is here to stay. And if you want your business to succeed, now is the ideal time to optimize your temporary remote practices that might be "good enough" now into something that you can scale and continue indefinitely as a team.

WFH: The New Normal

03/19/2020 5:00 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
Business continuity is important during these weird times. Enabling work-from-home (WFH) technologies for staff will be important. There are many offering free tools and solutions with extended free trials. But it is still important to evaluate your options, even if only temporary.

Supplier Spotlight: CallTower

03/11/2020 8:10 AM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
Microsoft Teams is a perfect fit for many organizations. CallTower is a perfect fit for Microsoft Teams. Contact Cloud 9 to learn more. We are UC industry experts

Supplier Spotlight: RingCentral

03/10/2020 9:07 AM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
FINALLY!, there is a way to use a third-party voice solution integrated with Microsoft Teams! RingCentral offers the largest ecosystem of integration apps in the communications and collaboration space to maximize productivity and efficiency.

Supplier Spotlight: Verint

02/27/2020 9:35 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
In the evolving Experience Economy, 2020 is shaping up to become the year to apply predictive technologies to the customer journey. Organizations must continuously re-calculate the next-best action for each customer, at each moment.

Supplier Spotlight: Sharpen

02/27/2020 6:12 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
With the right call center tools in your hands, grow to be the customer service team other teams envy. In our ever-changing, tech-savvy world, learning how to deploy a call center system with your agents in mind makes a world of difference. Sharpen has many great tools available to make that happen.

Supplier Spotlight: NICE InContact

02/26/2020 10:07 AM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
NICE InContact and it's CXone platform is the cloud contact center leader and there's a good reason for it. Contact Cloud 9 Advisers to find out why and see if CXone is right for your call center needs.

Supplier Spotlight: Genesys

02/24/2020 12:01 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
Business leaders understand that having happy and loyal advocates is the result of a thriving CX practice. Looking from the outside-in, how do you cultivate an employee experience that creates happy, productive and loyal team members? That’s the $11 billion question.

Supplier Spotlight: Five9

02/24/2020 9:34 AM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
Five9's omnichannel is a seamless flow across all customer touchpoints. The transition is smooth and natural - from social, to chat, to phone - just like a conversation between long-time friends.

Supplier Spotlight: Speakap

02/21/2020 2:13 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
Speakap. The branded communication platform your frontline employees love to use. Every company faces the challenge of communicating with their employees quickly and effectively, privately and securely. Speakap helps you solve that problem. Contact Cloud 9 to learn more

Supplier Spotlight: Defendry

02/19/2020 6:36 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
New commercial applications are now available that utilize artificial intelligence, machine vision, Internet of Things, and camera-based security technologies to detect and interdict active shooter incidents before they become deadly.

Supplier Spotlight: Ruby Receptionists, Inc.

02/19/2020 4:17 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
The key to customer satisfaction is human connection. Everyone calling your business wants (and deserves!) fast, responsive, and personalized human service. Contact Cloud 9 Advisers for help with live answer virtual receptionist and chat services from Ruby.

Supplier Spotlight: Vigilant Technology Solutions

02/19/2020 12:13 PM By Chuck F - Comment(s)
Contact Cloud 9 to learn how Vigilant helps avoid catastrophe by giving you full network visibility to see threats 98-days sooner than the industry average!
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