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Today's SSDEX Figures

Index

Close

Change

Percent

SSDEX
Dow
Nasdaq
S&P500

60.81 8001.99 1720.34 1042.72

0.64
-152.42
-39.93
-23.37

1.05% -1.87%
-2.27%
-2.19%

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.


Today's Gainers and Losers

   Company   

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 Change 

 Percent 

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

2 1/8
9 1/2
16 11/16
1 7/16
3 1/8
41
26 13/16
9 17/32
31 5/8
16 9/16
10 1/2
3 5/16
4 5/32
7 13/16
10 1/16
5 3/8
2 1/16
6
2 1/4
26 7/8
9
7 1/8
2 1/2

1/2
1 15/16
1 11/16
1/16
1/8
1 3/8
7/16
1/32
1/16
1/32
0
0
- 1/32
- 3/16
- 1/4
- 5/32
- 1/16
- 1/4
- 1/8
-1 5/8
- 13/16
- 11/16
- 1/4

30.77%
25.62%
11.25%
4.55%
4.17%
3.47%
1.66%
0.33%
0.20%
0.19%
0.00%
0.00%
-0.75%
-2.34%
-2.42%
-2.82%
-2.94%
-4.00%
-5.26%
-5.70%
-8.28%
-8.80%
-9.09%



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Note that 'managing by the numbers' is accomplished via input from external metrics (i.e., the caller satisfaction or CSI index data referred to in Figure 1.1), competitor callcenters (i.e., best-in-class benchmarking data), and internal metrics (i.e. average speed of answer, percent abandoned calls and the like). Information from these three sources combined in a management process leads to quality management decisions. CallCenter Management by the Numbers by Jon Anton


      

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  Product News    

Edify Introduces Product Designed To Build Banking Relationships via the Web and Call Center

Edify Corporation today announced that it has entered the market for Web business banking software by introducing a product specifically designed for financial institutions that want to redefine their relationship with their business banking customers.

  General News    

Industry Rountable at CSC Conference to Explore the Future of Technical Support

Motive Communications, Inc. will be hosting a roundtable discussion to address emerging trends in the technical support industry on October 8, 1998 during the Annual Customer Support Consortium Conference. The roundtable will feature an informal discussion exploring such topics as the impact of the Internet; the emerging support chain automation market; the role of knowledge management, email and self-service tools; support solutions re-use and the customer's involvement in the support process.

Conference Helps Companies Learn How Enterprise Marketing Automation (EMA) Leverages the Internet

EMA is the focus of a half-day educational conferences conducted by Rubric, Inc. Anu Shukla, CEO of Rubric, Inc., Tom Kippola of The Chasm Group, and Anita Bloch of THINK New Ideas, Inc., are featured speakers at a 10-city conference series on closed loop `e-marketing' using Internet marketing campaigns to build customer relationships.

netDialog Signs AT&T Executive William Bondurant

netDialog(TM), Inc. announced today that senior industry executive William R. Bondurant has joined the company as vice president of marketing. Mr. Bondurant, well-known for his strategic marketing roles at AT&T Wireless Services, Xerox, Hewlett-Packard, and General Mills, will play a fundamental role in establishing marketing direction for a new class of software, Online Customer Management (OCM).

  Customer and Partner News    

Bell Atlantic Selects Astea ServiceAlliance and IET-Intelligent Electronics' W-6 Service Scheduler

Astea International and IET-Intelligent Electronics today announced that Bell Atlantic Communications and Construction Services, Inc. (BACCSI) has chosen Astea's ServiceAlliance customer service software suite and IET's W-6 Service Scheduler for multi-state deployment. BACCSI supports the installation, repair and service of remote video equipment and cable systems in thousands of homes and businesses within its mid-Atlantic territory, as well as providing telephone, video and interactive multimedia support services for various Bell Atlantic operating units.

  Financial News    

Aegis Communications Reports Quarter, Fiscal Year End 1998 Results; Company Posts Operating Profit in Fiscal Fourth Quarter

Aegis Communications Group, Inc., formerly known as ATC Communications Group, Inc., today announced a net loss for the quarter ended June 30, 1998 of $1.1 million, or $0.05 per share, as compared to a net loss of approximately $2.0 million, or $0.08 per share, for the same period last year.

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