{"id":1458,"date":"2018-08-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/uncategorized\/pennine-establishes-partnership-european-ai-developer-xdroid\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:38:17","slug":"pennine-establishes-partnership-european-ai-developer-xdroid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/pennine-establishes-partnership-european-ai-developer-xdroid\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennine establishes partnership with European AI developer Xdroid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-first-paragraph\">Bury-based technology firm Pennine, has secured a partnership with a leading European artificial intelligence developer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-first-paragraph\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/pexels-photo-893894-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"pexels-photo-893894\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pennine, a communications, data and networking specialist has signed the agreement with Hungarian voice analytic software company Xdroid.<\/p>\n<p>The deal will give Pennine&#8217;s UK contact centre clients access to automated speech technology which can detect emotions such as displeasure, happiness and uncertainty using algorithms.<\/p>\n<p>Xdroid\u2019s managing director, Gerry de Graaf, commented: \u201cPennine is an important addition to our European partner network.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The company has both an impressive skill-set and reach, serving a contact centre client base which spans SMEs through to international Blue Chips.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis partnership will provide Pennine with a much stronger proposition for the contact centre market as a whole and enhance its existing clients\u2019 customer communications capabilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Xdroid&#8217;s technology is already in use by companies in sectors including finance, insurance and utilities.<\/p>\n<p>The software automatically processes customer interactions and detects different emotional responses, speech patterns, hold music and void periods.<\/p>\n<p>Designers say the data can then be used to refine\u00a0work\u00a0processes, minimise call times, increase customer satisfaction and introduce customised\u00a0training\u00a0programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Pennine\u2019s sales director Steve Watts said: \u201cThe Xdroid analytics solution is a game-changer, an immensely powerful and cost-effective performance management tool.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Available as a cloud or on-premise solution it gives both enterprise and SMB\u2019s the ability to harness the power of artificial intelligence to refine and enhance their contact centre operations.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bury-based technology firm Pennine, has secured a partnership with a leading European artificial intelligence developer. 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