Verint Systems Launches Enterprise Quality Workshop  (email this article)

Partners with Consulting Firm TARP to Enable Customers to More Effectively Align Contact Centers With Enterprise Goals

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Melville, New York - August 10, 2004, Verint Systems Inc. (Company Profile, Past Stories, Case Studies)(NASDAQ: VRNT), a leading provider of analytic software-based solutions for communications interception, networked video security and surveillance, and business intelligence, today announced a new enterprise quality workshop, entitled Actionable Intelligence for a Smarter Workforce, to be delivered in partnership with leading service transformation firm, TARP. The workshop is designed to help customers more effectively align their contact centers with enterprise goals.
 
Actionable Intelligence for a Smarter Workforce will examine enterprise customer service initiatives and translate these initiatives into goals and key performance indicators for the contact center. Through a combination of onsite discovery and facilitated classroom sessions, the 4 day workshop will enable Verint customers to create a balanced enterprise quality program for improved workforce performance and enhanced customer satisfaction and loyalty.
 
John Goodman, President of TARP and a contact center industry veteran, said, “Our research has consistently shown that organizations that link company goals, contact center goals and customer satisfaction are ultimately more competitive and more profitable.” With a 32 year track record of providing actionable, measurable results to global Fortune 100 clients, TARP provides research, analysis and targeted consulting focused on the financial impact of customer service. “We are pleased to partner with TARP to deliver this important offering,” said Mariann McDonagh, vice president of global marketing for Verint Systems. “Actionable Intelligence for a Smarter Workforce will enable Verint customers to implement a quality program tailored specifically to the needs of their organizations and obtain maximum return on their investment in our ULTRA solution.”
 
ULTRA Intelligent Recording drives total quality by enabling organizations of all sizes to cost effectively capture all customer interactions and extract actionable intelligence from telephone, Voice-over-IP, email, chat or agent assisted co-browsing contacts. Easy access to all customer data through ULTRA’s Web-based desktop portal enables enterprises to use what they learn from customer contacts to optimize their processes, increase productivity, comply with risk management requirements and improve service to their customers.
 
About Verint Systems Inc.
Verint Systems Inc., headquartered in Melville, New York, is a leading provider of analytic software-based solutions for communications interception, networked video security and surveillance, and business intelligence. Verint software, which is used by over 1,000 organizations in over 50 countries worldwide, generates actionable intelligence through the collection, retention and analysis of voice, fax, video, email, Internet and data transmissions from multiple communications networks. Verint is a subsidiary of Comverse Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMVT). Visit us at our website www.verint.com.
 
Note: Certain statements concerning Verint’s future revenues, earnings per share, results or prospects are “forward-looking statements” under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. There can be no assurances that forward-looking statements will be achieved, and actual results could differ materially from forecasts and estimates. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include: changes in the demand for Verint's products; further decline in information technology spending; risks associated with acquiring and integrating the assets and business acquired from ECtel including products and technologies, as well as retaining key employees and customers, which could result in a substantial diversion of management resources, the incurrence of contingent liabilities, amortization of certain identifiable intangible assets, research and development write-offs and other acquisition-related expenses; the uncertainty of customer acceptance of Verint’s products; Verint’s lengthy and variable sales cycle makes it difficult to predict operating results; dependence on contracts with governments for a significant portion of Verint’s revenues; markets for Verint’s products failing to develop; risks that Verint’s intellectual property rights may not be adequate to protect its business; risks associated with rapidly changing technology and the ability of Verint to introduce new products on a timely and cost-effective basis; inability to maintain relationships with value added resellers and systems integrators; risks associated with Verint's ability to retain existing personnel and recruit and retain qualified personnel; risks associated with changes in the competitive or regulatory environment in which Verint operates; risks associated with significant foreign operations, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; risks associated with Comverse Technology, Inc. controlling Verint’s business and affairs; and other risks described in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These risks and uncertainties, as well as others, are discussed in greater detail in the filings of Verint with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All documents are available through the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov or from Verint’s website at www.verint.com. Verint makes no commitment to revise or update any forward-looking statements.
 
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Editorial Contact:
Mariann McDonagh
Verint Systems
(516) 677-7191
mariann.mcdonagh@verintsystems.com