By Esteban Kolsky on January 6, 2015
I shared with you the first of four top-level insights gathered via the research I conduct every year (thanks to the sponsorship of my friends at KANA, a Verint company). If you have not read them, you can read the high level entry here. I am today going to start sharing the first of four […]
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By Esteban Kolsky on August 18, 2014
For the third year in a row, and consistently growing in responses and popularity, it is time to measure what’s been happening in Customer Service. The survey, conducted by thinkJar and sponsored by KANA for the past three years, is a great way to showcase what’s going on in Customer Service, what has changed in […]
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By Esteban Kolsky on January 7, 2014
EVENT On January 6th, 2014 Verint announced their intentions to purchase KANA Software for a reported $514 million mix of cash and loan obligations. The expected close date is first quarter of 2014. ANALYSIS I cannot say I am surprised that Verint finally got into the multi-channel customer service market. I have been expecting this […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 7, 2014
Verint Adds to Vovici and Contact Center Assets To Expand Customer Engagement Offerings On January 6th, Melville, NY based Verint® Systems announced a $514M intent to acquire Sunnyvale, CA, KANA Software. Verint is a software vendor with a core in analytical software. Verint’s core offerings provide enterprise intelligence and security intelligence. The acquisition is significant […]
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By Esteban Kolsky on October 7, 2013
Better late than never, they say – and here comes this review of the KANA Connect user conference, earlier in September, in New Orleans, Lousiana (also known as NOLA, get the title now? get it? get it? that was the only time I will be obnoxious on this post). The event was well attended (rough […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on July 1, 2013
Just 14 months after announcing the acquisition of Trinicom, Kana has revealed the latest release of its cloud customer service suite for the mid-market, Kana Express. Released on June 27, 2013, the new product reflects the company’s mission “To provide leading customer service solutions that empower our customers to create experiences that count, for their […]
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By Paul Greenberg on February 21, 2013
We have three winners and four repeats. Huh? Well, 2012 winner Sword Ciboodle was acquired by KANA who also won last year. But this year our winners – KANA, Moxie and Parature – have far more daunting tasks than they ever did before. Herculean if you w…
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By R "Ray" Wang on August 2, 2012
Marketing and Advertising Budgets Are The New Land Grab Constellation Research, Inc. predicts that the global advertising market (paid search, display, and classified) will hit $125B by 2015. While IT budgets continue to stay flat, marketing budgets are up. Warc’s recent Global Marketing Index (GMI) entered positive territory in March 2012. Consequently, the heat […]
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