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Five9 Announces its New Era of CX Awards Winners
Five9 (Nasdaq: FIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today announced the winners of the New Era of CX Awards 2024. These awards celebrate the most innovative companies and individuals redefining customer experience and AI in business. The winners exemplify excellence in aligning CX strategies with business goals and embracing cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional experiences.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · January 23, 2025
Five9 Wins 2024 Aragon Research Innovation Award for AI Contact Centers
Five9 (Nasdaq: FIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, has been named a winner of the 2024 Aragon Research Innovation Award for AI Contact Centers. Additionally, Five9 has been named a Leader in two Aragon Research Globe™ reports: AI Agent Platforms in the ICC, 2025, and Intelligent Contact Center, 2025.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · December 11, 2024
Five9 Named to Computerworld’s 2025 List of Best Places to Work in IT
Foundry's Computerworld have named Five9 (Nasdaq: FIVN) as a 2025 Best Places to Work in IT, ranking No. 13 among midsize organizations. This is Five9’s second consecutive year on the list which recognizes the top organizations that challenge their IT staff while providing great benefits and compensation.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · December 10, 2024
Five9 Launches Industry’s First Pre-Built Bi-Directional Presence Feature for Microsoft Teams
Five9 (Nasdaq: FIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today announced the latest release of the Microsoft Teams UC Integration with bi-directional presence to enhance agent-expert communication and accelerate resolutions for more complex customer requests. For the first time, both Five9 agents and Microsoft Teams users can simultaneously view everyone’s presence status, empowering contact center agents and back-office experts to click-to-call, conference in, or transfer calls with confidence.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · December 10, 2024
Five9 Appoints Sagar Gupta to Board of Directors, with Backing from Anson Funds and Scalar Gauge Fund
Five9 (NASDAQFIVN) (“Five9” and the “Company”), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today announced that it has appointed Sagar Gupta, a Portfolio Manager at Anson Funds, to the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board”), effective immediately.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · December 9, 2024
Gen Z Wants Brands to Level Up Their AI Customer Service Game
Sixty percent of Gen Z craves the speed and convenience of AI-powered customer service, but still prefer human interaction for complex issues, according to a new survey conducted by Five9 (NASDAQFIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform. This paradox highlights the need for businesses to strike a balance between AI-powered solutions and the human touch to meet the evolving expectations of this tech-savvy generation.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · November 21, 2024
Five9’s GenAI Studio Named as a Best New Product of 2024 for Industry Excellence
Five9 (Nasdaq: FIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, proudly announces that GenAI Studio has been recognized as a Best New Product by the prestigious 2024 BIG Awards for Business. Hosted by the Business Intelligence Group, this award celebrates companies, products, and leaders making a significant impact by reshaping their industries and setting new standards for success.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · November 20, 2024
Five9 Unveils AI Agents to Redefine Hyper-Personalized Self-Service CX
Five9 CX Summit -- Five9 (NASDAQFIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today announced the expansion of its Five9 Genius AI suite with the launch of Five9 AI Agents, the next-generation of Five9 Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA) which incorporates Generative AI. Five9 AI Agents empower businesses to create chat and voice bots that combine the conversational abilities of a human with the speed and extensive knowledge of AI. This will enable businesses to reduce the need for live agent interactions. Five9 AI Agents provides a conceptual dial-of-trust that allows businesses to balance flexibility and control to meet customers’ needs by blending generative AI with traditional pre-defined AI in the same conversation.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · November 13, 2024
Five9 Appoints Ajay Awatramani as Chief Product Officer to Drive Innovation and Growth
Five9 (Nasdaq: FIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today announced the appointment of Ajay Awatramani as Chief Product Officer (CPO). With over 25 years of product experience and a proven track record of driving software innovation, Awatramani will lead Five9’s product strategy and product vision as the company continues to enhance its AI and CX offerings.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · October 31, 2024
Five9 Named a Leader Again in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Contact Center as a Service
Five9 (NASDAQFIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today announced that it has once again been positioned by Gartner as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service for its Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. We believe our AI-driven platform supports large and complex CCaaS deployments, best-in-class professional services and customer support, and ease of use.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · October 30, 2024
New Five9 Study Finds 75% of Consumers Prefer Talking to a Human for Customer Service
