RA'ANANA, Israel--Nov. 10, 2003--NICE Systems (Company
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Frost and Sullivan announced the award win in its latest "Asia Pacific Interaction Customer Relationship Management (ICRM) Market" report. The report confirms NICE's leadership in the overall Asia Pacific call monitoring market in 2002, featuring strong growth in India, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, China, and Australia. It states that "established presence in the logging market has allowed NICE to leverage (its) installed base to win large call monitoring contracts in such key industries as financial service, telecommunications insurance, and the outsourcing segments."
"This award, coupled with the success of the Summit, comes as proof of our ongoing progress in Asia Pacific, and is aligned to our strategy of moving beyond recording to deliver business solutions to customers," commented Haim Shani, president and CEO of NICE Systems Ltd. "We see a clear trend of growing revenues for NICE in Asia Pacific, and we are fully committed with dedicated local marketing, support and services teams throughout the region. NICE is now in the best position to take full advantage of the excellent potential for growth in Asia Pacific, where, for example, VoIP is gaining momentum."
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About NICE
NICE Systems (Nasdaq:NICE - News) headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel, is a worldwide leader of multimedia digital recording solutions, applications and related professional services for business interaction management. NICE products and solutions are used in contact centers, trading floors, air traffic control (ATC) sites, CCTV (closed circuit television) security installations and government markets. NICE's synergistic technology platform enables customers to capture, evaluate and analyze business interactions in order to improve business processes and gain competitive advantage. NICE's subsidiaries and local offices are based in the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, France and Hong Kong. The company operates in more than 100 countries through a network of partners and distributors. (NICE website: www.nice.com)
NICE's worldwide clients include: ABN Amro, Bank of England, Boston Communications, Compaq Computer Corporation, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank, Emeraude Group, US Federal Aviation Administration, Hong Kong Airport, Japan Ministry of Transport, MicroAge Teleservices, NAV Canada, Nokia, SNT Group, Software Spectrum and Sydney Airport.
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