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A year ago at AIOps Expo, we realized AIOps was really just a conversation piece – something people were starting to talk about but nobody really understood it’s full impact. We’ll kick off AIOps Expo 2020 with a look back at the past 12 months to understand where the market has come in 2019 and what is the current state of AIOps.
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Voice assistants and chatbot penetration continues to grow, creating not only a demand for new AI applications and voice-enabled devices, but also ensuring voice’s future as a critical business communications channel. That creates and opportunity to leverage current and emerging AI technologies to create innovative new business models. This session will look at what is currently possible with AI-based interactions, what isn’t and what is on the horizon based on what we want (and what we think we want).
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Microsoft, Slack, Zoom, Cisco and several other brands are doing their best to bring Unified Communications to the mainstream. Collaboration tools from these vendors, including video, conferencing, enterprise collaboration, chat, whiteboarding and more, are gaining widespread acceptance in the workplace. But there’s a problem: Their vision of collaboration does not play well with the traditional PBX. Microsoft with its Skype successor, Teams, has made the largest impact. With more than 15 million daily active users (and growing, including the migration of 50 million Skype for Business users, is creating a real conflict for businesses. Businesses want the new communications tools, which are often part of their Office 365 licenses, but adopting the Teams model may mean giving up PBX features on which they rely, because it’s confusing and inefficient to operate two separate communication systems. This session will explore this trend in detail by comparing the latest offerings from the new world of UC&C, considering real-world deployment models, offering options for enterprises looking for the best of both worlds, and discussing what the future holds.
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Artificial intelligence use cases are emerging in nearly every market. So what will it mean to service providers? In a data-driven world, how can service providers leverage AI to deliver better customer experiences, build new partnership models, and create new product and revenue opportunities? This session will discuss the emergence of AI and its potential to revolutionize the service provider market.
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If you’re an MSP, consider your business a prime target for sophisticated hackers. You don’t want your company to be the gaping hole in your customers’ security posture. It’s not only detrimental to them, but consider the devastation to your reputation and ability to ever build trust again. How can you effectively protect your business from malicious attacks to keep your customers safe? How do you develop and implement an effective security posture? What tools do you need to ensure security standards are always being maintained? What strategies do you need to ensure today’s efforts aren’t lost tomorrow as threats evolve?
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This quickly "matured" technology is a driving force enabling digital first firms to embrace the cloud and optimize operations. This panel discussion brings industry leaders together to take stock of where SD-WAN is as a technology and where it has to go.
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This session will discuss the development and creation of the voices behind AI-driven applications.
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There are hundreds of ways for people to communicate, but the gold standard is still email — no business can imagine eliminating email from their workflows. But, everyone agrees it can be improved. What’s the next advancement? Open source, collaborative email. This session will discuss the future of open source email, the increased security it provides, what it means for teams who work across oceans or across cubicles, and the benefits of collaboration tools for businesses of all sizes.
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As applications become increasingly complex and data-intensive, they inevitably put a bigger strain on IT teams and APM tools. Are we at a point where AIOps and APM can intersect and leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning to identify, diagnose, and fix application problems? This session will consider the evolution of complex application architectures and potential applications of AI for APM.
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It was only a few years ago that hype built around NFV and SDN rapidly and promised to deliver a new world of programmable networking. Growth never materialized – not the way it had been imagined by the media and vendors. What happened to create such a gap between hype and reality? Were expectations set too high? Were vendors and operators not collaborative enough? Has standardization been too slow? IS NFV implementation simply more complicated than we thought? This session will consider what has happened to slow the momentum around NFV, where do we go from here, and will NFC and SDN ever become the growth factors they were made out to be – or have other opportunities turned them into a passing fad?
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comScore predicts that voice will be used for half of all searches by next year, and Gartner goes even further, saying that 30% of all searches will be done without even a screen. For businesses looking to engage their customers in the most efficient and desirable way, that means they had better get their AI development hats on quickly. This session will help businesses discover how to use AI with existing APIs and services to build rich conversational experiences for users.
