Enterprise Applications

Breaking through to customers and prospects is harder in the midst of constant competitive messaging. Inside this E-book, you’ll learn about some of the innovative ways companies have used Brainshark’s solutions to identify the hottest prospects, engage customers, better enable their sales teams, and improve their processes.

Research and analysis shows that 57 percent of B2B buying steps are completed before a buyer even connects with a salesperson. The role that the sales organization plays in B2B buying cycles has become even more critical. Consistency is necessary through every customer touch point and forms the basis for great customer experiences. In this executive strategy brief, we will explore customer experiences throughout the selling process, how sales must adapt in the age of the customer, and ways to improve sales performance that will positively impact the customer experience.

Research and analysis shows that 57 percent of B2B buying steps are completed before a buyer even connects with a salesperson. The role that the sales organization plays in B2B buying cycles has become even more critical. Consistency is necessary through every customer touch point and forms the basis for great customer experiences. In this executive strategy brief, we will explore customer experiences throughout the selling process, how sales must adapt in the age of the customer, and ways to improve sales performance that will positively impact the customer experience.

Research and analysis shows that 57 percent of B2B buying steps are completed before a buyer even connects with a salesperson. The role that the sales organization plays in B2B buying cycles has become even more critical. Consistency is necessary through every customer touch point and forms the basis for great customer experiences. In this executive strategy brief, we will explore customer experiences throughout the selling process, how sales must adapt in the age of the customer, and ways to improve sales performance that will positively impact the customer experience.

Sales people spend more time out of the office than in. When they are out of the office, they need information at their fingertips. And in today’s more mobile, more collaborative, and more data-rich business world, the needs of corporate sales forces are radically changing. In particular, sales people have always needed access to information about their customer before a meeting and an easy way to update customer information after a meeting. Now, to work more efficiently from the road, they could benefit from and in many cases need additional help in the form of relationship management assistance, collaboration tools, and contextual and relevant business analytics.

How are you helping to drive revenue? Sales enablement involves collaboration from every part of the organization. This E-book takes an inside look at how today's organizations can impove sales productivity - and put an end to "random acts of sales support."

Learn how you can harness the power of the cloud to run your business more effectively and lower upfront costs. Oracle ERP Cloud Service offers a comprehensive, enterprise-grade cloud that can transform back office operations and allow you to focus on running your business.

One of the biggest challenges facing companies is how to serve consumers in an environment where customer engagement is rapidly shifting. With the consumerization of customer service taking root, implementing a successful customer service experience strategy means enterprises need to be agile enough to serve customers on the their own terms across all channels.  This business guide shares best practices for how to do this successfully.

Two dominant trends are potentially reshaping the role of the HR function in the corporate world. The first relates to the rapid growth of the knowledge economy. In this environment, a committed, appropriately skilled and prudently deployed workforce is critical in order to develop new products and outstrip the competition. Second, many administrative functions that were formerly handled by HR departments, such as payroll and pensions, have now been farmed out to third parties. Indeed, research reveals that more than two-thirds of companies outsource a portion of their HR functions. This report by the Economist Intelligence Unit investigates whether the HR function is forging a close and robust relationship with the CEO. It also explores the nature of these working relationships, how they have been affected by the economic downturn and how they vary across industries and regions.

In today’s lean business environment, companies are maximizing the value of their people. Your people—or talent— are an asset you can leverage to dramatically increase your success. The more you know about your talent, the more you can drive performance. Leveraging talent management can help you capture meaningful information about people, know the talent that is driving results, and act on insight for better business performance. In today’s lean business environment, your people are an asset that can be dramatically leveraged to increase success. This executive brief investigates how organizations can better understand the talent that is driving results.

The ability to manage talent effectively can dictate the success of the entire organization. Organizations must invest in solutions that help attract, retain and develop talent while aligning to the overall goals and success of the business. This infographic provides insight why the future of human capital management depends on cloud-based talent management technology.

In a volatile and hyper-competitive market, delivering exceptional multichannel customer service consistently is essential. But delivering world-class service on tight budgets and to even tighter deadlines is a tough challenge for even the largest organizations. That’s why so many of the world’s most successful organizations choose to deliver customer service in the cloud. This eBook is a short introduction on how IT helps drive value for the business through cloud-based customer service solutions.

Social-enabled contact centers leverage social interactions to build stronger relationships with customers, deliver consistent and relevant brand experiences across touch points, and better engage customers with employees and partners. There are 3 capabilities your company will need to be successful.

Advances in human capital management technology mean that with the right talent management system in place, HR leaders can implement world-class strategies at their companies. Oracle Talent Cloud was developed using a holistic approach, so HR leaders can manage everything from recruiting, compensation and goal and performance management to employee learning and talent review, in a single, cohesive SaaS-based system.

The next generation of talent management practices and solutions will largely be driven by economic evolution, demographic changes, and technology advancements. These factors are dramatically influencing the way people work, the way companies are organized, and the way talent is managed. Current business and talent management processes and technology must evolve to effectively deliver business value over the next few years. This paper explores how current business and talent management processes and technology must evolve in order to effectively deliver business value in the next 5 to 10 years. The research presented in this paper is supported by interviews with thought leaders in talent management, including practitioners, academics, and technologists from around the globe.

Being responsible for one-third of a business’ success already puts HR in a critical role. But it’s not just about finding the best people—it’s about finding the best people, at the lowest cost, with the lowest possible attrition and the best possible performance. And it’s about guiding your executive team to the right decisions using the language they understand best: numbers. Talent management—covering everything from recruiting and compensation to ongoing education and retention—has traditionally been managed in silos, with a series of disparate systems and disconnected processes and reports. In today’s data-driven world, CEOs demand more. This new study conducted by HR.com explores what’s working for organizations today and the biggest gaps to fill.

3 best practices for providing ‘a little extra service’ using chat and email management that will save your company money and drives high customer satisfaction at the same time.

Investing in the creation of a Transformational State of Knowledge builds a defensible advantage in delivering great customer experiences. There are 3 capabilities your company will need to be successful.

Today’s consumers expect better service, better products, and better communication with retailers. Without a single view of the customer across all channels – including social media – retailers risk alienating customers and driving them to other brands. To meet these challenges, many retailers are deploying software-as-a-service (SaaS) contact center systems that address these problems and create new opportunities. This eBook follows one shopper’s journey and how the concept of the contact center of the future provides the better overall experience.

This Executive Brief explores the role of service and support in creating great customer experiences, the service goals market leaders use related to customer experience, the Oracle approach for empowering new service experiences, and how Oracle’s service solutions can help organizations create and manage their own great customer experiences across all channels, touchpoints, and devices.

Customers want to solve their issues quickly and easily on the Web. Here we provide 3 recommended capabilities to invest in to transform company knowledge and Web self-service tools so you can achieve higher customer retention and save millions on support costs.

Today customers look to engage with organizations through an increasing number of channels – and expect more from every customer service and support experience. A strategically implemented knowledge management initiative for both the contact center and Web self-service channels offers a powerful answer to this growing need to do more with less. However, a poorly implemented initiative can have a negative impact – increasing call and Web session time and frustrating both customers and agents alike. This eBook sets out 5 simple steps for optimizing customer service and support with an effective, best-practice-led knowledge management initiative.

Empower marketing professionals to analyze and act on marketing performance data.

Grow revenue by building better relationships with your customers.

Business analytics can help customer service departments acquire the information and capabilities to transform themselves.