May 2004

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CosmoCom™ Announces New Streamlined Tenant Provisioning Module

 
 

CosmoCom Selected by EagleIP for Hosted Contact Center Platform

 
  CosmoCom and EagleIP Press Conference a Work of Art  
  More Kudos for CosmoCall Universe™  
 

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

 
  Become a User Judge for a Chance at $100  
  Did You Miss the CosmoCom/Datamonitor "Why CCOD?" Webinar?  
  Multi-Tenancy Empowers Service Providers and their Customers  
  BT Contact Central OnDemand Takes to the Streets  
 

OTHER DEPARTMENTS

 
  New Members of the CosmoCom Family  
  Take a Refreshment Break with CosmoCom at SUPERCOMM this June  
  Merrill Lynch Sets Sights on "On Demand"  
  Tradeshow News: Coming Attractions   
 
 

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SUPPORTNET UPDATES

 

CosmoCom continues to improve CosmoCall Universe. The latest support updates are now available on SupportNet. Highlights include:

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4.3.4: Hot Fix Bundle to improve call routing and logging (HFB434-10516)

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4.3.4: Hot Fix Bundle including enhancements to RTR, logging performance and multi-tenancy capabilities (HFB434-10487)

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4.3.2: Optional fix for Win98 PCs using co-browsing (HF42-7077)

In addition, new Microsoft updates have passed QA for CosmoCall Universe deployment.

SupportNet is CosmoCom's online support extranet for customers and partners. If you have not yet obtained your secure login information, please contact your CosmoCom representative or send an email to supportnet@cosmocom.com.

 

 

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===TOP STORIES===

 
COSMOCOM ANNOUNCES NEW STREAMLINED TENANT PROVISIONING MODULE

Supports Wholesale/Channel Model and Tenant Self-Creation

MELVILLE, NY - May 4, 2004 -- CosmoCom, the leading provider of multi-tenant, IP-based contact center solutions, today announced a major enhancement to the provisioning system of CosmoCall Universe, the CosmoCom platform that enables service providers to offer Contact Center On-Demand (CCOD) services. The new tenant provisioning module simplifies tenant creation, reducing setup time to less than one minute. It also allows service providers to market and deploy services through channel partners (sub-landlords), each of whom can provision and manage its own group of tenants. Furthermore, it enables service providers and their channels to offer complete self-provisioning of a hosted contact center via the web, including the initial step of tenant creation.

The new tenant provisioning module streamlines to a minute or less the entire tenant creation process, previously a manual process that required a trained technician and considerably more time. Sub-landlords can create and manage tenants without the intervention of the service provider. The process is so automatic that it can be linked to a service provider or sub-landlord’s web site to provide complete end-to-end self-provisioning for the CCOD service. As always, each tenant has full control of its own virtual call center for activities such as adding and modifying agents, queues, groups and skills, changing call routing, and producing reports.

To read the full release, visit www.cosmocom.com/pressreleases/PressReleases2004/pr05042004.htm

See below for more information about multi-tenancy and the capabilities of CosmoCall Universe.

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COSMOCOM SELECTED BY EAGLEIP FOR HOSTED CONTACT CENTER PLATFORM

EagleACD Service Targets North America and Offshore Outsourcing to India

On April 13, 2004, CosmoCom and North American service provider, EagleIP announced that EagleIP, LLC has joined the growing list of telephone companies using CosmoCall Universe as the platform for their hosted contact center offerings. EagleIP, the newest of the Eagle group of telecommunications companies, is the largest CosmoCom customer so far that is focused on the North American market. The new service, called EagleACD, will feature very aggressive pricing and a special emphasis on enabling offshore outsourcing in India, a powerful combination that CosmoCom believes will interest many prospective customers from small to large.

"We chose CosmoCom after doing a thorough evaluation of all available technology providers. We have big plans for this venture, and we wanted to be sure that we were building our service on the right foundation," said Kent Charugundla, Eagle’s CEO. "We are confident that we’ve found the best technology, and also that with CosmoCom we have a supportive partner who understands that our success is their success."

