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have to spend another half an hour calling the helpline to explain it all to a human. Real-time CX requires the ability to detect a customer’s frustration. A natural language processing API is needed to detect that tone. Using context- aware APIs will allow a customer to be automatically put through to a human agent. That live agent can then immediately react to the transcript in front of them, calming the customer and saving both parties valuable time and energy. Cloud infrastructure agility The flexibility that APIs facilitate is exactly what allows CX to keep pace with customer behaviour. But delivering this level of responsiveness requires the right underlying foundation. This is where CPaaS’s cloud-based infrastructure comes into play. CPaaS brings these APIs together into a single, coordinated layer, allowing organisations to keep communications connected and consistent in real-time. That’s because CPaaS acts as a central coordination layer, enabling organisations to manage phone lines, SMS, email and social media communications through a single layer. Used correctly, CPaaS is the difference between a happy customer getting a proactive update that puts them at ease and an exhausted one stuck in a loop of repeating their story to systems that don’t talk to each other. Not only can it help give customers value for money, but it also makes efficiency savings for organisations and protects their reputations.
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Used correctly, CPaaS is the
costly engineering projects that required rebuilding the tech stack from the ground up. Today, cloud-based infrastructure acts more like a living system that can pivot and scale to an organisation’s needs. It removes the physical burden of traditional infrastructure, and that agility is essential for rapid deployment across regions. Because the software logic is managed in the cloud rather than on individual local servers, a customer in London can receive the same real-time interaction as a customer in California, with the same level of quality and consistency. Gone are the days of plugging in communication after the strategy is finished. In a real-time CX world, communications need to be a programmable part of a company’s daily operations. Leaning on CPaaS to help integrate engagement tools into live data is the key to turning a stodgy organisation into an agile powerhouse. We’re still in the early stages of what programmable, real-time CX can deliver. The technology is here, and infrastructure of all sizes and scales is more accessible than ever. Most of what is possible hasn’t been built yet, but mindsets are starting to shift. Communications still gets treated as a layer you bolt on at the end of a strategy. It needs to be part of how the strategy gets executed. The companies that make the shift first will own the next decade. n
difference between a happy customer getting a proactive update that puts them at ease and an exhausted one stuck in a loop of repeating their story to systems that don't talk to each other.
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Entering a new market used to be hard work.
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