Posts about load testing
Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems are typically the first thing that a customer experiences when phoning a contact center. IVRs provide the customer with an initial greeting. They then direct the call based on...
As transactions increasingly shift from physical, ‘bricks and mortar’ stores to online environments, the contact center agent often becomes the first person a customer interacts with. They serve as an essential bridge connecting customers and brands, and play a...
Endurance testing. Load testing. Scalability testing. Spike Testing. Stress… smoke… volume… Testing, testing, testing! Are all these performance testing types testing your patience? Do you have questions about what they are, when to use them, and how?
When it comes to customer experience (CX) in contact centers, there’s often a sharp disparity between what managers believe and what customers perceive. Case in point: According to a report by Calabrio, while 79% of contact center managers think their teams are...
Chatbots have seen significant growth in recent years as more businesses look to utilize automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the quality and availability of their service. They offer increased engagement opportunities for your customers and...
Load testing is a great opportunity to find the performance limits of any deployed system. It is a fact that every deployed system of any kind has a breaking point. Whether or not the location of the breaking point is acceptable is one outcome of a successful load...
Testing what you’ve developed before the big, red “go live” button is pressed isn’t a new concept. It’s been a crucial part of software development for a long time, and a practice that development teams employ everywhere. When and how often that pre-deployment...
A little while back, Cyara’s Senior Strategic Accounts Director, Kelly Zunker, wrote a post on our blog about how much a SEV1 costs an organization. The piece covered the general definition(s) of a SEV1, or Severity 1 error, presented SEV1 examples, and explored...