"We welcome Eagle as a customer and new CCOD provider," said Ari Sonesh, CosmoCom's CEO. "We are especially happy to know that the CCOD options for companies based in North America are expanding, and we are pleased and proud to be one of the technology enablers of this growth. Technology alone is not enough. Only the offerings and aggressive marketing efforts of service providers like Eagle can bring the benefits of this technology to the enterprises that need it."

To find out more, read the release at www.cosmocom.com/pressreleases/PressReleases2004/pr04132004.htm

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COSMOCOM AND EAGLEIP PRESS CONFERENCE A WORK OF ART

On the eve of the CosmoCom and EagleIP announcement of the EagleACD offering, a group of analysts and industry reporters gathered to listen to a joint press conference at the New York City headquarters of Eagle Telecommunications. Set to a backdrop of impressive artwork in Eagle's spacious art gallery conference space, Eagle CEO Kent Charugundla, CosmoCom EVP Steve Kowarsky and Datamonitor Senior Analyst Robin Goad shared their thoughts on the North America Contact Center On-Demand opportunity, the Eagle/CosmoCom relationship and the new EagleACD offering. After the official announcement all had the opportunity to discuss what had been shared at an informal cocktail party.

CosmoCom EVP Steve Kowarsky with EagleIP CEO Kent Charugundla at the press conference

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MORE KUDOS FOR COSMOCALL UNIVERSE

CosmoCom Receives 2004 Long Island Software Association (LISA) Award

The CosmoCall Universe platform continues to be acknowledged for its excellence, adding the 2004 LISA Award to its wall of honor. CosmoCom received the award on May 4, 2004 at a gala event, which also included a product demonstration showcase. CosmoCom was in good company with fellow award-winners that included Computer Associates, ADP Investor Services and Acclaim Entertainment, to name a few.

The LISA Awards Program was created to celebrate the strength and diversity of the software industry on Long Island. Presented by LISTnet (Long Island Software and Technology Network), the program recognizes excellence in a wide range of software.

 

===OTHER DEVELOPMENTS===


BECOME A USER JUDGE FOR A CHANCE AT $100

CosmoCall Universe is entered in the sixth annual Users Choice Awards and now is your chance to be a User Judge. This awards program is a Best of Class recognition for customer management products and services, based on the judgments of the people who actually use them. It is sponsored by CRMAdvocate. Awards are based on input from the people who know CosmoCall Universe best - the users! No panel of judges, no "industry experts" - just you!

Please visit www.userschoiceawards.com to be a User Judge and give your honest evaluation of CosmoCall Universe. It takes only two minutes. Your vote automatically enters you in a drawing for the $100. Thank you in advance for your support.

Note: The Awards Program is administered by an independent third party that has approved this communication. CosmoCom, along with other companies in the program, are sending this message to all users.

Participate in the Users Choice Awards
Vote Today!

  

  

  

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DID YOU MISS THE COSMOCOM / DATAMONITOR "WHY CCOD?" WEBINAR?

Don't Worry, View the Recording...

On April 14, 2004, CosmoCom and special guest, Datamonitor, presented a webinar entitled, "Why Contact Center On-Demand (CCOD) - The Bright Future of a New Service Delivery Model." 

Datamonitor's Robin Goad, senior analyst, CRM, joined CosmoCom's Erik Laurence, vice president of business development and product management, to present the webinar. The program detailed the compelling benefits of hosted contact center services to both service providers and their enterprise customers. Some of the topics discussed by Goad and Laurence included:

  • Contact center as a hosted service

  • The burgeoning growth of the Contact Center On-Demand market

  • The strong business case for an enterprise to adopt CCOD instead of building and operating a premise-based system or outsourcing the entire function

If you were among the many who attended this virtual event, we hope you found it interesting and informative. However, if you missed this event about the value of hosted contact center services, you can still get the important information it offered from this recording on the CosmoCom website.

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MULTI-TENANCY EMPOWERS SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THEIR CUSTOMERS

Multi-tenancy enables several customers ("tenants") to be serviced on a single platform while maintaining strict separation and security of and between the tenants. It is this capability which allows service providers to efficiently and profitably offer hosted call center services that are also more affordable for the tenants. Without multi-tenancy, service providers can only build a separate, dedicated platform for each hosted client, an inefficient architecture that has an almost linear cost curve and is feasible only for the largest customers.

