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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - America Movil, Latin America's top mobile phone operator, plans to concentrate on boosting profit margins this year, switching its focus away from a wave of acquisitions in the region, its chief financial officer said on Thursday.
Carlos Garcia-Moreno said America Movil (AMX.N)(AMXL.MX) would see its Brazilian unit's EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) margin rise to the "high teens or even as high as 20 percent" this year, up from 12.7 percent last year.
Controlled by Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, the world's third-richest man, America Movil is also interested in entering the mobile phone market in Panama.
"It is a country that interests us," Garcia-Moreno said, speaking at the Reuters Latin American Investment Summit in Mexico City, adding that America Movil could apply or bid for a license there.
In 2007, America Movil's total sales will rise 20 percent, Garcia-Moreno forecast, growth that includes a recently concluded acquisition in the Dominican Republic and an acquisition in Puerto Rico that will be consolidated shortly.
The company plans a 10 billion-peso extension to its share buyback scheme that will take its total fund to 14 billion pesos for 2007, Garcia-Moreno said.
Also, by the end of this year, America Movil expects to launch 3G services in several major Latin American cities, the chief financial officer said.
But America Movil had no near-term plans for moving into Canada, one market in the Americas where it has no presence, Garcia-Moreno said.


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The SCE Event Group's very own Jeff Scott Gould provided the music for the ceremony, cocktail hour and reception for Brenda and Ryan. He also took care of the hosting for the event, doing creative introductions and of course supplied an awesome mix of music to keep the entire guest list on the floor so they could dance the night away. From classic rock to throwback house, and even some top 40, Jeff and the SCE team compiled a flawless variety of music for all to enjoy.
Brenda and Ryan wanted to personalize the event and incorporated some really cool details to make the experience theirs... One examples of this would be with specific music selections like using Guns and Rose's songs to play during the wedding ceremony. They had the SCE team play string covers and also the original songs; definitely something impressive and uniquely theirs.
And who can forget what Jeff did with the Multi Media package... Towards the end of the wedding, Jeff streamed on the big screens the Pearl Jam concert live from Brazil for their last song. Pretty cool right? We thought so too... Everyone in the building sang along with Pearl Jam to the cover of Baba O'Riley. That is what we do, cool things for cool couples that sometimes fall outside of the traditional box.
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In my previous devotional I wrote about our choices and that we have an opportunity every single day to choose how we are going to live our life. From spending our time on Facebook to getting that college assignment done that might be looming over our head, we always have a choice on how we are going to spend our time.
Today I want to talk about our plans for life. For me I've always been good at coming up with a "Plan A" but not so good at coming up with a "Plan B." For me I don't come up with a second plan until the first one doesn't work, and I wonder if that's what God does, too.
God had a "Plan A" and when that didn't work He came up with a "Plan B."
Plan A: To create the creation, put them in the garden, they are good. Give them free will and hope they choose the tree of life, and not the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and they choose to remain in His presence, close to God, for all eternity.
…and when that didn't work out.
Plan B: To send His only Son down to earth as a baby. So that they may once again choose Him. Choose His forgiveness, His love, and His identity for their life. So that they may once again not be aware of their shame, their nakedness. So that they may be His for all eternity.
That's it. There is no "Plan C" for God.
Only some people in my life know that I recently started college. It was a huge decision for me. Being a teen mom 18 years ago didn't really allow me the opportunity to go to college. In fact, I didn't want to go to college once I became a mom, I just wanted to be a stay-at-home mom. That was my plan. I am truly humbled and grateful to have had the opportunity to be home with my three children for the past 18 years. I'm still grateful that I am able to go to college, be home for my kids when they get home from school, and still do what I love; WRITE!
But life hasn't always gone according to plan for me. My "Plan A" did not include my husband getting diagnosed with a chronic illness. My plan didn't include losing a church family that I was truly committed to, or experiencing some of the trauma that life has thrown our way this past year. Sometimes all it takes to throw a wrench in your "Plan A" is losing a friendship due to misunderstanding, it really doesn't take a huge event to ruin our plans for life.
Sometimes your plans work out, and sometimes they don't.
But Jesus reminds me that just because "Plan A" for my life doesn't work out that there is always room for a "Plan B."
What would have happened if God had given up on us when "Plan A" didn't work out? I don't even want to think about it.
This Christmas season I am going to remember Jesus, and remember there is always room for a "Plan B."
God didn't have to come up with a third plan because Jesus is enough to cover it all.
