Aspect Unified IP Software

Pros

The ability to do multiple contacts at once is extremely helpful. the ability to more multiple agent status values for 'Not ready' and 'Park'

Cons

Inability to get real time status of call in queue based on skills. That would help us in our dynamic services.

Pros

great algorythms. functionsw well. CTI blended us to call center acd efficiently. Well designed to work with all of our other Aspect products.

Pros

it works, it doesn't fail
overall the product has been very reliable
should be scaled out for premised based installs

Cons

can be complicated to learn and program, cost of upgrades
built on older architecture

Pros

Compliance controls within Advanced List Management. Red Oxygen integration for sending SMS out of Unified IP system utilizing email/exchange integration. I also like the ease of use for managing builds in ALM.

Cons

Lack of documentation for simple contact center best use cases. Sometimes help desk tickets are opened to ask questions on how things work.

Pros

the ease of integration into other aspect products, the user interfaces and M3 is second to no other product currently in the market for out of the box solutions.

Cons

the lack of integration API's, which make it difficult to have as single screen for all customer solutions

Pros

Consistancy over the years.
Aspect UCC director and ALM applications have stayed consistant over the years that I have worked with them.

Cons

None, the applications that we use are transitioning from legacy ACD products with Aspect phones to UIP solutions using Cisco dumb phones.

Pros

My agents find it very easy to use, we are very rarely down, it functions well with our CIS system, and it is easy to use.

Cons

I really can't think of any for our use. I have given this some serious thought, and cant really think of any.

The ability to increase customer contact

Pros

The product is easy to use. Very robust and configurable to our business needs. We can take someone with minimal background with aspect and have them running the basic parts of the system with out much training.

Cons

The biggest con we have is the systems in place to make LDAP login work with our system. We are looking forward with the up and coming software to migrate away from LDAP

Pros

It provides automated self-service interactions to fulfill our customer requests without involving a live agent saving time and cost

Cons

Only thing which is missing here is free trial. I hope they can provide it in near future. Then it would be easy to have it verified by business team.

Pros

The software is fairly easy to use even over multiple sites, and has all the capabilities and functionality we need for servicing.

Cons

There is a lot to the product and it takes some time to 'figure it out'. Reporting within also seems to be a bit limiting at times.

Robust reporting and consolidated call center data for all call events both inbound and outbound.

Pros

Consolidated data for all call channels. API allows in house application to write back up to 20 meta data fields allowing for robust call center reporting, and ability to tie all calls back to specific account, not just on predictive dialing.

Cons

Upgrade cycle is too aggressive for large companies that have heavy integration and limited IT resources.

Pros

With version 7.3 SP3+, dependability and performance has been solid. The integration of tools allows for customized flexibility. You can do things within the applications in multiple ways to help support variations in business uses. User interfaces within ALM and UIP are fairly easy.

Cons

There are cases where integration of acquired technologies force use of M3 scripts to implement more complex call routing situations. You can tell that the various applications that make up the Unified-IP functionality is a combination of acquired technologies as its lacking some SSO or single sign-on capabilities which can make administration a little less responsive.

Pros

Reliable, stable, feature-rich contact center platform that provides multi-channel interaction routing. We've combined Unified IP with other Aspect contact center tools (workforce management, quality management and call recording) and are very satisfied with impact it has had on our business.

Cons

Have you use multiple interfaces to add and remove agents. Not a big deal, but it would be nice if I could do this from one user interface.

Pros

Software is easy to use, handles most if not all of the functionality requirements for our servicing platform.

Cons

Some of the Unified IP products can be slow to open when you are trying to access them in a hurry. It would be beneficial if they opened a little quicker. Specifically Unified Command and Control.

The ability to administer outbound campaigns to a level of detail that is unmatched in the market.

Pros

The customization and granularity the UIP product provides has been amazing in scaling our outbound campaigns. It's not as easy to learn, but it's a powerful tool.

Cons

The reporting and organizational structure is different from all the other aspect products and make it more difficult to have consistency across the organization. Our UIP platform is technical and harder to navigate compared to Aspect's newer products.

Helps consistently manage our daily call delivery needs as well as other channels like email. Gives us all the reporting we need to manage changes as needed.

Pros

Call center IT staff is familiar with product and can make changes or apply updates easily and quickly. Integrates with our WFA platform, also from Aspect.

Cons

On premise version we own today is very outdated - frequent changes to software with short lifecycles. Upgrading over past 18 months to Hosted UIP but hearing that Aspect may already have better platform available.

Client confidence in our ability to make right party contacts and the ability to implement complex strategy

Pros

What we like most about the software is that it allows us to manage and change strategies easily, we are yet to be in a position where we can not achieve a new strategy that our client has asked us to use.

Cons

Some of the configuration or setting changes are often hard to understand and this often leads to playing with the settings to try and determine impacts, which can sometimes pose a risk particularly in a compliance space

Very flexible - allows us to achieve our client objectives.

Pros

Dashboard - very effective. Great solution that helps us meet the needs of our clients. Great technology, flexible and scalable. Feedback from our team who implemented the solution is very positive.

Cons

Lower cost would be nice. Aside from that we are very happy. As mentioned above - Dashboard - very effective. Great solution that helps us meet the needs of our clients. Great technology, flexible and scalable. Feedback from our team who implemented the solution is very positive.

Pros

Versatile architecture and a stable platform. Reporting is very user friendly. Highly configurable system and able to seamlessly integrate with our internal system

Cons

License cost per agent is expensive and this could be looked into to make it simpler for expansion.. Not running on latest MS SQL and still on backdated 2012 version

High availability for increased uptime. Contact center features to move us in to the future.

Pros

High availability works great and has been very solid; Aspect support has been very helpful with any issues.

Cons

Implementations and upgrades are very long and difficult. Release notes are not always as detailed as they could be especially if you have customizations and need to assess impact.