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WestCX Launches Orchestrate
WestCX Orchestrate connects conversations, campaigns, AI, and governed intelligence in one orchestration layer. (Featured on
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.)
Posted April 29, 2026
Engageware Launches Voice Agents
Engageware Voice Agents can handle customer interactions from end to end.
Posted April 29, 2026
3CLogic Expands Voice AI Hub
3CLogic's latest updates to Voice AI Hub include new outbound voice AI agents, multimodal voice AI capabilities, and automated AI agent evaluations. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted April 28, 2026
AI Empowerment in Practice – Spotlight on Retail
ALDO Group improved its customer experiences with Five9.
Posted April 17, 2026
Twilio Launches Flex SDK and Salesforce Integration
Twilio's new Flex SDK and Salesforce Voice integration accelerate contact center deployment with human-in-the-loop capabilities.
Posted April 16, 2026
8x8 Launches 8x8 AI Studio
8x8 AI Studio brings agentic AI natively to the 8x8 Platform for CX. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted April 15, 2026
The CCaaS Opportunity Ahead: How Vendors Can Lead the Next Wave
Contact center-as-a-service solutions remain a core platform, but their roles are evolving. (Featured on
DestinationCRM
.)
Posted April 15, 2026
UJET Launches Google Cloud CCaaS by UJET
Partnership delivers Google Cloud CCaaS and Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience through AVANT's Global Network of Trusted Advisors.
Posted April 13, 2026
NiCE Integrates CXone with Epic EHR
Integration brings EPIC patient records and NiCE CXone communications together in one interface. Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted April 13, 2026
Segra Launches SkyVoice
Segra SkyVoice is a unified communications and contact center platform built on a fiber network.
Posted April 07, 2026
Why CX Needs a Control Plane
When it comes to customer experience, companies need to be deliberate about what they hold vs. what they rent.
Posted April 03, 2026
GetVocal Introduces Control Center
GetVocal's Control Center includes a governance layer that enables human-in-the-loop operations, allowing AI to handle customer interactions while humans stay in control of critical decisions.
Posted April 01, 2026
Cox Business Unveils Contact Center with RingCentral
Cox Business Contact Center with RingCentral is powered by RingCentral's RingCX
Posted April 01, 2026
The Top Customer Service Trends and Technologies for 2026: Customer Service Is Getting Supercharged
AI is opening new doors for contact center agents, managers, and customers. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted April 01, 2026
Zendesk Acquires Forethought
Forethought deal enables Zendesk to advance its resolution platform with self-improving AI agents. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted March 31, 2026
The Cost of Disconnected CX and What to Do About It
The future of CX isn't better integrations, it's fewer of them.
Posted March 27, 2026
Vonage and ServiceNow Expand Their Partnership
Vonage Contact Center with ServiceNow Voice integrates enterprise-grade voice and AI capabilities directly into enterprise workflows.
Posted March 24, 2026
Orange Business Extends Live Intelligence and Adds AI Protections
Live Intelligence Studio helps organizations build and manage AI agents, while other additions include branded calling, deepfake detection, AI-augmented customer care, and agentic telephony.
Posted March 19, 2026
Ringover Launches Ask Empower 2.0
Ringover's Ask Empower 2.0 AI assistant now features native conversational AI capability, from individual call transcript analysis to analyzing all historical and omnichannel conversations.
Posted March 18, 2026
LivePerson Partners with Coral Active to Launch LivePerson Sync
LivePerson Sync enables seamless integration with systems like Salesforce, Microsoft, and ServiceNow, bringing CRM data and workflows directly into the live agent workspace. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted March 17, 2026
Mitek Integrates with Ping Identity's PingOne DaVinci
Mitek's integration with PingOne DaVinci delivers identity verification at scale across the full customer journey.
Posted March 13, 2026
8x8 Expands General Availability of 8x8 Engage
8x8 Engage is now available to all channel partners and customers globally.
Posted March 13, 2026
UJET Launches Agentic Experience Orchestration
UJET's Agentic Experience Orchestration unifies CX data and AI, automates the agent experience, and consolidates enterprise systems.
Posted March 11, 2026
Five9 Adds to Five9 Fusion
New Five9 Fusion Partner Program brings together a growing ecosystem of product integrations and third-party technologies.
Posted March 11, 2026
Sinch Launches Voice Relay
Sinch bolsters its Enterprise Voice platform with Voice Relay, a voice infrastructure, branded calling, and networking.