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In every workplace, there are cultural, personality, generational and geographic divides that make collaborating hard. At one end of the spectrum, there is real-time collaboration and, at the other end, there is collaboration on your own time (great for those who don't like dealing with people or who manage disparate team). These represent synchronous and asynchronous collaboration that are driven by a proliferation of business messaging tools. The question is, how do you get more out of these tools, particularly for those who don’t enjoy a lot of online chatter? The answer is knowing how to pair the difficulty of each task with the right collaboration medium. Binary answers need simple collaborative options, while more complex review tasks need richer approachs, including screen sharing and virtual face-to-face exchanges. Ultimately, it doesn't matter whether you hate interacting with people, because business messaging tools are bringing us closer together in ways that work best for our personal needs. This session will discuss these different approaches and how to get the most from them.
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How can AIOps evolve from the analytics of technology focused verticals to improving the digital transformation and application experience that businesses value? In this session, we will look at today's limitations for AIOps to deliver on the promise of digital transformation and application experience (AX). How do we evolve the industry from technology vertical-based solutions to holistic ecosystem the caretakers that can translate business/application needs within an end-to-end technology solution?
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Mobility is a key engine for business growth, paving a foundation for Digital Transformation and delivering more intelligence to mobile workforces. These technologies enable better customer service, new revenue opportunities, operational efficiency, and greater employee satisfaction – if they are deployed in ways that accommodate the need of both business teams and IT that must manage them. This session will discuss the Digital Transformation needs of all key stakeholders, the questions that every business should ask to understand workflows and application requirements, and the steps required to develop an effective and forward-thinking strategy for Digital Transformation that ensures positive outcomes while accounting for future needs.
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Spam calls with spoofed caller IDs have reached unprecedented levels, to the point where people simply refuse to answer calls. They are easily the biggest segment of consumer complaints to the FTC and the number of robocalls on a monthly and annual basis continues to climb. Reports suggest as many as 4/7 billion robocalls were placed in July in the United States. While the TCPA theoretically should protect against spoofed robocalls, technology has evolved in a way legislators simply could not project almost three decades ago. So, if technology is the problem, it should also be the solution. Enter STIR (Secure Telephone Identity Revisited) and SHAKEN (Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs) standards. This session will discuss the spoofed robocall epidemic, who bears responsibility for protecting subscribers, and how can modern technology help eliminate this growing problem and hopefully make it possible to actually know who is calling again.
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Today’s IT services landscape can be confusing for MSPs looking for an edge over their competition. What services offer the best opportunities for market share and revenue growth? Which ones make the most sense to integrate into existing service offerings? What are the best vendor selection strategies? What is the best customer acquisition strategy? Is it better to specialize or generalize? This session will discuss the opportunities that await MSPs and how they can most effectively take advantage of them to build their businesses.
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The SD-WAN marketplace delivers Baskin Robbins'-like options, with the space lacking standardization. The industry has called for standards for some time, and this past year the MEF has been working diligently to deliver. MEF leadership will walk attendees through the development of this process, and expectations of evolution over time.
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The FCC recently submitted a Report and Order defining new rules around the implementation of Kari’s Law, Ray Baum’s Ct, and other 911 dialing and notification mandates. What are these new requirements, how do they impact service providers, and what do providers need to do to ensure they and their customers are compliant with these regulations?
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While the SD-WAN marketplace offers options, it is important to place priority on security. Whether it is embedded in your SD-WAN solution or you're forced to overlay security, it's critical to do so with the best fit for your firm. This panel discussion will explore the security side of your software-defined WAN.
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This session features a business that believes CX is the new competitive battleground. Greater competition and growing consumer power have eroded traditional product- and service-based differentiation, forcing firms to seek new, more durable forms of competitive advantage. CX is the only sustainable source of competitive differentiation. With this goal in mind, SimpleTire set out provide information to its customers at a speed ‘Faster than Real Time.’ The wise say you can’t predict the future but, the fact of the matter is that we must, or we can’t keep up with the present. When a customer needs help, companies need to know a great deal ahead of “real” time in order to make decisions quickly enough. This session explores the process SimpleTire went through to accomplish that by creating a system to convert (a) text to speech, (b) speech to text, and (c) intelligent conversation with customers using chatbots.
