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eGain Achieves Knowledge-Centered Support (KCS) Verification From the Consortium for Service Innovation
Verification Emphasizes Industry's Growing Demand for Knowledge Management Solutions That Deliver Improved Service Quality and Reduced Costs
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(Marketwire - April 8, 2009) - eGain Communications Corporation (OTCBB : EGAN ), the leading provider of multichannel customer service and knowledge
management software, on-site and on-demand, announced today that its
knowledge management solution, eGain® Knowledge™, has been recognized
as "Knowledge-Centered Support (KCS) Verified" by the Consortium for
Service Innovation (CSI).
The Consortium is a non-profit alliance of support organizations and
technology providers. Since 1992, they have worked to develop KCS into a
best practice methodology for creating and maintaining knowledge in a
support environment. KCS is a critical part of day-to-day operation in
support centers -- it helps businesses maximize operational efficiency by
improving their effectiveness in solving problems. In turn, organizations
are able to reduce support costs and enhance their overall service quality.
"The Consortium for Service Innovation is pleased to have eGain as one of
our KCS Verified Vendors. The Verification process is thorough and
challenging, and by submitting to the program eGain has aligned themselves
with forward thinking service enablers that have become strategic partners
with service providers to turn information into knowledge," said Greg
Oxton, Executive Director of the CSI.
Through Inference Corporation, a knowledge management (KM) pioneer that
merged with eGain in 2000 and subsequently through a unified multichannel
KM platform in eGain Knowledge, eGain has been delivering innovative KM
solutions to enterprises for two decades. The company has a number of
patents in KM, including many in the area of case-based reasoning, and was
the first provider to introduce interactive knowledge management solutions
for contact center agents in 1990 and for web self-service in 1995. Rated
#1 by analysts*, eGain's KM solution is used in many enterprises for
unified agent-assisted customer service and web self-service. eGain
Knowledge 7.6 achieved KCS verification, based on rigorous testing.
"eGain has always recognized the central role of knowledge in providing
efficient and effective customer service," said Ashu Roy, Chairman and CEO
of eGain. "This verification from the Consortium for Service Innovation
shows that we are not only aligned with an emerging industry standard for
knowledge management, but also dedicated to offering the best solutions to
our customers."
Additional information on eGain's knowledge management solution is
available at:
http://www.egain.com/products/knowledge_management.asp
*Rated #1 by Patricia Seybold Group in 2005 Bull's Eye Report on Knowledge
Management for Customer Service.
Rated #1 in "knowledgebase" in the October 2008 report "The Forrester
Wave™: Customer Service Software Solutions, Q4 2008."
Rated #1 in the report "The Forrester Wave: Customer Service Management
Software," Q2 2007 for Interaction-Centric CSM Software.
About the Consortium for Service Innovation
The Consortium is a non-profit alliance of support organizations and
technology providers. To improve the customer experience, the members work
together in collaboration to develop operational models. This innovative
work bridges emerging academic principles to practices which optimize
business results. For more information about the Consortium, please visit
their web site at www.serviceinnovation.org.
About eGain
eGain (OTCBB : EGAN ) is the leading provider of multichannel customer
service and knowledge management software for on-site or on-demand
deployment. For over a decade, hundreds of world's largest companies have
relied on eGain to transform their traditional call centers, help desks,
and web customer service operations into multichannel Customer Interaction
Hubs (CIH). Based on the Power of One™ -- the concept of one unified
platform for customer interaction and knowledge management -- eGain
solutions help improve customer experience, optimize end-to-end service
process, increase sales, and enhance contact center performance.
Headquartered in Mountain View, California, eGain has operating presence in
North America, EMEA and APAC. To learn more about us, visit www.eGain.com
or call our offices: +1-800-821-4358 (US), +44-(0)-1753-464646 (EMEA), or
+91-(0)-20-6608-9200 (APAC).
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