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 February 2010

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Healthcare in the Cloud

 
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  * Join CosmoCom at the BCBSA Healthcare Call Center Conference  
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Don't Miss CosmoCom at Strategie Clients in Paris

 
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ContactCenterWorld Germany a Big Success - Again!

     
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CosmoCom Technology a Crowd Pleaser in Japan

 
  OTHER DEPARTMENTS
  ) HQ Happening: CosmoCom Techies Honored
  ) Bits & Pieces: Some VoIP Factoids
  New Members of the CosmoCom Family
  Tradeshow News: Coming Attractions
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S TEL SUBSCRIBES TO CCU-POWERED CALL CENTER SERVICE FROM TATA

India’s New Telecom Operator Adopts Hosted Contact Center Solution for Superior Customer Care

One of the benefits of being a CosmoChronicle subscriber is access to CosmoCom "news" before the general public. So here is a preview of a news release hitting the wire in early March about another successful hosted contact center customer deployment  by CosmoCom partner Tata Communications. The press release will share information on how S Tel, a new and rapidly growing mobile services brand in India, formed an alliance with service provider Tata Communications to deploy its on-demand hosted contact center (InstaCC) services, powered by CosmoCall Universe, for S Tel’s operating markets across the country.

S Tel -India's Newest Mobile TelecomS Tel, a joint venture between Siva Group (formerly Sterling Infotech Group) and BMIC Limited, a subsidiary of Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco), has deployed the solution in India for its for its Bihar & Jharkhand, Odisha and Himachal Pradesh markets, and is undertaking an aggressive roll-out plan in growth markets of Jammu& Kashmir, Assam and North East in the coming months. In just the first few weeks of launching their service, S Tel had already signed up 1/2 million subscribers and the momentum is growing.

You can read the whole press release before anyone else can and hear more about what S Tel CEO, Mr. Shamik Das, and others have to say.

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HEALTHCARE IN THE CLOUD

Healthcare Contact Center in the CloudCloud Computing is certainly gaining in popularity across all geographies and industries. It only makes sense that it would as more and more businesses are understanding the benefits and potential cost savings of going virtual. Healthcare is an industry in need of change and one where cloud computing can have a huge impact. We are experiencing this first-hand in the customer (or patient) communications arena alone as a growing number of healthcare organizations reach for the cloud to improve their services and reduce cost.

We have to admit that we borrowed the title of this article from a recent event that a number of us in the New York office attended earlier this week. Healthcare in the Cloud was the topic of the LISTnet (Long Island Software and Technology Network) "Best" event in Garden City on Feb 24. Not surprisingly, the topic drew a standing room only crowd with at least a couple hundred regional technology and healthcare professionals gathered to hear Russell Artz, Founder and Vice Chairman of CA, moderate a panel of thought leaders from CA, IBM, CEWIT-Medical Division and Softheon discuss how and why cloud-based applications can and will be a major factor in improving the state of healthcare. Just a few of the benefits raised were: improved reach of services; better patient outcomes from consolidated access to patient information and reduction of medical errors; cost reduction from better resource utilization and elimination of redundant processes; greater transparency as a result of data consolidation and better reporting; and the list goes on and on.

On many counts the points that the panel were making paralleled and reinforced many of the healthcare messages that CosmoCom has been evangelizing, and the receptivity by the audience was great validation that our thinking in the matter was directly on point. The "cloud" has been at the center of CosmoCom's philosophy from day one and our IP contact center suite was designed from the ground up with unity and multi-tenancy as cornerstones. If you haven't already done so, why not take a look at our Healthcare Contact Center white paper?

 

 

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JOIN COSMOCOM AT THE BCBSA HEALTHCARE CALL CENTER CONFERENCE

US Healthcare Show and France Customer Relations Shows Top List

In early March, CosmoCom will again be participating in the annual Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) Call Center and MTM Conference in the US. This year's event will take place in Salt Lake City, Utah where you can find CosmoCom on the exhibit floor as well as at the podium in the session line-up.

Blue Cross Blue Shield AssociationBut first some background for those of you who do not know what Blue Cross Blue Shield is. BCBS is a federation of 39 independent health insurance networks (plans) serving the needs of over 100 million Americans in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. One of the plans that CosmoCom is fortunate to count among our customers is OnLife Health who provides health coaching and lifestyle management to keep plan members healthier and insurance costs down. OnLife Health is the new name for Gordian Health (see "Gordian Selects CosmoCom for Healthcare Contact Center" from 2007).

From March 7-8, plan members attending the conference are invited to join CosmoCom in booth 404 to learn how CosmoHealth and CosmoHealth ProActive can help them communicate better with their plan members and improve the bottom line at the same time. In addition, on March 9, from 3:45 - 4:30, CosmoCom's Bill Frazier, Regional Director, Southeast Americas, will be delivering a general session on "Contact Center Trends in Unified Member/Provider Communications and Proactive Disease/Lifestyle Management" to help educate plan members on what is happening and what is possible in this exciting area of healthcare.

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DON'T MISS COSMOCOM AT STRATEGIE CLIENTS IN PARIS

SecaIf you are in Paris, France from 16 - 18 March, make sure to visit Strategie Clients at Port de Versailles - Hall 1. The event is the consolidation of the famous Seca+IT outsourcing and call centers services trade fair with two other related industry shows. And while you are there, make sure to look for CosmoCom, but it shouldn't be too hard to find us. CosmoCom technology will be represented on roughly half of the entire show floor area - both in our own stand E19/E23 as well as in the booths of many partners from the region.