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The shift of UC to the cloud has improved efficiencies and costs, but often has failed to improve communications and collaboration for the growing mobile workforce. Current “PBX-era” OTT mobile UC solutions have low adoption because they fail to deliver the usability and quality needed to drive significant use in today’s “smartphone era.” This under-utilization of UC platforms wastes enterprise investment and leaves mobile workers unbound by corporate IT management and compliance controls. In today’s highly competitive UC market, the winners will be those who leverage their networks to deliver a more mobile-native UC experience. Takeaways from this session include understanding how the workforce is changing from deskbound to mobile and remote, how enterprises can meet the needs of the mobile workforce, and an evaluation of different market approaches for mobile UC.
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The FCC recently submitted a Report and Order defining new rules around the implementation of Kari’s Law, Ray Baum’s Ct, and other 911 dialing and notification mandates. What are these new requirements, how do they impact service providers, and what do providers need to do to ensure they and their customers are compliant with these regulations?
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While the SD-WAN marketplace offers options, it is important to place priority on security. Whether it is embedded in your SD-WAN solution or you're forced to overlay security, it's critical to do so with the best fit for your firm. This panel discussion will explore the security side of your software-defined WAN.
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You want your customers to love you, right? Then you’ve got to meet them where they are! They want to serve themselves and generally do less work to give you their business. And when they need to talk to a human, they only want to deal with one. As customers, we can do everything with the phones in our pockets. Why can’t we use that same technology to interact with the brands we do business with? Companies have to catch up! Omnichannel has been a dream in the communications space for a long time, but it’s been a struggle for many organizations to implement. Thanks to new cloud-native, unified solutions, it’s easier than ever to achieve true omnichannel functionality and keep customers loving your brand!
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Augmented reality and virtual reality have drawn a lot of attention so far for their uses in gaming and entertainment. However, both technologies are still relatively new in the business world. That’s about to change. Soon businesses will be able to use AR and VR for numerous practical tasks, from device maintenance to collaborative design meetings, bringing the potential to transform and improve collaboration. This session will discuss the evolution of AR and VR into business technologies, current innovation underway, and lessons already learned from early experimentation. The results are surprising.
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As businesses increasingly increase the number of cloud provider they use, their IT operations are inevitably going to become more complicated as a result. While point systems have worked to provide enough visibility thus far, as IT infrastructures increase in complexity, the strain on IT teams to make sense of data from multiple sources will quickly outstrip their capabilities. AIOps can help. This session will discuss why AIOps is the solution to the multicloud problem. How will it help IT teams effectively aggregate data from multiple sources and automate advanced analytics to deliver actionable intelligence? What impact will it have on services and applications, costs, and user experiences?
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As the AI market has developed and matured, there are more tools available with the promise of improving your workplace. It’s an important decision for the CIO and IT management team. The right tools can help you build a future-proof workplace. The wrong tools will disrupt your culture and cause users to be skeptical of future updates. How do you determine which tools will fit your organization and drive productivity and which ones to carefully evaluate? This panel of AI leaders from disruptive companies will discuss best practices for evaluating your organization and identifying the tools that will automate the mundane and fuel creativity and collaboration.
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Over the next several years, nearly three-quarters of the workforce will be comprised of Millennials. Businesses have been aware of this developing trend for years. They know the ways Millennials work, use technology, and incorporate other tools such as AI and the cloud into their daily routines, is strikingly different from previous generations. The modern business should be making plans to adapt to their increasingly Millennial workforce, if they aren’t already in the process. This session will discuss the future of communications, the new disruptive workforce, and solutions that will enable enterprises to meet the needs of their entire workforces.
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Network virtualization has been around for many years now, but part of the challenge that has stunted its growth is a new set of operational challenges when managing the complexity of modern networks. Zero touch has been heralded as the next generation of network management to enable fully automated, accelerated network and service management and orchestration. Some argue zero touch is the only way to deliver the capacity, near-zero latency, reliability, and personalized or customized service that are called for today. This session will discuss: What does zero touch really mean? What are the requirements for zero touch? How will AI be involved? What other technologies will make zero touch possible? Why should service providers and network operators care? What are realistic expectation in terms of timelines and results?
