The Case for a Hosted Contact Center System

| MCM staff

Hosted contact center systems have gained popularity as a more flexible, cost-effective choice than premise-based hardware systems. Comparing the two options, however, is often akin to comparing apples to arugula.

Protecting Your Company with VoIP Call Recording

| Sid Rao

Recent technology advancements have greatly improved the quality of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP). In the past, using an Internet service to implement a type of voice telephone service was a poor substitute for traditional voice telephone service. The quality of VoIP was very unreliable, and the connection between two or more callers was difficult. VoIP was primarily a niche service used by companies seeking an inexpensive means for overseas calling.

Keeping Store Staff

| Tim Parry

In an industry infamous for high turnover rates and seasonal staffing, retailers continually face the challenge of hiring and retaining store employees.

The ABC’s of Press Checks

| MCM staff

Anyone who’s been disappointed in how his catalog looks as it rolls out of the printing plant on its way to the mail house knows that certain sinking

Long Tails and Passing Shows

| Sherry Chiger

When Ronnie Lane died in 1997, Amazon.com sold only books, Google was still the research project of a pair of Ph.D. candidates, and MySpace wasn’t even