Five9 (NASDAQFIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today released the results of a consumer survey, aimed at helping organizations understand how consumers perceive AI and evolving customer experiences. The survey explores consumer sentiments around AI and CX, as well as around holiday shopping, travel, and healthcare.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · October 23, 2024
Five9 Announces CX Summit Barcelona 2024
Five9 (Nasdaq: FIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today announced Five9 CX Summit Barcelona, taking place on November 12-14 at Torre Melina in Barcelona, Spain. CX Summit is Five9's premier annual CX conference, bringing together global industry leaders, innovators, and customer experience (CX) experts to explore the latest trends and strategies shaping the future of AI-driven customer experience. At this year’s event, Five9 is excited to announce speakers that include CX leaders from Alaska Airlines, BT, Deloitte, The Ivy Collection, Nasdaq, ServiceNow, as well as First Female NFL Coach Dr. Jen Welter, PGA Tour Pro Max Homa, and The Daily Beast Chief Content Officer Joanna Coles.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · October 15, 2024
Five9 Expands Global Footprint with New Data Centers in India
Five9 (Nasdaq: FIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today announced the expanded availability in India with the addition of two new Five9 Data Centers in Delhi and Mumbai, India, to support both local and multi-national enterprises powering customer experience strategies in-region. Additionally, Five9 announced it has achieved Department of Telecommunications (DOT) Unified License (Virtual Network Operator) (UL VNO) licensing to provide Access Services, National Long Distance and International Long Distance in India. This allows Five9 to partner with local carriers and ISPs, to offer both telephony and network connectivity within the region powering next-generation customer experience.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · October 10, 2024
Five9 Named Americas CCaaS Vendor Partner of the Year at 2024 Verint Engage Customer Conference
Five9 (Nasdaq: FIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today announced it has been awarded Americas CCaaS Vendor Partner of the Year at Verint Engage 2024 in Orlando. This is Five9’s fifth time being awarded Verint’s CCaaS Vendor Partner of the Year across the duration of Five9 and Verint’s seven-year partnership. This recognition follows Five9 and Verint’s recent announcement of a new cloud integration that will allow customers to seamlessly purchase and implement Verint CX automation solutions in the Verint Cloud directly from Five9.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · September 24, 2024
Five9 Named to 2024 Fortune Best Workplaces in Technology List
Great Place To Work® and Fortune magazine have selected Five9 (NASDAQFIVN) for the 2024 Fortune Best Workplaces in Technology™ List, coming in at 16th place in the large category. Earning a spot means that Five9 is one of the best companies to work for in the United States.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · September 11, 2024
Five9 Announces an End-to-End AI Suite and New Approach to Transform Enterprise CX
Five9, (NASDAQFIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today announced the latest addition to the Five9 Genius AI Suite, including the four-step Five9 Genius AI process, a strategic approach to deliver fully customizable, AI-elevated CX across the customer journey. This process allows companies to quickly identify the high value cases for AI, implement and deploy them, and ultimately realize ROI sooner, all with the support and guidance of Five9 experts. The comprehensive set of orchestrated solutions creates AI-powered CX journeys, enabling companies to offer more contextual and personalized interactions that align with business goals.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · August 8, 2024
Five9 to Acquire Acqueon to Expand its Industry-Leading Omnichannel Outreach and Journey Orchestration for the Enterprise
Five9 (NASDAQFIVN), the Intelligent CX Platform provider, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Acqueon, a pioneering real-time revenue execution platform. Adding Acqueon’s capabilities to Five9’s Intelligent CX Platform is a big step toward realizing Five9’s ambition to become the orchestration engine for every interaction across the entire customer journey, including marketing, e-commerce, sales and customer service. Through AI-driven, omnichannel proactive customer engagement, this strategic combination redefines how businesses engage with their customers – at the right time, in the right channel – to help deliver better outcomes.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · August 8, 2024
Five9 named a Leader in 2024 IDC MarketScape for Contact Center-as-a-Service Applications Software
Five9, (NASDAQFIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today announced it has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Contact Center-as-a-Service (CCaaS) Applications Software 2024 Vendor Assessment. The evaluation was based on several criteria evaluating platform capabilities including analytics, channels, artificial intelligence (AI), integrations and more.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · July 16, 2024
In-depth Analysis from Five9 Finds AI Creates Exceptional Experiences in Healthcare
Five9, (NASDAQFIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today released new insights and best practices designed to help healthcare organizations leverage AI to exceed patient and member expectations, build greater loyalty, and measurably improve results. The analysis titled “AI in Healthcare: How AI Drives Value For Five9 Healthcare Customers” analyzes the strategies of 120 Five9 IVA healthcare customers leveraging its Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA).
