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Installation Instructions For Queue Manager V4
Review the installation steps (download pdfs and checklist)

View the Queue Manager V4 Storyboard
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Instant Queue Manager v4 Upgrade Matrix
Click here to download a feature matrix of Queue Manager v4. 

Instant Technical Brief - IBM Lotus Sametime Advanced

Click here to download a comparison of Lotus Sametime Advanced and Instant Team Sessions and Instant Queue Manager. 

Solution Brief - Real-time Help Desk and Customer Support
Click here to download an overview of the business value of adding enterpise click to chat functionality to your help desk and customer service operations. 

 
 

Sametime Click to Chat
Immediate IM Access to Experts
Real-time Help Desk

2010 IBM Lotus Award Winner for Best Unified Communications and Collaboration Solution!

2009 IBM Lotus Award Winner for Best in Lotusphere Showcase!

Do you need to increase productivity by giving your employees or customers immediate access to the help they need to do their jobs effectively?   View Demos

Do you want to provide click to chat, or live sales suport on your intranet or web site?  Shorten your sales cycle and improve customer satisfaction by giving your customers real-time access to sales staff and customer support?

Instant Queue Manager V4 provides enterprise level click to chat functionality for Lotus Sametime and Microsoft OCS.   Unlike hosted solutions, Queue Manager V4 is installed securely within an enterprise and uses the corporate IM platform (Lotus Sametime or Microsoft OCS) as the presence engine and IM transport layer. 

Instant Queue Manager is a virtual IM receptionist, or Click To Chat server,  that gives employees and/or customers instant access to helpful experts using instant messaging (IM). 

See Instant Queue Manager in action.

A Single Source for Immediate, Expert Assistance Increase employee productivity, improve customer satisfaction, shorten sales cycles, reduce reliance on trouble tickets.

Instant Queue Manager v4 extends its lead over the competition by including even more of our customers' most-requested capabilities:

  • Measurement and Reporting - We completely rewrote Queue Manager’s entire measurement and reporting system.  V4 includes twenty-six charts out-of-the-box, five of which are enabled for multi-level drill-down. 

     

  • Monitored Queues - Monitored queues will be extremely helpful in help desk environments, particularly in large organizations.  Monitored queues include a real-time, flex-based dashboard showing all queue traffic.

     

  • Interviews - Interviews enable you to filter inbound customers through a decision support tree to qualify their needs and then direct them to the appropriate queue.  These IM-based trees are customizable, extensible, and very easy to create.  And with v4’s Groovy integration, customers can easily shift conversations from an interview to custom Groovy extensions.

     

  • Browser-based Configuration - Your number one request!  Queues, interviews, and all administrative tasks are now available from v4’s browser-based interface. 

     

  • Supports Popular Enterprise IM Systems - Built on Instant's enterprise IM abstraction layer, Queue Manager v4 supports Lotus Sametime, Microsoft OCS, and XMPP-based systems.

Other features and functions:

  • Display Queues on Buddy Lists or Web Pages - Users can seek help from within Sametime or from anywhere in the world via a web browser.

  • No Client-side Software Required - Deploy queues instantly without touching every desktop.

  • Web Based Client - Custom web client with customized branding.

  • Push URL - Push a URL to a web based user.

  • Chat Transcripts - Automatically send web visitors a transcript of their chat with your expert.

  • Invite Others - Immediately include other experts - or other Sametime users not defined as 'experts' in Instant Queue Manager - into the queue-based discussion.

  • Transfer Between Queues - Transfer requests to additional queues.

  • Manager Functions - View real time statistics any time: Who is waiting in the Queue, What support agents are connected to which customers, Average customer wait time.

  • Screensharing - Support agents can start screenshares any time.

  • Customize the Language - Queues can have all their text responses customized to most languages, including east Asian languages.

  • Uses Sametime Awareness and Chat UI - Zero user training required. Experts can self-manage their availability to provide help.

  • Distributes Requests Evenly Each expert assumes an equal share of the workload. Wait time is minimized.

  • Leverages Your Existing Lotus Sametime Environment Works with Sametime 3.0 and later - including Sametime 7.5 and Sametime 8.0.

  • Access Queues On the Go - Available from mobile devices such as PDAs or cell phones.

  • Logs Activity in a Central Database - View metrics on your ability to meet target service levels. Track help desk efficiency for use in internal performance reviews. Automatically retain copies of all interactions for internal auditing or external compliance requirements.

  • Experts May Reply with Canned Responses from a Central Notes Database - Improve efficiency and ensure consistent answers to common questions.


Instant Queue Manager Wins Best Unified Communications and Collaboration Solution Award at IBM Lotusphere 2010

Instant Queue Manager Wins IBM Lotus Award for Best in Lotusphere Showcase 2009




Instant Testimonials

 

"We are now able to easily route and manage real-time requests from our web site, without the need for any complex programming or Java expertise."

 "The logging feature immediately lets us see who replied to which request and how many web-based queries we have handled."

"Instant Queue Manager instantly puts data at our users' fingertips so they can do their jobs faster and better."


More Info

Click here to download the Instant Queue Manager datasheet.

Click here to view the system requirements.

Click here to download the Instant Agent Framework Installation Guide.

Click here to download the guide to setting up STLinks.

Click here to download the Agent documentation.

Click here to download the QueueLogs database guide.

Updated 14 September 2009:  Release Notes and Version History.



 


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