Picture this: you’ve just bought a new CCaaS system with a promise of simple computer telephony integration. You set it up and see the basic integration in action, but as your customer interactions or call volumes go up, you might need extra features or capacity for seamless integration. Or, maybe when you first got the software, voice was enough, but now you want to add new channels like chat, SMS, or email. This is where DaVinci steps in to offer you more features to meet your CX goals! AMC Technology has been in the business of contact center integration since 1995, specializing in Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) for 23 years. Our flagship product, DaVinci, has now evolved into an Interaction Orchestration Platform, designed to fill the gaps that our customers previously couldn’t address with CTI.
Key differences in extensibility and scalability between an Interaction Orchestration Platform (IOP) and a CTI provider:
Multichannel Interaction Management:
CTI: Traditional CTI solutions may primarily focus on telephony integration, lacking native support for managing interactions across diverse channels such as chat, email, and social media.
IOP Contribution: IOPs are designed to handle interactions across multiple channels, providing a unified platform for managing and orchestrating communication. By integrating an IOP, organizations can seamlessly extend their capabilities beyond telephony to include various communication channels.
Dynamic Workflow Customization:
CTI: CTI solutions may have predefined workflows that are challenging to customize dynamically, making it difficult to adapt to changing business processes.
IOP Contribution: IOPs often excel in dynamic workflow customization, allowing organizations to design and modify interaction flows based on evolving business needs. This extensibility feature enables the organization to adapt quickly to changing customer interaction requirements.
Integration with Diverse Business Systems:
CTI: While CTI solutions often integrate with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems, there might be limitations in connecting with other business applications or databases.
IOP Contribution: IOPs are designed to offer extensive integration capabilities, enabling seamless connectivity with a wide range of business systems beyond CRM. This ensures a holistic view of customer data and facilitates the incorporation of additional business tools into the communication workflow.
Flexible API Support:
CTI: Traditional CTI solutions might have limited support for APIs, making extending functionality or integrating with third-party applications challenging.
IOP Contribution: IOPs typically provide robust API support, allowing organizations to extend and customize the platform’s functionality. This extensibility through APIs facilitates the integration of new features and the development of custom solutions tailored to specific business requirements.
Dynamic Scaling for Variable Workloads With CTI vs. IOP:
CTI: Traditional CTI solutions may face challenges in dynamically scaling to accommodate variable workloads, leading to potential performance issues during peak activity.
IOP Contribution: IOPs are designed with scalability in mind, allowing for dynamic scaling to handle fluctuations in workloads. This ensures optimal performance during periods of high demand and efficient resource utilization during quieter times.
To sum it up, event-driven architecture is all about handling events smoothly, from creating them to noticing, using, and responding. It’s great for dealing with data in real-time and doing analyses quickly. This is especially handy for giving prompt customer support when certain events happen in customer relationship management (CRM), and it helps apps grow and adapt better.
Decoupled services, like in DaVinci, are a big part of this. They split up the creators and users of events, making the system stronger, more flexible, and better at handling changes. Loose coupling is an excellent feature because it means the creators and users can work separately without needing to know all the details about each other – they just need to agree on how events should look and work. Scalability means the apps can handle more and more events by adding more creators or users. Resilience means the apps can deal with problems and bounce back without losing data or stopping work. Lastly, extensibility means it’s easy to change or add new things to the system without messing up what’s already there. In short, event-driven architecture and decoupled services not only handle real-time tasks but also make the system flexible, tough, and ready for growth. Ready to learn more? Contact a DaVinci specialist today to get started!