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · June 27, 2024
Five9 Named to 2024 Fortune Best Workplaces in the Bay Area List
Great Place To Work® and Fortune magazine have honored Five9 as one of this year’s Best Workplaces in the Bay Area. This is Five9’s second time being named to this prestigious list, coming in at No. 17. Earning a spot means that Five9 has surpassed rigorous benchmarks, establishing itself as one of the best workplaces among companies headquartered in the San Francisco Bay region.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · June 10, 2024
Five9 Wins 2024 “Workforce Innovation of the Year” at the Customer Contact Week (CCW) Excellence Awards
Five9, (NASDAQFIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today announced its Workforce Engagement Management (WEM) solution has been awarded “Workforce Innovation of the Year” at the 2024 Customer Contact Week (CCW) Excellence Awards in Las Vegas, NV. The Customer Contact Week (CCW) Excellence Awards recognize the most innovative companies and top-performing executives for their extraordinary contributions to the customer contact industry.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · June 6, 2024
Five9 Announces AI Integration with Salesforce for a Unified View of the Customer
Five9, (NASDAQFIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today announced the next step in its collaboration with Salesforce, focused on delivering joint AI-powered solutions to improve customer experiences (CX) in the contact center. The latest release of Five9 for Service Cloud Voice with Partner Telephony combines Salesforce Einstein with Five9’s suite of AI solutions to empower agents to better service customer requests, improve contact center management’s understanding of the overall health of operations, and provide customer resolutions that exceed expectations.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · June 5, 2024
Five9 Executives to Speak at CCW Las Vegas 2024
Five9, (NASDAQFIVN), provider of the leading Intelligent CX platform, today announced its sponsorship of Customer Contact Week (CCW) Las Vegas, the leading event series committed to catering to professionals within the customer contact industry. At the event, Five9’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Niki Hall, and Vice President of Marketing Intelligence and Evangelism, Steve Blood, will speak to industry leaders, innovators, and professionals on key topics in the workplace, including the latest trends, technologies, and strategies shaping the future of customer experience.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · May 8, 2024
Five9 Announces Enhanced Zendesk Integrations to Unify the Agent Workspace and Meet Customer Needs Faster
Five9, (NASDAQFIVN), provider of the leading CX intelligent platform, today announced enhancements to its integration with Zendesk Talk Partner Edition (TPE) that support the latest Zendesk Voice Comment and Standard Call Object features. Together, the companies are streamlining agent workspaces and enhancing contact center capabilities and controls to ensure every customer interaction is personalized and seamless.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · April 10, 2024
Five9 Launches GenAI Studio, the First Enterprise-Ready Solution Offering Click-and-Customize Generative AI for the Contact Center
ENTERPRISE CONNECT – Five9 (NASDAQFIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today announced GenAI Studio, an industry-first solution that allows organizations to take general purpose, off-the-shelf Generative AI models, such as OpenAI, and customize them for the contact center in just a few clicks.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · March 25, 2024
Five9 Hires Leading Gartner CX Analyst Steve Blood
Five9, (NASDAQFIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today announced the appointment of Steve Blood as Vice President of Market Intelligence and Evangelism at Five9. Based in Europe, Blood will focus on shaping and elevating Five9’s positioning as it expands its global leadership in customer experience.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · March 18, 2024
Five9 Continues Growth, Surpassing Revenue Records with Industry-Leading AI Innovations, International Expansion, and Partner Acceleration
Five9, (NASDAQFIVN), provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, closed 2023 with strong growth and continued business momentum leading into 2024. As enterprises continue to invest in customer experience as a core business differentiator, Five9’s focus on product innovation, ecosystem expansion with key strategic and technology partners, and global investments has strengthened the company’s market position for the year ahead.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · March 6, 2024
Five9 Cloud and AI Solutions on Display During CCW Berlin
Five9, provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, invites you to come see us at CCW Berlin to learn more about solutions that help provide a better CX in customer interactions, see live product demos, and speak with our experts.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · February 6, 2024
Five9 Announces Five9 OneStudent to Help Higher Education Answer the Call for Better Student Engagement
