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Contact Centre Industry Shifts Toward AI-Driven Cloud Solutions and Hybrid Operations

HCLTech and Cisco have launched an AI-driven unified contact centre platform designed to enable proactive customer engagement rather than reactive support models. The partnership combines their respective capabilities to deliver a cloud-based solution that integrates AI agents with human agents, addressing the industry shift towards CCaaS and AI-led operations whilst acknowledging that staged AI deployment and human oversight remain critical for effective customer experience outcomes.