8x8 has announced that Platform Housing Group, one of the UK’s largest housing associations, will extend their 8x8 XCaaS deployment by adding the company’s CPaaS Video Interaction for improved employee and customer engagement.
Platform Housing boasts around 1,200 staff, over 120,000 customers and 45,000 homes and has now implemented the 8x8 XCaaS integrated cloud contact centre and communications platform to digitally transform the organisation, ensure business resiliency, and enable its hybrid workforce to communicate, collaborate and engage from anywhere on any device.
Lee Vernalls, Assistant Director of Business Development and Growth at Platform Property Care, said: "8x8 Video Interaction allowed our operatives to conduct a two-way video call with customers so that any repairs could either be seen prior to a visit or fixed remotely.
“Crucially, when a remote fix was not possible, we had customer photos in our interaction records, and could make sure the correct materials were available when our tradespeople went on site to repair the problem."
Platform Housing Group’s property maintenance subsidiary, Platform Property Care, conducted a pilot project to extend 8x8 XCaaS with 8x8 Video Interaction to further enhance employee and customer engagements in order to drive deeper benefits across the organisation.