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  • 1.  Your experience migrating from PureConnect (CIC) to Genesys Cloud

    Posted 10-01-2020 04:26
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    Hi Everyone,

    I'm hoping to start a discussion and get some insight from other former PureConnect community members who are migrating or have migrated from PureConnect (either as On-Premise or CaaS) over to Genesys Cloud.

    Whether you're going through process or have already been through it, do you have any tips, suggestions or comments on your experience for those thinking about or about to make the transition?

    Make it as simple or complex as you want, such as:

    - functionality you had from PureConnect/CIC that wasn't available in Genesys Cloud (PureCloud)
    - new functionality that is available in Genesys Cloud that you wished you had in PureConnect/CIC
    - differences/experiences moving to an internet-based platform from a primarily premise-based platform (reliability, scalability, etc)
    - experiences on an evergreen platform (always updating with new features/functionality automatically) versus planned/long/no upgrade cycles
    - moving from dedicated desk phones to WebRTC and it's reliability, experiences
    - changes in headsets that work well with Genesys Cloud
    - other AppFoundry additions/add-ons you find useful/helpful
    - any other tips or things you 'wished you'd done different' if you had to go through the migration again

    Looking forward to hearing from you!
    #ArchitectureandDesign
    #Implementation
    #Unsure/Other


  • 2.  RE: Your experience migrating from PureConnect (CIC) to Genesys Cloud

    Posted 11-12-2021 23:43
    Edited by Barry Farrington 11-12-2021 23:47
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    Thanks, Jeffrey!

    I know that this initial post was 12+ months ago, but I would like to see it finally gain some traction.  My company has been on PureConnect Cloud since 2019 and we're considering the possibility of migrating to Genesys Cloud CX.  It would be extremely helpful to solicit honest feedback from others who made the transition.  Important items I'd like to get feedback on is:

    • Migration level of effort.  How long did the process take, from contract signature to full implementation
    • What positive impacts have been gained from the transition?  Such as functionality gains, process improvement, customer experience enhancement opportunities, etc.
    • Any cost savings gained?
    • Experiences with PS before, during, and after implementation
    • Customer support experience?  Did it improve post-transition, or is it about the same?
    • Any "buyer's remorse"?  
    And if anyone is NOT comfortable posting here, please feel free to email me.  My email address is in my signature below.

    Thanks in advance!


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    Barry Farrington
    Senior Contact Center IVR & ACD System Administrator
    FedPoint
    fedpointusa.com
    bfarrington@fedpointusa.com
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  • 3.  RE: Your experience migrating from PureConnect (CIC) to Genesys Cloud

    Posted 04-20-2022 08:55
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    Barry and Jeff - I didn't see anyone shared information you guys were asking for. Did you guys do migration yet or working on it? Can you please share any information you may have on migrating from PureConnect to PureCloud? any information that Barry listed in thread. Thank you so much!

    Bakul Viradia

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    Bakul Viradia
    DOL
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  • 4.  RE: Your experience migrating from PureConnect (CIC) to Genesys Cloud

    Posted 04-21-2022 04:08
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    We have recently done a migration, in all we are really pleased, there was a cost saving by doing this due to the billing model.

    Downsides -
    No auto answer on digital channels
    No Auto ACW timeout on digital channels
    Native Reporting not as good as PureConnect..roadmap release should fix this
    Alerting not as good as PC
    Cant see people with a skill where you expect to

    Upsides
    Full control to be able to build flows
    WebRTC is rock solid
    All features seem to be available under the CX3 licence
    Far more flexibilty
    Support is 500% better than on PC
    PS was amazing, very knowledgeable
    API functions are great to build data actions
    Dashboards pretty good...will be excellent soon
    Development is weekly
    Beta Programs
    Great community around the product


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    Andy Jackson
    Ten Lifestyle Management Limited
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  • 5.  RE: Your experience migrating from PureConnect (CIC) to Genesys Cloud

    Posted 01-06-2023 15:48
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    Andy - 

    I see one of your upsides was support being better than PureConnect when you posted back in April. Have you seen any change? I understand there were some layoffs and wondering if it affected support. Thanks!

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    Alex
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  • 6.  RE: Your experience migrating from PureConnect (CIC) to Genesys Cloud

    Posted 01-13-2023 05:04
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    Hi Alex

    In my experience I haven't seen any change, cloud  support is so much better than pure connect (It was good until they outsourced it), the support difference between Cloud and pure connect is like light and day

    Andy

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    Andy Jackson
    Ten Lifestyle Management Limited
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  • 7.  RE: Your experience migrating from PureConnect (CIC) to Genesys Cloud

    Posted 01-16-2023 15:10
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    One challenge I've heard from customers is that Email Handling was more extensive in PureConnect than in Cloud. Ofcourse, Cloud brings a lot more capabilities in other media types. Plus, Cloud is only now introducing the concept of "Generic Work Items" or "Non-Interaction Tasks", which are essentially back-office tasks that agents can do while waiting to speak to a customer.

    Either way, I recommend ​looking Eccentex ServiceJourney because it fills in some of those advanced PureConnect/Engage features. We have had a number of customers use it for a more seamless migration.

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    Maksim Gill
    Eccentex (Customer Service Platform)
    https://www.eccentex.com/genesys
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  • 8.  RE: Your experience migrating from PureConnect (CIC) to Genesys Cloud

    Posted 01-17-2023 11:18
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    Barry / Jeff,

    GenCloud is better, but still long for the excitement of PureConnect to install / migrate applications, but I agree with points above.

    GenCloud performance Views are great.  Need to have good developers program custom attributes to trace the phone call or flow for any troubleshooting.  

    Your network needs to be tight for ports and protocols and likewise, WebRTC becomes super reliable.  The only other annoying adaptation is the GUI.  Some parts are lacking multi-choice selection or removal ie:  ROLES / permissions.  Point being is that there is much more clickity click for configurations.   API's become a great tool for some programming.

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    Mike John
    ConvergeOne
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  • 9.  RE: Your experience migrating from PureConnect (CIC) to Genesys Cloud

    Posted 01-17-2023 12:26
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    I would agree with Mike

    Learn how to use the API and the import sheets, especially on your initial setup.

    Some things can be frustrating, you cant filter people by skill...unless you are adding to a queue??

    There are ways to do things generally but not in the obvious places.  I do tend to use the API a lot and then use an online json to xls convertor 

    You can also build a strong library of performance views and I tend to add wrap codes in as part of my flows, purely for filtering/reporting, also the abilty to add attributes is really handy.

    External tags are a really useful feature also

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    Andy Jackson
    Ten Lifestyle Management Limited
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  • 10.  RE: Your experience migrating from PureConnect (CIC) to Genesys Cloud

    Posted 01-18-2023 13:37
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    Thanks for all of the input, takes a bit of the sting of losing PureConnect away. Appreciate all of the heads up and info everyone has thrown out there!

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    Alex
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