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Sprinklr’s Journey from Social Media Management to CCaaS Market DisruptorSprinklr’s Journey from Social Media Management to CCaaS Market Disruptor

Social media management company Sprinklr enters the CCaaS market.

Sheila McGee-Smith

June 2, 2023

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At Enterprise Connect 2023, I moderated a panel titled What Comes After CCaaS? where the issue was discussed by leaders of contact center as a service (CCaaS), workforce engagement management and CRM leaders. Less than one month later, I attended Sprinklr Source ’23, a combination of an industry analyst and customer advisory board meetings.

Introducing Sprinklr

As is likely true for many No Jitter readers, I knew little about Sprinklr before I attended the event but did understand that they had announced a new CCaaS solution in March 2022. I had questions about how what started as a social media management company had grown to be a $618 million, publicly-held firm taking on the admittedly crowded CCaaS space.

 

Interview with Sprinklr’s CEO

While at the meeting, I had the opportunity to sit down with Ragy Thomas, Founder and CEO of Sprinklr. As you’ll see in the accompanying video, Thomas and I covered a range of topics, including his answer to the question of what comes after CCaaS.

 

The accompanying graphics relate to the discussion and should be useful in understanding the scope of Thomas’ plans for Sprinklr.

The first graphic shows a view of the complete Sprinklr portfolio. Most of it is generally available, but some is still being built.

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The second graphic shows the contact center components Sprinklr envisons in the final product. Most of this is generally available, but all are constantly being enhanced. Workforce management is a specific area where additional development is planned.

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Want to know more?

Check out the following for No Jitter’s previous coverage of Sprinkler:

About the Author

Sheila McGee-Smith

Sheila McGee-Smith, who founded McGee-Smith Analytics in 2001, is a leading communications industry analyst and strategic consultant focused on the contact center and enterprise communications markets. She has a proven track record of accomplishment in new product development, competitive assessment, market research, and sales strategies for communications solutions and services.

McGee-Smith Analytics works with companies ranging in size from the Fortune 100 to start-ups, examining the competitive environment for communications products and services. Sheila's expertise includes product assessment, sales force training, and content creation for white papers, eBooks, and webinars. Her professional accomplishments include authoring multi-client market research studies in the areas of contact centers, enterprise telephony, data networking, and the wireless market. She is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, user group and sales meetings, as well as an oft-quoted authority on news and trends in the communications market.

Sheila has spent 30 years in the communications industry, including 12 years as an industry analyst with The Pelorus Group. Early in her career, she held sales management, market research and product management positions at AT&T, Timeplex, and Dun & Bradstreet. Sheila serves as the Contact Center Track Chair for Enterprise Connect.