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Summer 2006



The Season of Workforce Management: A Time to Grow

Summer is a season of growth. This time of year, yellow pansies, pink geraniums, orange lantana, purple verbena and red roses are blooming. Vegetable gardens are producing a bounty of tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, carrots and corn. And Aspect Software is no exception to the trend. It too continues to grow.

In fact, it recently won an award for cultivating the leading crop of workforce management software: the Frost & Sullivan Growth Strategy Leadership Award for demonstrated leadership within the global workforce management market. According to Frost & Sullivan, Aspect Software is the leader in the workforce management market and gained the most share globally over competitors in 2005.

Aspect Software has also grown with the acquisition of SophistiCom Technologies. Sophisticom developed an application that will be known going forward as Aspect® Quality Management, which according to Paul Stockford, chief Saddletree Research analyst, "was really the only piece of a workforce optimization suite that was missing from Aspect's performance management product line."

"Combined with Aspect's outbound offering, including workforce management and performance management, Aspect has a WFO suite that is unmatched in today's contact center industry," said Stockford.

Unmatched at least until this summer's upcoming release of Aspect® eWorkforce Management 7.0, the latest version of Aspect's award-winning software that has a new and improved user interface and enhanced support for outbound and blended environments and additional languages.

Yes, summer is a season of growth, and in the case of Aspect Software, it is also the season of workforce management. Staying true to that theme, our lead articles in this issue of "ONE" are about how you can be a better contact center gardener and get your workforce to bloom!

Insights Inside

Growing a Quality Work Culture for Your Agents: Just Add Water?

Have you ever heard of a critter called a Chia Pet®? It's one of those as-sold-on-TV products that include a decorative ceramic planter in the form of a bunny, a puppy, a turtle or some other cute little creature, and a seed packet. You plant the seeds, add water and watch them grow into the shape of the animal's hair. Cute, right? Wouldn't it be great if growing a contact center's culture was just as easy: Add agents and stand back? Yes, but alas, that's not the case.

Whether Competing in the World Cup or the Contact Center, Use Your Head: Follow Expedia's Playbook to Avoid Time-Wasting Penalty

What do contact center agents have in common with soccer players (better known in many countries as footballers) in this summer's FIFA World Cup competition?

Deal or No Deal? Retention Rates at Stake in the Contact Center

Welcome to the latest craze in contact center game shows ...

Agent #1: I would like to come to work 45 minutes later and stay 45 minutes later on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, so I can take a morning yoga class. Deal or No Deal?

Agent #2: I would like to come to work 30 minutes earlier and leave 30 minutes earlier on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so I can pick up Johnny Jr. from team practice. Deal or No Deal?

Agent #3: I want Wednesdays off from June through August, so I can volunteer at a summer camp for kids. Deal or No Deal?

Okay, so it's not quite the same as the popular version of the TV show. True, Howie Mandel isn't hosting, and no silver suitcases are involved. But there is a lot at stake.

Extras

And the Aspect Excellence Award Winners Are...

This year's Aspect Excellence Awards recipients are companies that have demonstrated significant contact center innovation or an impressive return on investment using Aspect Software products. Honored at the 2006 Aspect Customer Conference in Dallas, the winners are Partner Communications Company Limited and T-Online International AG.

New Web-Based Resource for Aspect Customers: Knowledge Center Database

Aspect Software customers with current maintenance agreements and partners have a new web-based resource for finding information about Aspect products and services quickly and easily.

Congratulations Are in Order!

Join us in congratulating Aspect Software customers Brinks Home Security, HealthNet, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Expedia, VW Credit, Penske Truck Leasing and Accenture Business Services for Utilities for recently earned industry accolades.

2006 Aspect Software, Inc. All rights reserved.


2006 Aspect Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
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