Cisco Jabber vs Talkdesk

• As an on-prem solution is possible to have voice access to the organization co workers and the PSTN, using the own extension number, even when connected from internet (using Expressway - no need to have a vpn or lan connection) from any device.
• Easy to collaborate from any device (mobile and personal computers). Multiplatform.
• Administrators able to customize the application's features as much as they need.
• Easy to integrate with Active Directory and Outlook. Unique user and password.
• Voice calls and messaging completely secure.
• Persistence chat for mobile.

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• It minimizes the effort involved in toggling seamlessly from the main disciplines in the workplace like Email, Chat, and Phone while also maintaining transparency with your team when it comes to Lunch, Meetings, and Prep time.
• You can utilize its widget mode or maintain it within your browser based on how you like to organize your screen.
• It simplifies and streamlines the intricacies of your day-to-day workflow without disrupting your priorities.

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• There is some brand confusion that exists between Cisco communication products. This is more relevant to the support personnel and engineers that would be making decisions to implement the product. Cisco has their Spark/WebEx platform that provides collaboration/communication functionality and more to the end users. Cisco has stated at some conferences that I attended that they are committed to maintaining and developing the Cisco Jabber platform still so that is very promising since the product serves different needs.
• Cisco Jabber is a little complex to implement properly in your environment. The larger the communication cluster the more complicated it can become. There are also some additional features like persistent chat that require extra resources like a standalone database for persistent chat.

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• I'd like them to be a stand alone for all support services.
• The amount of time it takes for a customer to be routed can be lengthy.
• At times, the connectivity via headphones (even with the recommended ones) is not great.

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• Jabber has provided a very functional alternative to our company to Lotus Sametime. We had been using Sametime for years, and as we were moving out of the Lotus/Domino ecosystem, Jabber has provided a replacement with the chat system, but also means to do voice and video calls.
• Although handy, intensive usage of Jabber can be a curse for a company (including ours). Every information stored in Jabber is only available to the two people involved in the conversation. Without a proper knowledge management strategy, this can mean that a lot of valuable information can be shared privately as peer-to-peer conversations, and not available to people who need it.
• Another downside of Jabber is that it can multiply stress for some people, who can be contacted very often, and be interrupted at critical moments. This can introduce additional context switching, and reduce the productivity of some people.

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• The timing of Talkdesk has been at a time when there are so many variances the company had zero home working prior to implementation, Desktop restrictions. However given the ability to offer home working has kept our organisation going with only 4 days down time ROI has been covered within our 9 months.

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