IT Issues Holding Back the Contact Centre Industry 392 Filed under - Archived Content, Budget, Vonage 44% of industry professionals have named ‘IT Issues’ as a key barrier to running their dream contact centre. A recent survey by Call Centre Helper, sponsored by NewVoiceMedia, asked over 600 members of the contact centre industry ‘What barriers stop you from running your dream contact centre?’. The findings revealed that budget (67%), IT issues (44%), the need for new technology (40%) and technology not being joined up (35%) are all being held responsible for stopping progress in the contact centre. Over 35% said ‘Technology not joined up’ stops them from running their dream contact centre. Management buy-in and staffing issues are also holding things back It is equally apparent that a number of staff-related issues are holding back progress – with management buy-in (28%), not enough staff (25%), agent buy-in (17%) and lack of skills (15%) also being held responsible. Download ‘What Contact Centres Are Doing Right Now (2015 Edition)’ to find out more. Author: Megan Jones Published On: 12th Aug 2015 - Last modified: 3rd Jan 2020 Read more about - Archived Content, Budget, Vonage Contact Centre Reports, Surveys and White Papers Get the latest exciting call centre reports, specialist whitepapers and interesting case-studies. Choose the content that you want to receive. Contact Centre Reports, Surveys and White Papers Invites to exclusive Webinars & Events Weekly Newsletter