In the CosmoCom stand we'll again be playing host to several partners including Telemetris and Orange Business Services as well as service providers Vidalia and PhoneControl. The themes for this year's booth are Time to Market as well as Integrations and so you'll see many demonstrations of CCU integration with Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Workforce Management (WFM) and Quality Monitoring (QM) as well as representative solutions from some of the above-mentioned partners. Next month we'll bring you a more detailed report, after the show, but we sincerely hope you will be able to join us there and see our contact center technology for yourself.

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CALLCENTERWORLD 2010 IN GERMANY A BIG SUCCESS - AGAIN!

ContactCenterWorld 2010

Our German team is keeping busy these days following up on the many opportunities that resulted from the recent CallCenterWorld show in Germany. The event, which is touted as one of Europe's biggest trade fairs, was held at the Estrel Convention Center in Berlin from 9 - 11, February.

Running for the 12th time, CallCenterWorld once again impressively proved that it is justifiably the major event for call centre management, customer service and customer care in Europe. With 7,500 visitors, Management Circle – the organizer – was able to reaffirm its quality and significance. The four-day congress was very well attended. With a total of 242 exhibitors, the trade fair achieved the second-best result in its twelve-year history.

But enough on the general success of the show. For three very busy days, CosmoCom teamed up in cooperation with leading German systems integrator, Bechtle, to treat enterprises and service providers from around the world to demonstrations of the latest in advanced contact center technology and answer many questions from those looking for new or replacement platforms. There was a lot of excitement and interest in the Consolidation 2.0 value proposition among visitors who were eager to learn about how to reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction, especially in the present economy.
 
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COSMOCOM CONTACT CENTER TECHNOLOGY A CROWD PLEASER IN JAPAN

CRM Forum Japand 2010Getting February off to a good start, CosmoCom Japan joined forces with regional systems integrator and business partner NCL Communications (NCLC) to impress attendees in Tokyo at the TechMatrix CRM Forum 2010. There was a strong and steady flow if traffic at NCLC booth 6 where CosmoCom helped NCLC manage the crowds that gathered to see and learn about CosmoCall Universe 6.

In addition to the strong presence in the exhibit hall, NCLC Executive Vice President, Mr. Mitsunori Matsuzaki, delivered a rousing session on Cost Effective Contact Center Platform in the Cloud. Interest in the event was strong with an audience of around 200.

Back at the NCLC booth, for those that came to the show interested in cloud-based contact center solutions and/or were inspired by Mr. Matsuzaki's presentation, regional service provider, NEC Fielding, was showcasing their IreqCC Hosted Contact Center service based on CosmoCall Universe.

No matter what their contact center interest was, attendees were sure to find a solution to meet their needs at the NCLC booth.

 
 

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HQ HAPPENINGS

CosmoCom Techies Honored

2010 has been an incredibly busy year from the start, and as a result we forgot to share some well earned kudos for several of our development and support staff who joined the ranks of the 2009 LISTnet Twenty Top Techies. The awards were revealed to the winners during a celebratory dinner event honoring the men and women who are the "unsung" heros behind much of the great software developed on Long Island. Congratulations to our very own Yuiry Aleksandrov (QA Engineer), Andrey Krasnov (QA Automation Team Lead) and Justin Smith (Support Team Leader) for being selected for this honor. Their combined contributions toward making sure CosmoCom delivers quality contact center software and quality customer support is greatly appreciated by everyone at CosmoCom, and we're sure by our valued customers and partners as well. Well done Yuri, Andrey and Justin!

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 BITS & PIECES: SOME VOIP FACTOIDS

US Call Center Job Market in Recovery?
According to the newly released National Association of Call Centers (NACC) "State of the Industry: 4th Quarter 2009" report, US call centers are continuing to see a recovery with the 3rd consecutive quarter of job growth. The executive summary reports, "In the fourth quarter of 2009 more call center jobs were gained in the United States than were lost creating a three quarter long job recovery from the recession low of fourth (4th) quarter 2008."

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NEW MEMBERS OF THE COSMOCOM FAMILY

CosmoCom Israel

Gil Cohen has become a full time Systems Engineer in the Israel office. However, Gil is no stranger to CosmoCom technology having had plenty of experience working part-time as a TAC Engineer in the office since 2007 while completing his BSc in Computer Science and Management Information Systems from University of Haifa.

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TRADESHOW NEWS: COMING ATTRACTIONS


Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Call Center and MTM Conference
March 7 - 10, 2010
Grand America Hotel
Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Learn about CosmoCom's Healthcare Communications Solutions in booth 404

Also hear CosmoCom's Bill Frazier speak about "Contact Center Trends in Unified Member/Provider Communications and Proactive Disease/Lifestyle Management" on March 7 at 3:45 p.m.


Seca Strategie Clients - Seca
March 16 - 18, 2010
Paris Expo
Porte de Versailles - Hall 1
Paris, France
Stand E19/E23

More information coming soon


ATA American Telemedicine Association American Telehealth Association 2010 Annual Meeting and Expo
May 15 -18, 2010
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
San Antonio, TX, USA

Join CosmoCom in booth 942 to learn more about CosmoHealth


ON-DEMAND WEBINARS
View On-Demand Webinars including "New Horizons in Telehealth", "Consolidation 2.0", "Hosted Contact Center for Outsourcers", "Contact Center On-Demand" and "Telecom Customer Care"

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