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Google’s Contact Center AI Platform aims to optimize customer service

CIO Business Intelligence

In a bid to help enterprises optimize customer service, Google Cloud is extending its Contact Center AI (CCAI) service with the ability to integrate with CRM (customer relationship management) applications in order to provide real-time insights and data analytics.

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The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year

CIO Business Intelligence

trillion in 2021, according to financial market data provider Refinitiv. Technology and telecommunications deals accounted for more than one-fifth of that, according to Shearman & Sterling. Equinix buys West African data center company for $320 million. It certainly started off that way, with Microsoft agreeing to pay $68.7