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Despite the massive opportunity today’s IT service market presents, many MSPs are struggling to succeed. In fact, for every four new customers, MSPs in the U.S. lose three existing ones, stunting growth. At least some of the churn can be attributed to untrained technicians. As quickly as the cloud services market has grown, keeping up with demand has meant providers have had to expand their hiring pool to younger, less experienced techs, which has had an impact on customer satisfaction. What is the current skills gap in the MSP market? How is it really impacting service levels and growth opportunities? How can the gap be closed and how can MSPs adapt while that happens?
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Automation and artificial intelligence are revolutionizing operations, alleviating manual intervention, boosting performance, cutting costs and delivering efficiency to network operation.
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The onslaught of hacks and ransomware attacks on data centers and cloud providers, coupled with increased regulation from the EU and U.S., such as GDPR, the New York Shield Act, and the California Consumer Privacy Act, means companies need to shore up their cybersecurity postures or risk being put out of business. Two of the biggest IT budget items going forward will be dealing with cybersecurity and regulations. There are thousands of cybersecurity solutions on the market – Some work well together, while others do not. There is no substitute for an experienced MSP or MSSP to help companies deal with vendor selection, a security plan, pen testing, BCDR, patch management, and other security-related needs. This is the largest opportunity our market has ever had. The best part is we will make our money protecting our customers from the bad guys. There is no better or nobler opportunity than that.
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New trends, such as microservices, hybrid cloud, edge computing and IoT, are all creating more complex application infrastructures – with the intent of delivering better end user experiences. DevOps is supposed to increase agility and flexibility of app development and rollout, but the problem is the complexity of new apps makes it harder to actually perform troubleshooting and other DevOps functions. AIOps brings the automation that DevOps needs to be effective in complex app environments.
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This session will consider the role of analytics in conversational interfaces and its unique nature compared to other engagement analytics. We’ll get into ways to effectively monetize AI applications through higher customer satisfaction rates by turning analytics data into actionable intelligence.
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Enterprise users are being bombarded with new tools that are supposed to make them more efficient and productive. But, are they really accomplishing that objective? Or, are they actually causing employees to waste more time on finding the right tools, locating colleagues, information, scheduling, and other tasks that actually reduce productivity? When deployed and used properly these tools are supposed to save time, empower workers, reduce redundancies, and generally make businesses operationally more efficient. This session will discuss how businesses can ensure that happens, from choosing the right solutions to strategies for maximizing adoption and utilization. The end result, when done right, is more work gets done with less effort, confusion, and frustration.
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This discussion will cover key trends and capabilities in cloud-based solutions for VoIP service providers. Topics include challenges that a successful VoIP business needs to plan for such as switching, billing, customer management, mobile solutions, VoIP Origination and Termination, provisioning and more. Whether your business is already well-established, or just starting out, this session will provide you with new insights.
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More and more end users are looking to purchase services instead of products from their resellers and solution providers. This shift should cause solution providers of all shapes and sizes to take a hard look at their managed services offering. Whether you’re a VAR transitioning to an MSP model, an MSP looking to add more security to your offering, or an MSSP looking to continue to grow your business, there are several keys that will drive success. This session will discuss how to quickly and efficiently build a profitable managed security services practice with elements that will help solution providers better cater to their customers’ evolving needs, future-proof their businesses through recurring revenue and streamline operations with automation.
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Application performance is driving SD-WAN adoption. Service providers are pairing SD-WAN with UCaaS in the portfolio as a no-brainer value-add. The panel discussion with delve into how UCaaS is supported by SD-WAN, and why service providers are doing themselves a disservice by not bundling the two.