Even though sin entered into this world through Adam. Jesus turned it all around for us and gave us life in abundance. If God can do that with this sinful world then what can He do with your "Plan B?"
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Probation for mother who faked baby kidnapping
A teenage mother who falsely claimed her baby was abducted has been sentenced to 18 months' probation on Queensland's Gold Coast today.
The Southport Magistrates Court was told the 18-year-old woman lied because she feared her partner.
The court heard the five-month-old baby boy was injured in separate incidents at a Gold Coast townhouse in May last year.
He rolled onto a tile and bruised his head.
Some time later, his mother fell and dropped the baby after standing on a tack.
The woman's lawyer told the court she concocted a story to explain the boy's injuries.
She scaled a fence in her backyard, laid the baby on grass near a road and told a neighbour he had been abducted, then retrieved him a short time later when he screamed.
The child now lives with his natural father.
The woman, who pleaded guilty to leaving a child unattended for an unreasonable time, has not seen him for nearly a year.
The magistrate said her behaviour was bizarre and sentenced her to 18 months' probation with no conviction to be recorded.
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Subrahmanya: Shanta, Shobha and Surekha, three young women hailing from Koppal district, were arrested by the Subrahmanya police on Thursday.
They were found to have come with the intention of stealing in the guise of pilgrims. They appeared to be part of a gang which arrived by a vehicle.
The police on their patrol beat found the trio standing in dubious circumstances near the Savari Mantap in the early hours. When the police approached, they tried to escape in the vehicle driven by a male associate.
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RALEIGH � North Carolina State ended up on the wrong side of a lopsided score in Saturday�s Atlantic Coast Conference men�s basketball game.
The Wolfpack had never lost by such a large margin in PNC Arena.
That�s because Virginia delivered a 76-45 thumping that began early and continued for most of the game.
N.C. State was limited to its fewest points of the season.
�Everything we tried, it just wasn�t working,� guard Desmond Lee said. �I have never gotten beaten by 30.�
Ralston Turner and Lee scored 10 points each for the Wolfpack (11-5 overall, 1-2 ACC).
N.C. State forward T.J. Warren, the ACC scoring leader, finished with a season-low four points (all in the first half). He has failed to reach 20 points just four times this season and the Wolfpack has lost three of those games.
It was N.C. State�s worst home loss since January 1993. That came to North Carolina in Reynolds Coliseum, which is the former home facility for the Wolfpack.
Joe Harris and Mike Tobey scored 16 points apiece as the Cavaliers (12-4, 3-0) began the conference portion of their schedule with three victories for the first time since the 2009-10 season.
On top of that, Virginia�s first three ACC victories of the season have come by double-figure margin. That had never happened.
Virginia went ahead by 25 points in the first half.
Harris scored 14 of his 16 points in the first half, then barely played in the second half � in part because of four fouls and the wide margin. He sat out the last 11 minutes.
It�s the second game in a row that Virginia didn�t face a deficit, also rocking Wake Forest.
The Cavaliers scored on eight of their first nine possessions for a 16-4 lead. That margin climbed to 35-11.
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We are a small start up company hiring a new salesman who needs a vehicle. We are considering the options, but likely the comapny will lease or hire a vehicle for him to use mostly for work, but some private use. I'm struggling to understand how the process works.
The employee pays for petrol some of which is for private use. As I understand if the company repays everything he would be hit for an addiitonal P11D charge for the provission of private fuel use. Since most of his miles will be business I expect this won't be tax efficient. So if we don't pay all of the petrol cost I understand we can repay at up to the advisory fuel rate of say 15p/mile on whatever is documented as business use. I understand this is free of any tax implication for the employee.
If the above is correct what happens to VAT? The employee has paid VAT on the fuel purchase so can we claim back VAT on the 15p we pay to him i.e. 2.5p?
I'm assumnig the Fuel Scale Charges I have come across only apply where the company pays all of the fuel costs and therefore where the employee is taking the P11D hit for fuel provision i.e. this is not relevant in this case.
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The advisory fuel rates are fuel only, so in your example, you can reclaim 2.5p VAT per mile, assuming the employee will give you sufficient VAT receipts for fuel to cover the business miles travelled.
There are other ways of doing it (eg company fuel card with employee reimbursing for private mileage at the advisory rates), but what you're suggesting is by far the simplest method for a small business.
Company Cars
If you must go down the company car route, then consider supplying a low emmision car. This has advantages to the company - 100% First Year Allowance, Reduced Road Tax and the employee in the form of reduced Benefit In Kind Charges.
The trick is getting the employee to drive one.
