NICE & inContact to provide the market’s
only integrated, analytics-driven contact center and WFO suite in
the cloud
NICE (Nasdaq:NICE) announced that the acquisition of
inContact (Nasdaq:SAAS) closed today. This game-changing deal
brings together two market leaders in contact center applications
and contact center cloud, offering the market’s first truly
integrated contact center platform with an advanced
analytics-driven workforce optimization (WFO) suite in the
cloud.
The new offering will enable organizations to create the
“Experience Center,” adapting interactions routing in real time
according to employee and customer personas, and understanding
customer intent across the omni-channel journey. Such an approach
allows organizations to understand the timely needs of each
individual customer, anticipate them, and then best respond to them
by utilizing the best channel that optimizes both customer
preferences, as well as the nature of the specific situation.
The deployment of a truly integrated suite of solutions in a
cloud environment empowers those organizations to best understand
their customers, and take the right action to connect them to the
right resource at the right time through the right channel for the
best, most efficient customer experience possible. Until now,
companies have faced significant challenges in providing a truly
integrated, suite-based, omni-channel customer experience. This is
due to the investment in legacy infrastructure and the subsequent
need to deploy disjointed applications. As companies invest in a
cloud infrastructure, they now have a unique opportunity to drive a
wholesale replacement of existing applications, and will eventually
eliminate the legacy and enable adoption of integrated
solutions.
The acquisition marks the first time that one vendor offers both
contact center cloud infrastructure as well as the full range of
WFO applications and analytics, providing a seamless integrated
environment for all companies, regardless of size or industry.
“The successful completion of this acquisition is a major
milestone for NICE, inContact, as well as the entire market,” said
Barak Eilam, CEO of NICE. “This agreement is an important element
of our strategic vision to provide the market a true end-to-end
contact center cloud offering and positions our company as the
clear leader in the Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) industry.
Organizations of all sizes can now transition their traditional
contact centers to ‘Experience Centers.’”
“The inContact team and I are excited to join NICE. We recognize
the unique opportunity that joining NICE presents for our
customers, our market, and our company,” said Paul Jarman, CEO of
inContact. “Coupling our technology, experience in the cloud and
talented team with a market leader with such a strong position in
terms of technology, deep industry expertise and customer base,
will pay great dividends for both enterprises and SMBs that are
looking to have the best tools available with maximum flexibility
and value.”
Financial information:
In connection with the acquisition, notice is hereby given to
holders of inContact’s 2.50% convertible senior notes due 2022 (the
“Notes”), pursuant to the indenture governing the Notes (as
supplemented, the “Indenture”), notifying holders that as a result
of the completion of the acquisition and the termination of trading
of inContact common stock on The NASDAQ Capital Market, a
“Fundamental Change” and a “Make-Whole Fundamental Change,” each as
defined in the Indenture, has occurred effective as of November 14,
2016.
About NICENICE (Nasdaq:NICE) is the worldwide leading
provider of both cloud and on-premise enterprise software solutions
that empower organizations to make smarter decisions based on
advanced analytics of structured and unstructured data. NICE helps
organizations of all sizes deliver better customer service, ensure
compliance, combat fraud and safeguard citizens. Over 22,000
organizations in more than 150 countries, including over 80 of the
Fortune 100 companies, are using NICE solutions. www.nice.com.
About inContactinContact (Nasdaq:SAAS) is the cloud
contact center software leader, with the most complete, easiest and
most reliable solution to help organizations achieve their customer
experience goals. inContact continuously innovates in the cloud and
is the only provider to offer a complete solution that includes the
customer interaction cloud, an expert service model and the
broadest partner ecosystem. Recognized as a market leader by
Gartner, IDC, Frost & Sullivan, Ovum and DMG, inContact
supports over 6 billion interactions per year for enterprise,
midmarket, government organizations and business process
outsourcers (BPOs) who operate in multiple divisions, locations and
global regions. To learn more, visit www.inContact.com
Trademark Note: NICE and the NICE logo are trademarks or
registered trademarks of NICE Ltd. All other marks are trademarks
of their respective owners. For a full list of NICE’s marks, please
see: www.nice.com/nice-trademarks.
Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release contains
forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking
statements, including the statements by Mr. Eilam, are based on the
current beliefs, expectations and assumptions of the management of
NICE Ltd. (the Company). In some cases, such forward-looking
statements can be identified by terms such as believe, expect, may,
will, intend, project, plan, estimate or similar words.
Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties that could cause the actual results or performance of
the Company to differ materially from those described herein,
including but not limited to the impact of the global economic
environment on the Company’s customer base (particularly financial
services firms) potentially impacting our business and financial
condition; competition; changes in technology and market
requirements; decline in demand for the Company's products;
inability to timely develop and introduce new technologies,
products and applications; difficulties or delays in absorbing and
integrating acquired operations, products, technologies and
personnel; loss of market share; an inability to maintain certain
marketing and distribution arrangements; and the effect of newly
enacted or modified laws, regulation or standards on the Company
and our products. For a more detailed description of the risk
factors and uncertainties affecting the company, refer to the
Company's reports filed from time to time with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including the Company’s Annual Report on Form
20-F. The forward-looking statements contained in this press
release are made as of the date of this press release, and the
Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise them, except
as required by law.
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