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As there is with every generation of wireless technology, the rollout of 5G has come with its share of marketing spend and media hype. Is the hype real or is 5G just an incremental evolution in mobile technology that most people won’t really realize happened other than seeing another number on their mobile screens? More importantly, where’s the revenue in 5G? Aside from mobile device manufacturers charging more for 5G-capabile devices long before their networks are live in most places, how are service providers going to leverage 5G? Is the opportunity with consumer or business customers, and what will the revenue-producing use cases be? Does it even rally matter? Will the 6G hype cycle begin before most people have even experienced 5G, creating an endless unrealized hype cycle
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For an MSP, adding SD-WAN to its arsenal of offerings is obvious. As MSPs embrace this transformative technology, there are still internal questions needing answers. This panel disussion will offer MSPs a basic blueprint for a newly sprung SD-WAN service provider -- from pricing to the portfolio.
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Imagine if the workforce were guided by the same turn-by-turn technology that we use to drive cars. Data is now firmly in the forefront of what we do and how we do it. Computers are increasingly taking on operational tasks, making room for people to add value in new ways. Are we on the cusp of data-driven systems that tell workers how to navigate at work? What tasks need to be completed? Which tactics will work best and how to adjust to changes along the way? What would these systems mean to the value of work, workers and people leaders? This session explores the the evolving world of work and its impact on technology and people, from the perspective of a Business Anthropologist.
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One of the greatest advantages of SMS messaging is that it can reach almost anyone, anywhere across the world, with little effort. Not only does this benefit your business when communicating with your existing customers but it expands your customer reach! With many messaging options to suit your business needs, global reach and easy implementation, there shouldn’t be any reason why you’re not maximizing this opportunity. Transform the way you communicate, and you’ll see why everyone is applying messaging to their business model.
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As there is with every generation of wireless technology, the rollout of 5G has come with its share of marketing spend and media hype. Is the hype real or is 5G just an incremental evolution in mobile technology that most people won’t really realize happened other than seeing another number on their mobile screens? More importantly, where’s the revenue in 5G? Aside from mobile device manufacturers charging more for 5G-capabile devices long before their networks are live in most places, how are service providers going to leverage 5G? Is the opportunity with consumer or business customers, and what will the revenue-producing use cases be? Does it even rally matter? Will the 6G hype cycle begin before most people have even experienced 5G, creating an endless unrealized hype cycle
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For an MSP, adding SD-WAN to its arsenal of offerings is obvious. As MSPs embrace this transformative technology, there are still internal questions needing answers. This panel disussion will offer MSPs a basic blueprint for a newly sprung SD-WAN service provider -- from pricing to the portfolio.
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From the early days of VoIP starting with Asterisk and through the advent of FreeSWITCH and on to WebRTC, Learn how the evolution of Software Defined Telecom has brought us a new era in communications like never before.
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Security is at the top of every business’ list of priorities – at least it should be. As voice applications continue to evolve and as user acceptance of and comfort with voice recognition grows, what implications does voice have for new security strategies? This session will discuss the advances in voice technology that can help businesses leverage voice as a security and authentication mechanism and build security into the conversational thread instead of requiring separate security transactions.
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Whether the goal is global scalability or simplified, effective and cost-efficient communications (or both), CPaaS is making digital transformation easier than ever, while providing investment protection for the future. This session will discuss why CPaaS is the wave of the communications future and why the flexibility and customization it enables is critical for businesses as they move into a new age of communications. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of the value of APIs and SDKs, why customization is necessary, how it can be accomplished easily and without headaches, and how they can create a customized communications solution instead of relying on a one-size-fits-all system.
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MSPs are businesses and, as such, they have goals. For some, it’s organic growth; for others, growth by acquisition; and for still others, it may be selling the company. The MSP market has become highly competitive, with more businesses choosing to work with MSPs for their IT needs, but also more MSPs entering the market as traditional resellers look to get into the services business to drive recurring revenue. The net result is a market that’s ripe for consolidation. As an MSP, what is your end game? Are you properly positioning your company for an eventual sale? This session will discuss how to prepare an MSP for potential acquisition, how to make your MSP more appealing to prospective buyers, and what red flags do buyers look for. Even if you’re not looking to sell, understanding exit strategies will help you build a better business by developing an effective, customer-focused environment that is focused on success.
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SD-WAN is supporting multi-location businesses, enabling multi-cloud connectivity and driving business results. This panel discussion will offer insight in answering the difficult questions when it comes to international and remote location deployments, offering use cases and exmaples to illustrate the international nature of this sprawling tech.
