The Microsoft Lync Independent Software Vendor (ISV) qualification programme is designed to help ensure that qualified applications from Microsoft Partners meet customer expectations for specific scenarios. With third party testing, the programme defines specific requirements for interoperability with Lync Server, installation, set-up and configuration, documentation, and support. With the latest Lync 2013 qualification, Genesys continues to enable Lync customers to unify their contact centre interactions and enterprise unified communications.
"With qualification for Lync 2013, Genesys extends Lync into multi-channel contact centre customer service," says Dan Benedict, Programme Manager Lync ISV Qualification Programme, Microsoft. "Organisations can now benefit from Genesys customer service solutions integrated with Lync 2013 as their voice platform in contact centres and across the enterprise."
Genesys integrates the real-time presence and availability status of all Lync users, which enables companies to route calls coming into the contact centre to any available employee wherever they may be located - in stores, branch offices, home offices, outsource partners, or any other location. As a result, organisations using both remote employees and contact centre agents are able to track the availability of an employee resource beyond the contact centre and better direct enquiries based upon the status of any given resource to increase efficiency of service.
"The integration of Genesys and Microsoft Lync has already brought unprecedented rich collaboration and multimedia experiences to contact centre agents and non-contact centre employees," said Merijn Te Booij, Executive Vice President of Products and Strategy, Genesys. "We are proud of being one of the first to achieve qualification on the new Microsoft Lync 2013."