Five9, (NASDAQFIVN) the provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today, launched a new solution custom crafted for the education industry, Five9 OneStudent This innovative cloud-based contact center solution redefines student engagement so higher education institutions can adapt and thrive as they experience unforeseen pressures and rapid changes in student expectations.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · November 9, 2023
Five9 Named a Leader in the 2023 Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service
Five9 (NASDAQFIVN), the intelligent CX platform provider, today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner as a Leader in the 2023 Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service for its offering, the Five9 Intelligent CX Platform. The evaluation was based on specific criteria that analyzed the company’s overall completeness of vision and ability to execute.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · August 7, 2023
Five9 to Acquire Aceyus Extending the Five9 Platform to Streamline the Migration of Large Enterprise Customers From On-Prem to Cloud and Leverage Contextual Data to Deliver Personalized Experiences
Five9 (NASDAQFIVN), the Intelligent CX Platform provider, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aceyus, a market leader in advanced data integration and analytics.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · August 7, 2023
Genefa Murphy Named to First-Ever Elite 18 Customer-Led CMOs List for 2023
Five9 (NASDAQFIVN), a leading provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, announced today that Five9 CMO Genefa Murphy was named to the Elite 18 customer-led CMOs list for 2023 powered by Influitive. ​​The Elite 18 awards highlight and recognize leaders who push a customer-first agenda above all else and are doubling down on customer programs that drive engagement and adoption by celebrating their customers’ successful journeys to drive growth.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · June 8, 2023
WTG and Five9 Announce New Strategic Partnership to Drive Digitization and Customer Experience
Five9, (NASDAQFIVN) a leading provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, and long-established WTG, a global technology solutions provider, today announced their strategic partnership at the CX Summit EMEA in Porto.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · May 10, 2023
Five9 Announces Inaugural CX Bracket Challenge Results
Five9, (NASDAQFIVN) a leading provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, announced today the results of its first CX Bracket Challenge, a novel approach helping to gamify the selection of top contact center priorities played by over 200 participants from across the industry.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · May 10, 2023
BT and Five9 Expand Partnership to Accelerate Cloud Adoption for Contact Centres Globally
BT and Five9, a leading provider of the intelligent CX Platform, today announced that they are expanding their partnership to enhance the choice of contact centre services and solutions offered to organisations globally.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · May 4, 2023
Workflow Automation Now Included as a Standard Capability in the Five9 Intelligent CX Platform Helping Customers Orchestrate Integrated Journeys and Fluid CX
Five9, (NASDAQFIVN) a leading provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today announced enhancements to Five9 Workflow Automation (WFA), including new tools to integrate data and automate processes between the contact center and other enterprise business systems. With this release, Five9 WFA becomes a standard offering on the core Five9 platform, enabling all new and existing Five9 customers to create and orchestrate more consistent, personalized experiences for their customers, while also helping to improve business agility and boost agent productivity. These new capabilities were submitted for the Best of Enterprise Connect Award, for which Five9 was selected as a finalist.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · March 29, 2023
Five9 Introduces Agent Assist 2.0 with AI Summary powered by OpenAI
Five9 (NASDAQFIVN), a leading provider of the intelligent cloud contact center, today announced the general availability of Five9 Agent Assist 2.0 with AI Summary, powered by OpenAI. Using the same generative AI technology behind ChatGPT, the solution summarizes customer call transcripts in seconds, yielding a rapid time to value by reducing manual, after-call work.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · March 28, 2023
Five9 Empowers Agents to Deliver More Fluid Experiences with Support for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Channel Integration Framework 2.0
Five9 (NASDAQFIVN), a leading provider of the intelligent CX Platform, today announced a new version of the Five9 Adapter for Microsoft Dynamics 365, which includes support for the Dynamics 365 Channel Integration Framework (CIF) 2.0. The new integration enables agents to handle and seamlessly switch between voice and digital interactions within the Dynamics 365 interface, to help create more fluid and personalized customer experiences.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · March 27, 2023
MCM Telecom, Five9 and XTT Mexico Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Integrated CX Solutions in LATAM
MCM Telecom, a leading telecommunications provider, XTT Mexico, a cloud services distributor in Mexico, and Five9, an industry-leading provider of cloud contact center solutions, today announced that MCM Telecom has joined the Five9 network of Certified Integrated Network Partners (CINP).
