Abstract
Introduction
The databook is a detailed information resource covering current and forecast
contact center market data. The market is sized both in terms of agent
positions and technology spending, and the data is segmented by vertical
market, in-house/outsourced, size-band, type of technology, IP/TDM, and
hosted/CPE.
Scope
All market forecasts are from 2005 to 2010 inclusive. All agent position and
technology spending data is segmented by size-band and vertical market.
Spending data for inbound routing hardware and software, outbound and
workforce management.
Highlights
Overall domestic agent position growth is slowing or declining in North
America and Western Europe. Technology and business changes - including IP
telephony, virtualization, managed and hosted services, workforce optimization
technologies, SME growth, and public sector spending are driving increased
investment. Consequently technology spending will continue to rise, but
learning exactly how to tap into it will be more critical than ever.
Reasons to Purchase
Understand evolving contact center technology investment and adoption.
Identify the fastest growing vertical markets for contact center technology
and services. ain insight into key contact center growth patterns.
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
Definitions
2
AGENT POSITIONS 9
Contact centers and Agent Positions in Benelux
9
In-house and Outsourced Agent Positions in Benelux 11
Agent
positions in Benelux by vertical market 13
Agent positions in Benelux by
size-band 15
Agent positions in Benelux by telephony end-point 17
Agent positions in Benelux by technology location 19
TECHNOLOGY SPENDING
21
Benelux contact center technology spending by application 21
Benelux contact center technology spending by vertical 23
Benelux contact
center technology spending by size-band 25
CONTACT CENTER INBOUND HARDWARE
TECHNOLOGY SPENDING 27
Benelux contact center Inbound hardware technology
spending by vertical 27
Benelux contact center Inbound hardware technology
spending by size-band 30
CONTACT CENTER NON-SWITCH SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY
SPENDING 32
Benelux contact center Non-switch software technology spending
by vertical 32
Benelux contact center Non-switch software technology
spending by size-band 35
CONTACT CENTER OUTBOUND TECHNOLOGY SPENDING
37
Benelux contact center Outbound technology spending by vertical 37
Benelux contact center Outbound technology spending by size-band 39
CONTACT CENTER QUALITY MONITORING TECHNOLOGY SPENDING 41
Benelux contact
center Quality Monitoring technology spending by vertical 41
Benelux
Contact center Quality Monitoring technology spending by size-band 44
CONTACT CENTER SWITCH DEPENDENT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY SPENDING 46
Benelux
contact center Switch-dependent technology spending by vertical 46
Benelux
Contact center Switch-dependent technology spending by size-band 49
CONTACT CENTER SWITCH-INDEPENDENT TECHNOLOGY SPENDING 51
Benelux contact
center Switch-independent technology spending by vertical 51
Benelux
contact center Switch-independent technology spending by size-band 54
CONTACT CENTER WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY SPENDING 56
Benelux contact
center Workforce Management technology spending by vertical 56
Benelux
contact center Workforce Management technology spending by size-band 59
APPENDIX 61
Further reading 61
Ask the analyst 61
LIST OF
FIGURES
Figure 1: Contact centers and agent positions in Benelux, 2005 --
2010 9
Figure 2: In house and outsourced agent positions in Benelux, 2005
-- 2010 11
Figure 3: Agent positions in Benelux by vertical market, 2005 &
2010 13
Figure 4: Agent positions in Benelux by size-band, 2005 & 2010
15
Figure 5: Agent positions in Benelux by telephony end-point, 2005 --
2010 17
Figure 6: Agent positions in Benelux by technology location, 2005
-- 2010 19
Figure 7: Benelux contact center technology spending by
application, 2005 -- 2010 21
Figure 8: Benelux contact center technology
spending by vertical market, 2005 & 2010 23
Figure 9: Benelux contact
center technology spending by size-band, 2005 & 2010 25
Figure 10: Benelux
contact center Inbound hardware technology spending by vertical market, 2005 &
2010 27
Figure 11: Benelux contact center Inbound hardware technology
spending by size-band, 2005 & 2010 30
Figure 12: Benelux contact center
Non-switch software technology spending by vertical market, 2005 & 2010
32
Figure 13: Benelux contact center Non-switch software technology
spending by size-band, 2005 & 2010 35
Figure 14: Benelux contact center
Outbound technology spending by vertical market, 2005 & 2010 37
Figure 15:
Benelux contact center Outbound technology spending by size-band, 2005 & 2010
39
Figure 16: Benelux contact center Quality Monitoring technology
spending by vertical market, 2005 & 2010 41
Figure 17: Benelux contact
center Quality Monitoring technology spending by size-band, 2005 & 2010
44
Figure 18: Benelux contact center Switch-dependent technology spending
by vertical market, 2005 & 2010 46
Figure 19: Benelux Contact center
Switch-dependent technology spending by size-band, 2005 & 2010 49
Figure
20: Benelux contact center Switch-independent technology spending by vertical
market, 2005 & 2010 51
Figure 21: Benelux contact center
Switch-independent technology spending by size-band, 2005 & 2010 54
Figure 22: Benelux contact center Workforce Management technology spending by
vertical market, 2005 & 2010 56
Figure 23: Benelux contact center
Workforce Management technology spending by size-band, 2005 & 2010 59
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Contact Center definitions 2
Table 2:
Contact centers and agent positions in Benelux, 2005 -- 2010 10
Table 3:
In house and outsourced agent positions in Benelux, 2005 -- 2010 12
Table
4: Agent positions in Benelux by vertical market, 2005 -- 2010 14
Table 5:
Agent positions in Benelux by size-band, 2005 -- 2010 16
Table 6: Agent
positions in Benelux by telephony end-point, 2005 -- 2010 18
Table 7:
Agent positions in Benelux by technology location, 2005 -- 2010 20
Table
8: Benelux contact center technology spending by application, 2005 -- 2010
22
Table 9: Benelux contact center technology spending by vertical market,
2005 -- 2010 24
Table 10: Benelux contact center technology spending by
size-band, 2005 -- 2010 26
Table 11: Benelux contact center Inbound
hardware technology spending by vertical market, 2005 -- 2010 28
Table
12: Benelux contact center Inbound hardware technology spending by size-band,
2005 -- 2010 31
Table 13: Benelux contact center Non-switch software
technology spending by vertical market, 2005 -- 2010 33
Table 14: Benelux
contact center Non-switch software technology spending by size-band, 2005 --
2010 36
Table 15: Benelux contact center Outbound technology spending by
vertical market, 2005 -- 2010 38
Table 16: Benelux contact center Outbound
technology spending by size-band, 2005 -- 2010 40
Table 17: Benelux
contact center Quality Monitoring technology spending by vertical market, 2005
-- 2010 42
Table 18: Benelux contact center Quality Monitoring technology
spending by size-band, 2005 -- 2010 45
Table 19: Benelux contact center
Switch-dependent technology spending by vertical market, 2005 -- 2010 47
Table 20: Benelux Contact center Switch-dependent technology spending by
size-band, 2005 -- 2010 50
Table 21: Benelux contact center
Switch-independent technology spending by vertical market, 2005 -- 2010
52
Table 22: Benelux contact center Switch-independent technology spending
by size-band, 2005 -- 2010 55
Table 23: Benelux contact center Workforce
Management technology spending by vertical market, 2005 -- 2010 57
Table
24: Benelux contact center Workforce Management technology spending by
size-band, 2005 -- 2010 60













