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Today's SSDEX Figures

Index

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Change

Percent

SSDEX
Dow
Nasdaq
S&P500

54.03 7640.25 1566.52 973.89

-0.60
-41.97
-5.34
-8.37

-1.12% -0.55%
-0.34%
-0.85%

Support Stock Index (SSDEX) is the support industry's health barometer. It is a measure of the stock performance for companies that sell products and services to the support / customer interaction industry. On 12/31/96, SSDEX's value was set at 100, making it easy to see how the industry is performing as a group.


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Today's Gainers and Losers

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 Change 

 Percent 

Astea
Inference
SITEL
Peregrine
SPS Pay
Pegasystems
West Tel
ICT Group
Remedy
APAC Tel.
Vantive
Melita
Aspect
Clarify
Aegis Comm
IMA
Siebel
Precision
Sykes
Applix
Teletech
Firstwave
Datawatch

1 3/4
3 23/32
3 5/8
28 1/32
31 3/16
20 1/2
10 1/2
2 1/2
9
3 1/4
7
10 15/16
23 7/8
9 5/8
2 1/32
6 7/8
23 1/8
4
13 3/4
2 1/4
7 19/32
2 3/4
1 5/16

1/8
7/32
1/16
11/32
1/8
0
0
0
0
0
0
- 1/16
- 3/16
- 1/8
- 1/32
- 1/8
- 1/2
- 1/8
- 1/2
- 1/8
- 15/32
- 1/4
- 1/8

7.69%
6.25%
1.75%
1.24%
0.40%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
-0.57%
-0.78%
-1.28%
-1.52%
-1.79%
-2.12%
-3.03%
-3.51%
-5.26%
-5.81%
-8.33%
-8.70%



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Genesys Announces Customer Using Customer E-Mail Management Solutions

Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc. through its Adante subsidiary, today announced that Ameritrade, Staples, Texas Instruments, Circuit City, Andersen Consulting And others select Adante 2.0 to manage high volume customer interactions via the Internet . The Genesys/Adante e-mail management solution helps companies route, respond to, track and report on high volumes of customer e-mail in an efficient and personalized manner.

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Level 2: Your Friend or Foe? - Service News Article

Every good help-desk manager needs to know who their friends and foes are. Regardless of how you really want to handle the resisters, you have to remember that the help desk is the advocate for the client, and it therefore must find a way to win the respect of level 2 techs. Full Story - http://www.servicenews.com/periodical/dolink.asp?issue=9809&page=9809sccol.htm

Vantive CEO John Luongo Named Call Center Pioneer by Call Center Magazine

The Vantive Corporation announced that Vantive CEO John Luongo has received Call Center Magazine's 1998 Call Center Pioneer award. The award recognizes individuals who have had a significant impact on the development of the call center industry. Honorees are selected by the editors of Call Center Magazine.

Patrick Bultema Joins Service Management International's Board of Directors

Service Management International (SMI), a provider of professional services for customer and knowledge management, appointed Patrick Bultema to its board of directors. Bultema is an authority in the business of high-technology customer interaction was general manager of The Help Desk Institute Full Story - http://www.realmarket.com/news/smi090498.html

Inference Appoints New Distributor in Germany

Inference Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement with TIME FRAME AG to distribute Inference's CBR Content Navigator product line throughout Germany.

West TeleServices Shuffles Management

West TeleServices Corp. said Thursday it named Thomas Barker to the additional post of chief executive officer, and promoted Nancee Shannon Berger to chief operating officer.

Remedy Names Chief financial Officer

Remedy Corp. Thursday named Ron Fior, formerly of Thomson Corp.'s educational publishing unit, as chief financial officer.

National TechTeam and GE Appliances Announce Opening of Call Center

National TechTeam, Inc. and GE Appliances announced the opening of a call center in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan as a part of the joint venture. It is anticipated that up to 300 customer support technicians will work at this location.

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