CosmoCom's CosmoCall Universe multi-tenancy capabilities go far beyond simply enabling several secure tenants. Features such as tenant self-administration, a browser-based interface, and GUI-based call flow design, put daily administration in the hands of the tenants themselves, giving them more control of their operations.

For more on CosmoCall Universe's multi-tenancy capabilities, visit www.cosmocom.com/ProductInfo/Multi-tenancy.htm

A white paper on the subject, "Multi-Tenancy for Network-Based Hosted Call Centers", can also be downloaded from our website at www.cosmocom.com/whitepapers/whitepaper-multitenancy.asp

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BT CONTACT CENTRAL ONDEMAND TAKES TO THE STREETS

BT Contact Central OnDemand takes to the streets (or below them, to be exact) in this aggressive advertising campaign featured in the London Underground.

This photo of one of the large billboards in the Liverpool Street Station shows how BT is promoting the hosted version of the popular BT Contact Central, a product that includes both CRM and contact center. BT Contact Central OnDemand is based on Siebel OnDemand and CosmoCall Universe.

   

          

===OTHER DEPARTMENTS===


NEW MEMBERS OF THE COSMOCOM FAMILY

CosmoCom would like to extend a warm welcome to our new employees worldwide:

Headquarters
Vanessa King, Director of Marketing Communications
Eyal Manor, AVP of Research and Development
Cathleen Seaman, Receptionist
Vadim Vinshtok, Director of Product Management

Israel
Adi Yosov, Sales Manager

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TAKE A REFRESHMENT BREAK WITH COSMOCOM AT SUPERCOMM THIS JUNE

If you are attending SUPERCOMM in Chicago this June, make sure you visit CosmoCom's hospitality suite in the Hyatt Regency McCormick Hotel, adjoining the Convention Center.

Running around the show floor all day can be hectic. Why not take a break and pull up a comfortable seat, have a refreshing drink and get a chance to talk one-on-one with CosmoCom specialists (including CEO, Ari Sonesh) or view a demo?

We'll have even more information in the next issue of CosmoChronicle.
To learn more visit www.cosmocom.com/Special/Supercomm2004.asp

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MERRILL LYNCH SETS SIGHTS ON "ON DEMAND"

The concept of On Demand continues to snowball in popularity as yet another household name takes note of the trend. Recently Merrill Lynch announced the formation of the Merrill Lynch On Demand Index (MLODI) to "help investors track, measure and better understand the transformation of the software industry to an On Demand model."

Among the highlights in a report called "Software Goes On Demand", which introduces the index, Merrill Lynch states:

  • We believe that 2004 will be the year the software industry will hit a critical inflection point and move closer to being consumed as an On Demand service.

  • We define On Demand as the new software business model that enables organizations to reduce cost, optimize time, and minimize risk through term based licensing and outsourced delivery solutions.

  • As a result, we expect more customers to opt for term of subscription based licensing versus the traditional perpetual model and move toward outsourced solutions.

These points reaffirm CosmoCom's decision to focus on Contact Center On Demand solutions and the utility pricing model. CosmoCom is pleased at this further indication that the concepts at the heart of our market strategy are gaining momentum in the mainstream.

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TRADESHOW NEWS: COMING ATTRACTIONS

Call Center Demo & Conference Call Center Demo & Conference
May 13-14, 2004
Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
Orlando, FL

Learn about EAGLE ACD's Contact Center On-Demand solutions in Booth E22.


SeCA

SeCA
May 25-27, 2004
Paris Expo
Porte de Versailles
Paris, France

CosmoCall Universe will be featured at:
British Telecom (BT) Exhibit Booth E21
France Telecom Exhibit Booth C15
PhoneControl Exhibit Booth C3


CommunicAsia 2004    CommunicAsia 2004
June 15-18, 2004
Singapore
   

SUPERCOMM
Hospitality Suite June 21-24
Hyatt Regency McCormick Hotel (Adjacent to McCormick Place Convention Center)
Chicago, IL, USA

Have a drink, talk to CosmoCom, see a demo. Find out more.


 

 

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