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YOu mention you are considering so can i suggest that you hire a car of the size and type you propose buying or leasing for a few months. This will make sure that you do want a saleman and that the one you takeon is right for you.


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With a catalog of over 60 albums, sales beyond 30 million worldwide, and their beloved classic American rock anthem "Sweet Home Alabama" having sold over two million ringtones, Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Lynyrd Skynyrd remain a cultural icon that appeals to multiple generations. They could easily continue cranking out old songs to rapturous audiences around the world, but the fact is that they've got plenty left to say musically, personally, and as social commentary.
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Lessons of Past Wars
Dan Halutz, the Israeli army's chief of staff finally resigned; while his letter made no "explicit acknowledgment of the war's errors", the "failure to call up the reserves, the delay in launching a ground operation, the poor communications" fell chiefly upon his shoulders. There is now pressure on Olmert and Peretz to go as well, since Halutz "was not the only one responsible for the failures of the war; the government was too". Halutz may have had his faults, but he was only typical of a limited thinking which is far too commonplace...
The "Reserve Revolution" may yet find a second wind.
Military Intelligence?
In the midst of the rejoicing, there is the danger of throwing away the baby with the bath water. The Israeli failures in the July War were chiefly due to a mode of thinking which was grossly ill-adapted to the conditions of July 2006, but that was mostly due to overall arrogance and complacency, not just on the part of the "fly boys" and the doctrinal dogma that "airpower wins wars, but also the "all-tank fanatics" of the Israeli army."
When they decided to move ground forces into
They also ignored progress in missile technology.
All too often, as they learn from the mistakes of the past, military types often forget that wars are not fought by a given doctrine, but by a combination of actions… It may be that Clemenceau was right, and there are three kinds of intelligence; "human intelligence, animal intelligence, and military intelligence", the latter being a real oxymoron.
Indeed, it is a little known fact that the first book on tank warfare was De Gaulle's "Vers l'Armee de Metier", published in 1934, and still a great read… Thoroughly ignored in
No, the French were not "surrender monkeys"; they just happen to take too many "days off".
As a result of German success during the "Blitzkrieg", historians now wrongly cite Guderian's 1937 book, "Achtung-Panzer!", as a precursor, and forget that Erwin Rommel's success owed much to his mastery of infantry tactics, as demonstrated by his 1937 "Infanterie greift an"..
Preparing for the Wrong War?
Things were not so simple back then, and they are even more complex today.
As they prepare for the coming war, the Israeli military may find itself confronted with another type of war… If that happens, they risk applying the lessons of one type of war to a completely different one… With the looming conflict with Iran, the "fly boys" will be much needed, as well as those of the computer geeks who operate those missiles, and the navy, with its Popeye-equipped Dolphins in the
On (their) plus side, their enemies make every sign of preparing for the past war as well…
The tactics of the Cedar Revolution worked back then, but they will not work now, especially not when implemented by the local Mullahs, even if Aoun helps, and even if they start blocking roads… And it is unlikely that all those new weapons and restocked missiles will do any good; there is little to "defend" now, much credit was lost, and too many bridges have been burned.
The coming Lebanese war will be very different indeed; it already takes on many forms…
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There were quite a few comments disputing my observation that this past war was a "victory" for Hezb. My contention is simple; it was a tactical victory for HEzb, but a strategic defeat for
1- It was a tactical victory for Hezb because as Amir points out again, "guerilla wins if he does not lose; a conventional army loses if it does not win". Hezb is an Iranian guerrilla outfit with a Lebanese face. In the July war,
2- It was a strategic defeat for Iran because it had to mobilize its outfit too soon, before it was ready.
Tactically, the destruction of
3- It was a disaster for Lebanon.
We are now a failed state, facing the grim choice, either surrender to Hezb, or to confront them in a civil war is our best outcome. While Hezb has increased its hold over its "human assets" thanks to their increased poverty, it has made the mistake of succumbing to hubris and cornering its enemies…
So I have no doubt that Hezb will lose this one, but his monopoly over the Shiite community will turn any war into genocide. In this regard, I disagree that we are "reasonable human beings" as Ghassan said; much like a Greek tragedy, I fear we're stuck in this role. Unfortunately, Diane, no one needs to try and destroy Lebanon; we can do it very well on our own...
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You've been doing the same job all your life but your income starts drying up.
That was life for the Griffiths family near Pooncarie in south-west New South Wales.
After generations of merino farming they made the agonising decision to get out of the wool industry.
Clayton Griffiths, who farms with his father and brother, says swapping to dorpers, a South African meat sheep, has kept his family on its land.