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · January 30, 2023
Five9 Wins Two Aragon Research Awards for Product Innovation and Marketing Leadership
Five9, a leading provider of the intelligent cloud contact center, today announced that it has been recognized with two awards from Aragon Research. Five9 has won the 2022 Aragon Research Innovation award for Intelligent Contact Centers, and Genefa Murphy, CMO of Five9, has won the 2022 Aragon Research Women in Technology Award.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · December 15, 2022
Five9 Announces Availability of Service Cloud Voice for Partner Telephony on Salesforce AppExchange
Five9 (NASDAQFIVN) today announced the availability of Five9 Service Cloud Voice for Partner Telephony, the latest evolution of its integration with Salesforce. The integration with Service Cloud Voice meets the growing demand to connect the broader customer experience ecosystem, enhance the contact center experience, and improve agents and supervisors access to rich data, including CRM and omnichannel insights.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · September 20, 2022
Five9 International Study Finds 9 out of 10 Contact Centers Have Increased Focus on Agent and Employee Experience
Five9, Inc. (NASDAQFIVN), a leading provider of the intelligent cloud contact center, today announced the results of its 2022 International Customer Service Index (CSI) Business Decision Makers Survey, which revealed new customer engagement and contact center workplace trends. Five9 partnered with Zogby Analytics to survey business leaders across 17 different industries to assess their views on the state of customer and agent experience, and for the first time, the CSI Business Decision Makers Survey expanded internationally, into Europe and Canada, to identify global attitudes and trends.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · August 11, 2022
Five9 and Deloitte Canada Team Up to Deliver Cloud-Based Contact Center Solutions to the Canadian Market
Five9, Inc. (NASDAQFIVN), a leading provider of the intelligent cloud contact center, announced an enhanced strategic agreement with Deloitte Canada, an independent firm under the Deloitte brand that provides a broad range of integrated services and world-class capabilities to public and private clients spanning multiple industries.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · April 21, 2022
Five9 Wins Best in Biz Awards for Enterprise Product of the Year, Support Department of the Year and Executive of the Year
Five9, Inc. (NASDAQFIVN), a leading provider of the intelligent cloud contact center, today announced that it has been named a Best in Biz Awards winner in three categories: Enterprise Product of the Year, Support Department of the Year, and Executive of the Year for CEO Rowan Trollope. Best in Biz Awards is the only independent business awards program judged each year by prominent editors and reporters from top-tier publications in North America.
By Five9 · Via Business Wire · December 16, 2021
Meet the Cloud-Based Contact Center Solution Paving the Way for Digital Transformation in Customer Service
SAN RAMON, CA / ACCESSWIRE / June 2, 2021 / As the business world continues its long march towards complete digitization, your company faces a critical choice: adapt now or risk getting left behind completely. The rapid shifts to cloud and web-based technologies that followed the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic aren't going anywhere; is your business ready? Most companies are more than happy to go digital: greater efficiency, flexibility,
By Five9 · Via AccessWire · June 2, 2021