Partnerships & contracts news

Creative Virtual Ltd has announced the official opening of their newest office in the Netherlands. Creative Virtual Netherlands, based in Amsterdam, will provide local support throughout Benelux for customers implementing Creative Virtual’s V-Person™ technology.  A V-Person (Virtual Assistant)  is capable of holding conversations with digital users in real time, 24/7. For users this means the sensation of communicating with a ‘real’ person able not only to answer their questions, but also to understand the context of those questions and even hold entire conversations.

CodeBaby, a company whose award-winning digital characters are shaping the growing online self-service marketplace, today announced its partnership with inbenta, a leader in Natural Language Processing and Semantic Search. Recognizing the expanding market demand for self-service solutions, CodeBaby and inbenta have joined forces to deploy intelligent virtual assistants that increase online conversation rates and customer satisfaction.

The new alliance will deliver technologies through online assistance to web visitors via the CodeBaby Intelligent Virtual Assistant (CIVA) solution which provides digital characters that engage website visitors and seamlessly guides them through the online self-service experience. By driving interaction with the inbenta semantic engine – which incorporates technologies enabling intelligent interactions though its Natural Language Processing solution – visitors dramatically increase their ability to find the information they are seeking online, thereby improving the overall customer experience. This technology reduces operations costs for inbenta customers by diminishing the dependency on customer support professionals.

Next IT, a leading provider of intelligent virtual assistants for business, announced that it has reaced a multi-year deal with United Airlines. Next IT will provide a natural, or every-day, language solution to create an exceptional customer experience for travelers using united.com.

The virtual assistant is planned to function much like ‘Alex,’ who was implemented by Continental Airlines in 2009 and has answered over 20 million questions for customers on Continental.com.

VirtuOz, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) for online marketing, sales, and support, today announced the company has partnered with Moxie Software. The partnership brings together the leaders in virtual agents and Web customer support to deliver a next generation customer experience solution.

VirtuOz expanded its enterprise relationship with eBay to provide intelligent customer support on eBay.com. The VirtuOz solution, which is already on eBay’s sites in France (named Louise), Germany, the United Kingdom and United States, will be rolled out to other eBay Web sites.