Verint’s ULTRA IntelliCoach Wins Best of Show At International Call Center Management Event (email this article)

IntelliCoach Chosen as Best Agent Productivity Solution

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Melville, New York – August 12, 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 and business intelligence, today announced that its new agent coaching and development solution, ULTRA™ IntelliCoach™, received the Best of Show Award for Agent Productivity at the International Call Center Management (ICCM) event in Chicago, one of the industry’s leading conferences. IntelliCoach extends the reach of the ULTRA suite, enabling an organization to leverage its actionable intelligence to help enhance workforce performance and deliver high quality customer service across the enterprise.
 
ULTRA IntelliCoach enables contact center executives to intelligently manage the entire agent evaluation, feedback, coaching, and development process, quickly highlighting gaps in agent skill sets, and facilitating prompt corrective action to impact performance. ULTRA IntelliCoach helps strengthen coaching relationships by addressing unique development requirements, providing agents with the specific training and support they need to expand knowledge, build confidence, and improve performance.
 
“Verint is honored to receive the Best of Show award for ULTRA IntelliCoach, as it is further proof of the power of actionable intelligence in driving improvements in enterprise quality,” said Mariann McDonagh, vice president of marketing for Verint.
 
Verint’s ULTRA Intelligent Recording is designed to drive enterprise quality by enabling organizations of all sizes to cost-effectively capture every customer interaction and extract actionable intelligence from telephone, Voice over IP, email, chat or agent assisted co-browsing contacts. Easy access to 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, 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