SUNNYVALE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/31/13 --

WHEN:
11 AM PST / 2 PM EST / 7 PM GMT
Wednesday, February 6, 2013

WHAT:
With areas of New York and New Jersey still recovering from the largest Atlantic hurricane on record in late October with winds spanning 1,100 miles, an estimated $65 billion in losses and millions without power, utilities and energy companies across the nation and beyond are taking a hard look at lessons learned and the next generation of customer service to better prepare, inform and deliver service to consumers.

Customer service initiatives are key to achieving a wide range of business goals in the highly regulated and very dynamic utility industry and the difference between creating disgruntled customers or loyal advocates.

KANA has helped some of the leading utility companies around the world meet the demands of today's modern, multi-channel customer service delivery, and achieve millions in savings from process-driven customer care platforms.

Utilligent is a utilities-industry-focused firm whose consultants have made it their careers to deliver high-risk complex projects, and pull them over the line when others have failed.

During the one-hour webinar, spokespersons from KANA and Utilligent will present "Riding out the Storm with Your Customers: Lessons Learned from Superstorm Sandy."

Webinar attendees will learn how to:

• Improve interactions with customers by seamlessly accessing and aggregating information with contextual knowledge across multiple communications channels
• Support more accurate information, quicker response time, more personalized service, and seamless migration to self-service and mobile solution offerings
• Benefit from the process efficiency gains of innovative technology and process improvements to provide better and reliable customer service irrespective of the weather
• Learn from Superstorm Sandy and prepare to make the necessary technology and process upgrades to retain customers and control costs

To register for the webinar, please visit:
http://www.kana.com/contact-center/webinars/intelligent-customer-contact-center.php

About KANA Software
KANA makes every customer experience a good experience. A global leader in customer service solutions delivered on-premise or in the cloud, KANA lets organizations take complete control over customer service interactions, so they can take care of customers, while managing costs and reinforcing brand. By unifying and maintaining context for customer journeys across agent, web, social and mobile experiences, KANA solutions have reduced handling time, increased resolution rates and improved net promoter score (NPS) at more than 900 enterprises, including half of the Global 100 and more than 250 government agencies. KANA is based in Silicon Valley, California and has offices worldwide.

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