Posted March 10, 2026
RingCentral Unveils AIR Pro, an Agentic Voice AI Platform for Customer Engagement
With RingCentral AIR Pro, companies can build and deploy voice-first, omnichannel AI agents in minutes.
Posted March 10, 2026
Mitel Introduces Mitel Edge
Mitel Mitel Edge is an intelligent on-premises communications architecture.
Posted March 09, 2026
Teneo Launches Real-Time Voice Testing
Teneo's new technology directly addresses user expectations, cognitive load management, and natural conversation flow.
Posted March 09, 2026
RingCentral Partners with OpenAI
RingCentral's communications platform is being integrated with OpenAI frontier models like GPT-5.2 to bring generative AI into the voice channel.
Posted February 19, 2026
8x8 Launches Platform-Wide Upgrades
8x8's latest updates helps companies streamline operations, cut handling times, and improve workforce management.
Posted February 19, 2026
Vida Expands AI Agent Operating System
Vida's latest AI Agent Operating System Release delivers omnichannel capabilities, centralized control, and flexible integrations. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted February 10, 2026
Cisco Launches Webex Contact Center for ServiceNow
Cisco partners with ServiceNow to deliver a cloud-native contact center solution for ServiceNow CSM, CRM, and ITSM environments.
Posted February 10, 2026
ASAPP Achieves HITRUST e1 Certification
HITRUST assessment confirms ASAPP's Customer Experience Platform meets rigorous cybersecurity and information protection standards.
Posted January 28, 2026
Retell AI Adds Features to Its Call Center Platform
Upgraded Retell AI voice platform enables call centers to deploy infinite AI sales and support agents across voice, chat, email, and SMS. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted January 28, 2026
CommBox Introduces Era AI Voice
CommBox Era resolves customer conversations end to end, integrates with core systems, and operates within strict enterprise guardrails.
Posted January 27, 2026
Dialpad Partners with TD Synnex
Partnership expands Dialpad's AI-first communications platform to TD SYNNEX's global network of technology partner
Posted January 23, 2026
Google Cloud Launches Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience
Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience is an agentic solution to bring shopping and customer service together. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted January 13, 2026
Five9 Expands Google Cloud Partnership
Five9 launches joint enterprise customer experience AI solution with Google Cloud. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted January 13, 2026
Mutare Launches Voice Traffic Score for Webex by Cisco
Mutare's Voice Traffic Score (VTS) provides real-time call reputation intelligence with Webex by Cisco.
Posted January 06, 2026
Lorikeet Launches Voice 2.0
Voice 2.0 is Lorikeet's conversational intelligence platform for high-complexity support. (Featured on
SpeechTechMag.com
.)
Posted December 16, 2025
Vonage Integrates with Salesforce's Agentforce Voice
Vonage's AI-powered voice solution for virtual and human agents brings next-gen intelligence to customer engagement. (Featured on
SpeechTechMag.com
.)
Posted December 16, 2025
NexTalk Integrates with Amazon Connect, Genesys, NiCE, and SharpenCX
Users of cloud contact center software from NiCE, Genesys, Amazon Connect, and SharpenCX can now add accessibility technology from NexTalk.
Posted December 12, 2025
Cresta Launches Agent Operations Center
Cresta's Agent Operations Center helps companies manage the human-AI hybrid workforce for customer experience.
Posted December 09, 2025
Vonage Expands AWS Collaboration
Vonage launches its business communications and contact center solutions in AWS Marketplace.
Posted December 05, 2025
Kustomer Introduces AI Assistants
AI automation and observability assistants give CX teams instant clarity into their workflows and AI behavior.
Posted December 05, 2025
Implement the Intelligent Front Door to Transform Customer Engagement
IFD is not just a technological upgrade; it's a strategic move toward holistic, data-driven customer engagement.
Posted December 05, 2025
SharpenCX to Merge with Ytel
Merger brings together SharpenCX's intelligent agent technology with Ytel's outbound customer experience capabilities. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted December 02, 2025
Zendesk Partners with AWS
Collaboration brings together Amazon Connect voice capabilities, conversational analytics, and sentiment analysis with Zendesk Contact Center. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted December 02, 2025
3CLogic Deepens Partnership with ServiceNow
Latest partnership will leverage 3CLogic's Communication Platform as a Service (CPaaS) and Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) infrastructure to complement ServiceNow's AI Experience. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted December 02, 2025
Fluents.ai Launches Fluents Omnichannel
Fluents Omnichannel fuses voice, SMS, and webchat in one context-aware platform. (Featured on
DestinationCRM.com
.)
Posted December 02, 2025
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