NICE CXone Named the Technology Leader in 2022 SPARK Matrix™: Workforce Engagement Management (WEM) Report

NICE CXone WEM positioned highest for Customer Impact and Technology Excellence in Quadrant Knowledge Solutions’ independent assessment of WEM solutions

HOBOKEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced that it has been recognized as the Technology Leader in the Quadrant Knowledge Solutions (QKS) 2022 SPARK Matrix™: Workforce Engagement Management (WEM). Providing a detailed analysis of global Workforce Engagement Management (WEM) market dynamics, major trends, vendor landscape, and competitive positioning, QKS’ assessment of top WEM solutions ranks nine leading vendors based on Customer Impact and Technology Excellence criteria. This year, the report highlighted the strength of NICE’s digital capabilities that improve both agent and customer experience to drive business success.

In its 2022 SPARK Matrix™ report, QKS defines WEM as “a suite of software tools that engages and empowers employees to help organizations achieve their business goals in an employee-centric methodology.” The QKS analysis highlights top WEM providers that help improve employee experience and productivity, fill performance gaps, educate agents for better results, and efficiently forecast workload and staffing requirements.

“NICE CXone’s WEM solution mainly offers a holistic approach to improving both agent engagement and customer experiences,” notes the QKS report. ”Moreover, it also helps modernize organizations of all sizes and allows them to remain agile and resilient in today’s increasing digital landscape.” The report goes on to say, “The company’s unified WEM suite provides solutions across each capability of the WEM domain, and their innovation is advanced compared to other vendors, which makes it stand out in the market.”

According to Abhishek Ghosh, Analyst, Quadrant Knowledge Solutions, “By providing tools that encourage employee self-improvement, amplify quality to enhance customer experience, reduce labor waste, and ensured regulatory compliance, NICE CXone WEM enhances team potential. CXone WEM, a natively developed suite, combines workforce management, quality management, performance management, and recording to provide agents, supervisors, and customers with better experience. Users can strike a balance between operational efficiency and superior customer service with less effort and more flexibility.” Ghosh added, “NICE is capable of catering to the diverse customer needs across industry verticals, with its comprehensive capabilities, compelling customer references, comprehensive roadmap and vision, and product suite with high scalability. NICE has received strong ratings across technology excellence and customer impact and has been positioned as a leader in the SPARK Matrix: Workforce Engagement Management (WEM), 2022.”

“Recognition in the 2022 Spark Matrix: WEM report acknowledges NICE’s market breadth and depth of capabilities, digital-first CXi approach that empowers workforce performance and maximizes profitability across shifting hybrid/work-from-anywhere environments,” said Barry Cooper, President, CX Division, NICE. “Our cloud-native, AI-infused solutions offer the markets most complete CX platform to help brands operationalize data insights in real time to streamline every customer journey—no matter where it begins or resolves.”

NICE’s top position in the 2022 SPARK Matrix: WEM report further reinforces CXone’s proven industry leadership—joining highest ratings in the 2022 SPARK Matrix: CCaaS and 2022 SPARK Matrix: Customer Journey Analytics (CJA) reports, as well. QKS’ comprehensive research assessments help provide reliable roadmaps for selecting the highest performing, most innovative CX solutions available.

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With NICE (Nasdaq: NICE), it has never been easier for organizations of all sizes around the globe to create extraordinary customer experiences while meeting key business metrics. Featuring the world’s #1 cloud native customer experience platform, CXone, NICE is a worldwide leader in AI-powered contact center software. Over 25,000 organizations in more than 150 countries, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 companies, partner with NICE to transform - and elevate - every customer interaction. www.nice.com.

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