ContactCenterWorld.Com Announces Winners In The 1st Annual Members’ Choice Awards Ceremony
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada – February 27th, 2003: ContactCenterWorld.com (WWW.CONTACTCENTERWORLD.COM), the world's #1 online global resource for the Contact Center industry, is proud to announce the winners for the 1st Annual Members' Choice Awards held exclusively on the website. The virtual presentation, hosted by Editor-in-chief Raj Wadhwani, highlighted the winners - the best companies, solutions and software for call and contact centers today as voted for by their customers.
Awards were given out in 20 different categories and over 1200 members and customers of the 65 companies who entered around the world took part.
In announcing the winners, Raj Wadhwani added " these awards are designed to recognize true leadership and customer focus. The quality of feedback from voters was staggering and each one of the winners deserves the credit and recognition they will get as a winner. We are proud to have presented these unique awards and know that next years competition will be even fiercer!
How the awards were presented
Each entrant could choose between entering a local (national) award, regional (EMEA, APAC, Americas) and Global award. Votes from those respected areas were counted and an overall score determined from all votes per entrant. The winners were chosen based on the total overall votes .
The winners of the 2003 ContactCenterWorld.com Member's Choice Awards are:
For Best ACD/Switch Award
Best in the US - Symposium Call Center from Nortel Networks
Best in EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) - Symposium Call Center from Nortel Networks
Best in Americas (Nth & Sth) - Aspect Call Center from Aspect Communications
Best Global – Rockwell FirstPoint Contact
For Best After Sales Support Award
Best Global - FirstPoint Solution Services from Rockwell FirstPoint Contact
For Best Consultancy Award
Best in the UK - CC Associates
Best in the US – ICMI
Best Global - Oetting & Co.
For Best CRM Solution Award
Best in the US – Edify 8.0 from Edify Corporation
Best Global – Clientele CRM from Epicor Software Corporation
For Best Headsets Award
Best in the US - Plantronics
Best in the EMEA – Plantronics
Best In APAC – Plantronics
Best in Americas – Plantronics
Best Global - Plantronics
For Best Help Desk Solution
Best in the UK – SupportSoft's Resolution Suite By SupportSoft Inc
For Best Industry Conference
Best in the US – ATA Annual Convention & Exhibition 2002 from the American Teleservices Association
For Best Industry Print Publication
Best in the US - Call Center Magazine from CMP
Best Global - Call Center Management Review from ICMI
ContactCenterWorld.com would like to say congratulations to all the winners, and look forward to seeing more companies in the 2004 Members' Choice Awards next February which are now open for companies to enter at ContactCenterWorld.com/awards.asp
About The Members' Choice Awards
Launched in the summer of 2002, the Members' Choice Awards are the industry's first and only independent awards program where users vote for their favorite solution providers on a national, regional and global basis. There are no judges and no panels. Each award is based on the quality of all votes received.
For more information contact Raj Wadhwani, Founder & Editor-In-Chief
ContactCenterWorld.com
Phone: 1-807-624-2080 x 2224
Fax: 1-807-624-2088
Email: rajw@contactcenterworld.com
Date and Time Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2003 8:28 AM