"The way seasons were going and with wool prices and things starting to get a bit tough, we started looking to alternatives," he said.
"We originally started going half and half, we were going to keep running half merinos and half dorpers, but... going organic made it difficult to keep the wool side of things."
Mr Griffiths said it was unlikely he and his brother would have continued the family business if they kept producing wool.
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Strada Vecchia
Some friends and I are in the planning a Classic Car event - Strada Vecchia is Italian for The Old Road. The Extended Description below is an extract from the current draft (which is being regularly updated) of the 2017 event which is available on the website. [more inside]
The Groovy Guitar Of Bonefish Johnny
Video mash-up's comprise this new six song EP of original instrumentals masquerading as an album side. [more inside]
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All About Me
- Hi my name is Helen. I have a lovely husband who is also my best friend, we have been together 12 years this year and married for 6 of those. We have a beautiful daughter - Hollie who is 3 years. They are both my world. I love everything Disney and scrapbooking and taking photos. if you want to contact me you can at:email@example.com
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Trixie Scraps- Some new Layouts
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Here's what's new from Trixie Scraps this month Please Note all images are linked to the store or my gallery November Templatetopia Thanks for stopping by
Trixie Scraps goodies and a freebie
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Happy 5 year digi anniversary Trixie Scraps
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Chelle's Creations catch up!
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Trixie Scraps catch up!
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Recent releases from Trixie Scraps
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Bestselling erotic romance author, Destiny Blaine, has a new book release from Resplendence Publishing. The long awaited Mary Had a Little Problem promises ménage romance readers a page-turning romance filled with hot love scenes and an unforgettable love story. Order your copy of Destiny's romance of the year—Mary Had a Little Problem is out today: http://www.resplendencepublishing.com/353.html
Mary Worthington is a widow, or at least, she should've been. A former Navy Seals wife, her husband is killed in combat and Mary has a difficult time accepting the fact her husband isn't coming home. Without a body to bury or witnesses to tell her what happened, there's no way Mary can put the past to sleep until someone provides her with the truth about her husband's final hours.
Trying to step out and socialize once again while pursuing facts about her husband's death, Mary is introduced to Brock Taylor, a hard-core ladies man dedicated to the Marines and sharing himself with any woman who wants a piece of one. That is, until he meets Mary, a woman he's known about through a past acquaintance.
Mary and Brock fall in love, plan a wedding in the Great Smoky Mountains, and well, things could've been headed toward a happy ending. However, six months after Brock finally wins Mary's hand, Mary's deceased husband reappears. And Mary wonders if she'll be forced to give up one man in exchange for the other.
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Mourning the death of her husband began at the sound of the first shots fired. For some reason, up until then, Mary kept thinking she'd awaken and discover she'd been having another nightmare. Instead, reality set in and delivered its final blow. The ceremony in progress jolted her back to the present with a new understanding.
She was attending her husband's memorial. Luke was gone, and he wasn't coming back.
Mary had somehow remained stoic throughout the service, fearing if she looked up, turned to her left, or glanced right, she might meet a stranger's gaze. She refused to lock eyes with those in attendance, realizing their hearts were full of pity.
Many of them knew Luke. Some of them had fought beside him. Others were there to pay their respects to a fallen soldier, but they didn't know the man behind the uniform, the husband behind the Navy's finest SEAL.
There was another powerful blast, and the jarring sensation came with a deafening and most eerie sound of a three-round volley. The air was thick with tension. Those in attendance jerked with every shot resounding through the hills.
Mary's tears finally came, flooding her cheeks until the rapid falls ran dry. It was then when Mary understood a truer meaning of taps.
This was the end, the most monumental signal of all. It was time to turn out the lights and go home. The final seconds in the last hour approached. Now, she was expected to accept the fact that her happily-ever-after ending wasn't meant to be. Mary needed to find a way to come to terms with the facts.
Her husband was dead. She couldn't bring him back.
Lieutenant Lucas Worthington once spoke of a soldier's death, an honorable death, the kind of burial all soldiers hoped they'd find. If Mary had been given one last chance to talk with Luke, she would've told him that this death wasn't a clean death, as he'd once discussed. This casualty, no one understood.
Luke should've been careful what he wished for, and Mary should've selected a husband more wisely, refused to fall in love with a man destined to die. Mary gave her heart to a Navy SEAL. He, in turn, fell in love with the notion that freedom was won, honor easily earned, and death only came to those who were fighting for the wrong side.
