Espressive, a pioneer in artificial intelligence (AI) for enterprise service management (ESM), today announced it has been named a leader in The Forrester New Wave™: Chatbots For IT Operations, Q4 2020, published by Forrester Research. Espressive received a differentiated rating––the highest score possible––in five criteria including architecture/integration, chatbot readiness, deployment and security, vision, and market approach.
The Forrester New Wave identified and evaluated the nine most significant chatbot providers for IT operations. Analysis was based on a 10-criterion survey and a two-hour briefing with each evaluated vendor. Market presence was also reviewed.
Read More : CloudCover Appoints Tech Industry Veteran, Joe Scordino, As Chief Revenue Officer
“We’re proud that Forrester Research recognized Espressive Barista as a Leader in the Forrester New Wave™,” said Pat Calhoun, CEO and founder of Espressive. “We believe this recognition solidifies Espressive as a prominent innovator for enterprise service management. Unlike other vendors who focus solely on IT, our vision is to deliver frictionless employee self-help across the enterprise.
To enable this, Barista recognizes employee phrases across 14 service teams and 9 languages today. In addition, our unique omni-channel approach meets employees where they are, resulting in the highest adoption and call deflection rates in the industry.”
Read More : SalesTechStar Interview with Nealesh Patel, Head of Business Development and Sales at Crunchbase
According to the Forrester report, Espressive “is a good fit for companies that need an easy-to-adopt, ESM-friendly chatbot.” The report also states, “With deep ESM integrations, premade workflows, and the Barista Employee Language Cloud, Espressive provides a chatbot focused on ease of adoption and time-to-value. It achieves this with vendor-driven workflows and language development and management, reducing adoption barriers.”
Espressive Barista represents a paradigm shift in the delivery of AI-based employee self-help. Barista understands 1.3 billion phrases across 14 major enterprise services teams and nine languages. Powered by an advanced natural language processing (NLP) engine and sophisticated machine learning capabilities, Barista bridges the gap between AI and the semantics of human language.
Read More : Drive Satisfaction, Engagement and Leads with Customer Engagement