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The emergence of AI and automation has created a natural uncertainty regarding job security. There’s no question AI is changing roles and the job market, but it’s also creating opportunities for employees to excel in ways they never have previously. This session will discuss the new job opportunities AI is creating, as well as ways AI is being used to facilitate jobs in a gig economy.
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As cloud computing continues to transform the IT services market and create new opportunities for MSPs to expand their offerings and increase their value, they are faced with one overarching question. How should they price their new service offerings? What pricing strategies should MSPs adopt in order to be competitive yet profitable and protect their revenue streams?
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This panel discussion will explore the early paces of the SD-WAN research/deployment process, illustrating the boxes in need of checking when exploring SD-WAN options to ensure optimal results.
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Machine learning has been sweeping our industry, and the creativity it is already enabling is incredible. On the flip side, there has also been the emergence of technology, like Deep Fakes, with the possibility to spread disinformation. As a tool maker, is our technology neutral, or are we responsible for creating technology for good? How should we be thinking about biases of multiple forms when training AI? What can go wrong when learning is applied to indiscriminate user data? This session will consider these issues from multiple angles, weighing the positives of technology against their potential misuses.
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When customers contact businesses, it means they need something, often resolution to some problem. The better any company is at handling various types of customer needs, the happier their customers will become – and happy customers mean more business. In fact, customer service is becoming more of a differentiator than price or product, which means business leaders have to prioritize the way they deal with customers. That means understanding their needs and leveraging the latest tools and technology to meet them. In this session, panelists will discuss the current climate of customer experience and what customers are looking for, and the latest tools that allow businesses to meet those needs head on and truly impress customers.
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The age of conversational commerce is here, and the right communications technology tools are key to ensuring human agents are having meaningful interactions with customers at every touch point. With the increasing availability of open APIs, application and programmability capabilities are not an either/or equation anymore, and businesses today do not need to build everything from scratch to create a solution tailored to their needs. Next-gen APIs, enterprise applications and intelligent technologies allow brands to build innovative communications experiences for customers and increased productivity for the workforce. Intelligent communications can enhance the connection point between businesses and their customers, helping to drive better business outcomes. This session will illustrate how the unique combination of unified communications, contact center solutions and innovative programmable communications via APIs can empower brands to provide enhanced customer service through personalized and contextual communications, while enriching and streamlining human agents to be more productive. Learn how businesses are leveraging these tools to solve problems and address customer demands, all according to their unique preferences and needs.
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This session will discuss the impact of AI on the customer acquisition process, from marketing through sales execution. How is AI changing marketing strategy? How can automation be used to create more efficient and productive sales processes? What strategies should businesses follow to integrate AI into their sales and marketing workflows to increase conversion rates and customer retention?
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Traditional marketing is officially a thing of the past. Product and customer experience is officially the new “brand” that consumers recognize. But what does this mean for MSPs? This panel will discuss the new marketing paradigm that’s changing the approach for MSPs, and what new marketing strategies have proven successful – and what isn’t working. This panel of experts will discuss the impact of a new consumer-based decision model has on MSPs and how they need to adjust their marketing strategies.
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SD-WAN Expo 2020's final breakout session brings together Industry leaders to lend expertise to offer attendees the ability to see through the looking glass at what the future holds for SD-WAN.
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This session will discuss the impact of AI on the customer acquisition process, from marketing through sales execution. How is AI changing marketing strategy? How can automation be used to create more efficient and productive sales processes? What strategies should businesses follow to integrate AI into their sales and marketing workflows to increase conversion rates and customer retention?
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Traditional marketing is officially a thing of the past. Product and customer experience is officially the new “brand” that consumers recognize. But what does this mean for MSPs? This panel will discuss the new marketing paradigm that’s changing the approach for MSPs, and what new marketing strategies have proven successful – and what isn’t working. This panel of experts will discuss the impact of a new consumer-based decision model has on MSPs and how they need to adjust their marketing strategies.
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SD-WAN Expo 2020's final breakout session brings together Industry leaders to lend expertise to offer attendees the ability to see through the looking glass at what the future holds for SD-WAN.
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