Mary wished for one last opportunity to tell Luke her point of view on the subject now, perhaps show him the error of his ways, and explain devastation in simple woman's terms.
At that moment, she wanted her husband to know how she felt. She longed to explain her agony. But it was too late for that, and she wasn't sure she could put her sorrow into words.
Still, Mary longed to see Luke one last time. She would've given her final breath if she could've held something substantial in her arms, perhaps something to show her, help her grasp the idea that the love she'd cherished was lost. The man she'd worshipped was gone, and his funeral was anything but a bad dream.
Her life had turned into a nightmare. Without a body to bury, Mary had a feeling she'd never awaken from the hellish world that had somehow become her horrific reality.
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"The next time you try and set me up with some hardcore, sexy-as-all-fucking-hell military prick, I swear to God, I'm gonna—"
"Anna told me how to get here," Brock interrupted her rant as soon as the door was pushed all the way back.
"Fuck my life," Mary muttered, thinking she'd never seen a hotter man than the one in front of her. Even Luke would have a difficult time measuring up to Brock, and that was saying a lot.
Stop it right now, she thought. She didn't have the right to gawk at this stranger like he was a packaged adult delivery for an overnight stay. "This is not happening to me."
Brock winked, a devilish grin marking a permanent place on his face. "Prick? Really? Is that the best you can do?"
She released a troubled sigh. Apparently, he missed the compliment laced through that warm greeting.
"Why are you here?"
She saw the attitude coming from a mile away. "I was afraid someone might try to set you up with some hardcore, sexy-as-all-fucking-hell military prick. I'm here to save you."
"From myself?" she asked, meaning she needed all the help she could get since she had the open-mouth-insert-foot concept down to a perfected science.
"Should I take that to mean you're interested?"
"What do you want?" she asked, ignoring his underlying insinuations.
"An invitation inside would be a nice start."
"Maybe because it's the polite thing to do, especially after you spoke so passionately about me."
"The last time a soldier stood in my doorway, he brought bad news with him. Would you invite that into your home, Mr. Taylor?"
"Depends on what you consider bad news, Mary. And please, call me Brock. We'll do better in the end if we start out with first names."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"You think you could stand my answer?"
Mary propped her hands on her hips. "Depends. Think you can handle rejection?"
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ContactWorld, created by NewVoiceMedia, is a unified communication platform for any size corporation. It offers standalone call center functionality, including automatic call distribution, predictive dialer, call recording, auto attendant, softphone, and more.
ContactWorld is deployed entirely in the cloud, so sensitive information is secured and protected, and can be accessed from anywhere. It's compatible on Mac or Windows platforms. The system aims to better connect agents with sales prospects by integrating directly with Salesforce CRM. It includes several reporting functions and dashboards to show increased insight into call pick-up rates, call handle time, call resolution, and more. Agents can access call context to be sure to optimize the conversation with each prospect. They can also dial locally, which increases call-connect rate.
ContactWorld offers three different packages depending on the size of your company, whether that be one person, or over a thousand.
Annette from Hearing Your Way
Specialty: Manufacturing
Employees number: 1 employee
February 2017
February 2017
I like the ease and simplicity of this product. Great product for the price. love that it comes with 2 phones for the price as well.
Easy to program and handle. Great product for the price.
The voices can sometimes cut out.
Brian from Midwest Foods
Specialty: Food / Beverage
Employees number: 201-500 employees
January 2017
January 2017
The biggest feature that we take advantage of is the detailed reporting that is offered. This allows for every department to be broken down and supplied with easily extracted information. Implementation wasn't as smooth as we'd like however the support team aided us throughout the process.
Gram from Zenefits
Specialty: Software / IT
Employees number: 501-1,000 employees
December 2016
December 2016
The NVM product has some nice features but the overall system has proved to be clunky for us. The call flows are not easy to maintain and to scale. If you have a complex logic, then building these take a lot of time even for the NVM engineers themselves. Their Sales pushed pretty hard for the sale (even sent over donuts for the teams) but the product has a lot of improvements to be done still. The web based version of the phone was only available in US and not EMEA or APAC and we were not told that before we signed a contract with them. It does however, do all the basic things well. Call quality is good. Voicemail and routing works well but it is not too good when things get big or complex.
Call routing
Call quality
Very difficult to administer.
