Interactive Intelligence Releases Customer Interaction Center™ Version 4.0 in the Middle East

Major new release of flagship IP communications software suite adds real-time speech analytics, increased scalability, new Web portal and private cloud deployment model

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 13 December 2011: The next major version of Interactive Intelligence’s all-in-one IP communications software suite, Customer Interaction Center^™ (CIC) is now available in the Middle East.

“The latest version of CIC gives contact centers and enterprises significantly increased scalability and reliability, an enhanced user experience, and improved management insight. Version 4.0 gives customers an easier-to-deploy and more cost-effective alternative to what's currently on the market,” says Shaheen Haque, territory manager, Middle East and Turkey at Interactive Intelligence.

CIC 4.0’s new real-time speech analytics application, Interaction Analyzer^™, provides real-time keyword- and phrase-spotting on either the customer side, agent side, or both sides of a voice conversation. This real-time capability enables contact center managers to be alerted to problem interactions, then monitor, coach, or intervene to better satisfy customers and improve agent performance.

Architectural improvements in CIC 4.0 provide significant scalability increases. Metrics associated with these improvements include a more than double increase in the number of automatic call distribution (ACD)-enabled agents supported on a single server; a five-time increase in the number of simultaneous interactive voice response (IVR) sessions supported; and a seven-time increase in the number of calls that can be recorded per hour. The company’s increase in product scalability is part of its continued move up-market to make CIC a competitive offering for the largest global contact centers.

Another architectural improvement is the elimination of third-party call processing software and moving all media processing to the company’s Interaction Media Server^™. With these enhancements, CIC 4.0 becomes a pure application server that can be located at a central data center with media servers at branch offices, thus creating a private cloud deployment model. This change increases scalability and enables customers to process media locally for improved business continuity and survivability.

CIC 4.0 continues the focus of providing a better customer service experience by providing improved tools and features at every level of the service process.

This includes the addition of Interaction Web Portal™, a new application that monitors, records, reports and tracks agent and queue activity in a single web portal environment for executives as well as supervisors. Corporate contact center managers can also use it to give visibility to C-level staff, and agents can access it to monitor their own productivity and proactively help improve customer service.

It also enables contact center outsourcers to provide their clients with secure, branded access and real-time visibility.

Further enhancements in CIC 4.0 include a new Web client for agent & business users, upgraded threaded email queuing and handling, more efficient queries of call, email, web chat, fax recordings, and expanded and improved reporting along with Interaction Reporter.

CIC 4.0 is targeted at mid-size to large contact centers and enterprises, and is now generally available in the Middle East and worldwide and offered through the Interactive Intelligence channel of more than 300 resellers worldwide, and through the company’s direct sales force.

About Interactive Intelligence

Interactive Intelligence Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ININ) is a global provider of unified business communications solutions for contact center automation, enterprise IP telephony, and business process automation. The company’s solutions, which can be deployed via an on-premise or hosted model, include vertical-specific applications for insurance and collections. Interactive Intelligence was founded in 1994 and has more than 4,000 customers worldwide. The company is among Forbes Magazine’s 2011 Best Small Companies in America and Software Magazine’s 2011 Top 500 Global Software and Services Suppliers. It employs approximately 1,000 people and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company has offices throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Interactive Intelligence can be reached at +27 (11) 510 0074 or info@inin.com; on the Net: www.inin.com.

This release may contain certain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are described in the company's SEC filings.

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Product Information Contact:

Mr. Shaheen Haque

Turkey & Middle East Territory Manager

Interactive Intelligence Middle East
Dubai, UAE

Direct phone: +971(4) 4347217

Mobile: +971 (50) 4573186

Email: shaheen.haque@inin.com

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