Tiffany from Axcient
Specialty: Software / IT
Employees number: 201-500 employees
December 2016
December 2016
We did not have a very positive experience with New Voice Media. We faced call connectivity issues from the beginning. The dispositioning of the calls was an issue. We did not get the type of reporting we expected it would give us in Salesforce. Their technical implementation specialist was very difficult to work with. He was not based locally. He also made some personal remarks about the team which was not very professional. Based on my experience, I will not recommend this tool. Sorry! :(
Can use your laptop as phone.
lacks reporting
system issues
not good support
unprofessional attitude
As I said, there are better tools out there, so please due your due diligence.
Matt from Eventbrite
Specialty: Software / IT
Employees number: 501-1,000 employees
December 2016
December 2016
If you are in the US, be aware that this is a UK based company. Their product is really robust but administering isnt very easy. The demos looked really good but you should get your hands dirty in the admin side to know that this things isnt as intuitive as you thought. It works well if you have simple flows.
- Can you use your laptop as your phone
-Accurate reporting
- Provides great insights to your calls
- Call monitoring functionality is awesome
- UI is outdated.
- Gamification piece isnt great.
- Administering it is really difficult.
Ensure that your requirements can be fulfilled by NVM. Ensure the SLAs before signing-up. Their internal team seemed uncoordinated in our rollout.
Sascha from Deliveroo
Specialty: Food / Beverage
March 2016
March 2016
Its finally working: Customers can hear us, we can call them, they can call us
Service was quite responsive
Usability - not the cleanest / easiest userinterface and settings
Make sure to get everyone trained on this and take your time during the roll out
Denise from LadbrokesCoral
Employees number: 5,001-10,000 employees
October 2017
October 2017
Ease of use, we moved and started to use software on the same day.
All my team were able to master use in a very short period.
Makes our role easier by identifying the brand when a call comes through.
The more you use the software the more you pick up.
Sky board can look a little muddled.
Reports required some tweaking but resolved with the help of customer rep.
Angela from Ladbrokes Coral Group plc
October 2017
October 2017
Easy to use
Would be perfect if Skill Assignment was viewable by agent skill set and not by individual skill.
Peter from LadbrokesCoral
Employees number: 10,000+ employees
October 2017
October 2017
Reliability is excellent. Has been our most consistent piece of software since moving to our new office.
Caller ID display for outbound calls whilst having a customer on hold is an issue, displays customer number instead of department number.
Melanie from Ladbrokes Coral
September 2017
September 2017
Where to start? Easy to use interface, with Real Time functions customisable to each Supervisor. Offers large array of information in real time on an agent's activity, call queues and call centre stats.
Skill Management - you need to filter by Skill then Agent, rather than being able to filter by Agent and view all Skills
Ricky from Ladbrokes Coral
August 2017
August 2017
Extremely user friendly system and the real time queue management is perfect tool for call spikes in queues
We initially wanted to be able to manage skills through proficiency, but we are unable to do so with the system at the moment.
Neal from Ladbrokes Coral Group
Employees number: 10,000+ employees
August 2017
August 2017
I like the software in general there is nothing that disappoints me. It is a wonderful product that i would recommend to anyone to us in a call center environment.
The ease of navigation and reporting tools on individual agents to help build KPI packs for agent stats and the ability to pull given stats as and when required
Shomari from Ladbrokes Coral
Employees number: 5,001-10,000 employees
August 2017
August 2017
Customer Insights, Real Time Reporting
Dynamic Routing. Moving onto a cliyd based system was supposed to have many limitations none of which i have experienced.
We wanted to be able to use proficiency in our skills and this has meant we have had to adapt our approach.
Raf from Nucleus Commercial Finance Ltd.
Employees number: 11-50 employees
August 2017
August 2017
It integrated easily to Salesforce and is simple to use.
In the number of occasion where there have been any issues encountered these have been resolved quickly and efficiently with help from Tim Newton.
We had a few reporting issues at first which was resolved straight away.
Again, great help from Tim Newton.
June 2017
June 2017
Great Support that is always attentive and is intent on resolving your issue and ensuring you are satisfied.
Sometimes the website can feel outdated and not laid out in the best format. I feel if a designer was to look at some sections of the site there could be massive improvements made to make things easier and clearer to understand.
Joe from Huddlebuy
June 2017
June 2017
Great support that is always keen to resolve your issue. Great API links to other web services and Salesforce.
Certain aspects of the platform do look outdated and arn't easy to read or follow.
Kasim from Gousto
April 2017
April 2017
The platform is fantastic when scaling up with plenty of features. One thing that we lacked with a previous provider was support. However, the support received from NVM has been nothing short of great!
Lenny from 9 Spokes
January 2017
January 2017
We implemented NVM 8 weeks ago for our success team to make on-boarding calls and take support calls and the whole experience has been seamless. The representative from NVM provided support and training during the bedding in phase and he was excellent, and we were up and running within a few days. Fast, professional and supportive, NVM is a great product, stand-alone and also as an integration with Salesforce.
January 2017
January 2017
We already had NVM at one of our global locations and needed a speedy implementation in a different country for our success team to support a new channel. The NVM team got it implemented in days and the support and training was excellent. We were fully up and running in no time and are making daily calls to customers and receiving support calls with no issues. I highly recommend NVM and their professional and courteous team.
Fast implementation
Great Support
Great training and a wealth of documentation online
Easy to use and administer
Constantly being developed.
Not seen any yet, though it may appear a bit dated visually.
Get it
Kelly from Servest
Employees number: 10,000+ employees
January 2017
January 2017
We were originally miss sold the package details by which we based our decision. The handover at the outset of our account to delivery was terrible because what we wanted hadn't been effectively communicated. HOWEVER, since this time the representative has been on hand to support us and to get the system up to where it should have been originally. the representative has been a huge help and as such we are now achieving the SLA's we missed at the initial go live because of the incorrect routing. The only work remaining to be completed is training of the new system so that the Team Leaders can effectively create agents and skill sets. I am extremely grateful that representative joined our account when he did. I look forward to a long relationship with NVM.
Intuition around call prioritising and skill setting
It has some odd quirks that you need to remember occur and train out so you can avoid them being issues. The wallboard licences drive me insane and i hate having to change the setting to amend the view.
It would be good at the end of the go live period with NVM to receive a basic training pack but also that contains key information e.g all your log in details collated, where there is flexibility within the contract to ugrade, anything in particular that is unique to your system. Process for logging tickets
Jason from Fairfaxmedia New Zealand
January 2017
January 2017
A great experience working with Customer support representative from NVM. I am responsible for training the sales team and Customer support representative was especially helpful providing the required information to enable our team to have the best possible start. In addition, the NVM Wiki is a fantastic resource. Thanks, NVM!
Pouria from Fairfax media
Employees number: 501-1,000 employees
January 2017
January 2017
We had a great experience dealing with NVM, Customer support was absolutely helpful and helped us through this Journey, we are now live with more than 4000 calls going through the system through the 1st week.
Everything is recorded
Voice over IP can have some delays
Gilby from FairfaxMedia
Employees number: 501-1,000 employees
January 2017
January 2017
Overall experience was great, set up and training went smoothly and well within the target time. No real issues along the way
Simple to use yet provides in-depth stats and visibility of everything we wanted to see
Giles from Urban Massage
December 2016
December 2016
New Voice Media has had a huge positive impact on the business. The super-high reliability, alongside the in-depth reporting, has kept all aspects of the business happy.
Julie from Headway, the brain injury association
December 2016
December 2016
Initially, the generated reports didn't add up (to us). The support team took the time to explain the reports. There were a few minor discrepancies in the figures, the rep took the time to identify and rectify the problem. If I have any questions in the future I know I can rely on the team to be fully supportive.
Corrine from Berry Bros & Rudd
November 2016
November 2016
The possibilities are endless on NVM, their systems seem to be able to handle even the most complex routing solutions. The reporting is extremely versatile and detailed and the staff are very knowledgeable and helpful. Kyle Hughes in the Hampshire office is particularly helpful and is always happy to offer advice and assistance.


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Sunday, 4 April 2010
Number 2 - Escaping death by a hair breadth
My mom could not stand those daily bombings any longer. My father had a weak heart and was thus not drafted into the armed forces. But in 1945, the last months of this war, they took everybody who was at least able to crawl and he left for the militia (Volkssturm).
Old people reading the announcement that they are being called into the militia
My father gone, she decided to go to Vienna his native town. She thought in Vienna everything was peaceful, no air raids day and night. In this she was totally wrong but she did not know. In Prague our train trip came to an abrupt end. We never made it to Vienna.
/> Beautiful Prague - in peaceful peacetime
I don't remember what happened then, I don't remember but I know there was an air raid, a big one, king size air raid, have a look at Wiki here in case someone wishes to know more about this one. Anyway, I see myself walking through the streets of Prague, the houses on fire to the right and to the left. It was so hot we had to walk in the middle of the street.
Then a army truck picked us up and soon Prague was behind us, we were passing through the country side. Suddenly the driver stopped and even to me, now an old war hand six years old, it was quite clear why. Ahead of us, to the right and to the left side of the road, there were burning cars of all kind, a flaming car cemetery. We all stepped out, our flight ended here.
We were herded by Czechoslovakian or Russian soldiers into a kind of garden park. I think we waited there quite a long time. A soldier came, took some chocolate out of his pocket and looked at me, quite a long time. Finally he made up his mind, ate the chocolate himself and strolled away.
Finally we left the place. A long line of civilians and a few wounded soldiers. After some time we reached a school built of red bricks. They parked us in the square school yard, surrounded on all sides by the school building. On first floor, running all around, was a colonnade.
The armed men who guarded us stood in this colonnade, looking upon us.
Suddenly they started to shoot. A panic brought out, people were running in all directions to escape the bullets. We, too. There was a nurse tending to a wounded soldier: her throat was half ripped away and she was standing there. Our eyes met.
In a corner right under the colonnade were cellar doors and windows. Someone smashed those windows and my mom and myself found refuge there. At least they could not reach us from above. Our cellar was packed to capacity. We were standing there like sardines in a tin.
At some distance from where we were standing I hear a whimper: "water, water, water please". And then some else answered: "no way, he'll die anyway". Some minutes later we were standing knee-deep in ice cold water.
So we left the cellar. The shooting had stopped............
Yesterday, I had my first real flight with the new Swiss made paraglider. The wind was very strong, too strong. While starting, I was lifted up some meters, came down again and was dragged backwards on the ground. Then the canopy was stopped by a small oak tree wrapping itself around. I had nothing, not even a scratch. But it took me more than an hour to get the paraglider back to Mother Earth.
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hola Herr Georg, this is a shocking story and wonderfully narrated, with so much clarity that i was able to picture you there, 6 year-old herr Georg looking sad and confused to that soldier who ate the chocolate and didn't give you none... wow Herr Georg, i had NOT idea that you were a II World War victim, thank you for sharing those experiences, life is so fragile anyways, and then we stupid humans make everything worse with our violence and wars (war is for me the hardest thing to understand from humanity, i understand territorial violence in animals, but reason has really been twisted on human minds to get to a point of a war, collective insanity, huh?) even if this is a very obscure matter is really good to read you again Herr Georg, now i have NO idea how i missed the Number 1 of Escaping Death installments since i have your blog on my Google Reader and didn't get any updates, but when time permits, i will be back to read that one too!ReplyDelete
glad you survived the war Herr Georg, again life is so fragile, that everyday i am more amazed that we all are able to roam around and able to write post, smile, breath, and even simulate flights in computers, huh? glad you have a good time with the simulator!
Bonjour Berenice,ReplyDelete
Thanks for your kind words. I can only agree totally with you. Life is fragile and it is a kind of miracle that we are still here, alive and kicking.
So let's make the best of it, within our possibilities. And let's not be a nuisance to others, whenever possible. BUT: mort à l'infâme.
Such a touching post Georg..especially the bit about the soldier and the chocolate...i feel like hugging that little six year old boy and plying him with chocolates...what an amazingly eventful life....ReplyDelete
Kevin an I, along with our son are going to be in Salzburg, Vienna, and Munich in the third week of june...I am sure u can tell me something interesting we could do/see other than the usual touristy stuff...
Bonjour Rati,ReplyDelete
Thank you for your kind comment. All this happened so long ago and life was so different...... It could have been invented but it happened to me.
As to your trip to Europe, I'll give it a long thought and send you an email or write it as a comment on your blog.
But it all depends on your personal interests. I mean talking about Salzburg most people think Mozart. But not everybody. There are "Salzburger Nockerln" something to eat in a restaurant and there are also those chocolate balls (I've forgotten the name).
Same for Munich. There is more to it than beer. And anyway, the October Beer Festival is in October. You'll be spared this.
As I said, I'll think it over.
j'ai été étonné par ce post à épisode.ReplyDelete
Je ne sais pas pourquoi mais j'ai tout de suite vu un rapport avec la mort de tous ces éminents Polonais morts pour avoir voulu commémorer le massacre de leurs officiers par les russes.
Leur président n'avait pas voulu y aller en présence de Poutine et c'est "entre polonais" qu'ils ont péri.
la vie vous joue de ces tours parfois!!!!!!!!
comment va Élisabeth?
Embrasse la pour moi.
Au fait nous sommes venus dans le cantal le weekend dernier mais nous étions tout très "Auver-bouqués".
Une autre fois j'espère.
Such a vivid memory. It must be a strange thing, to hold the memories of war and violence. I only carry the stories of those before me, and though I have seen violence, it was no as brutal as what you have shared here.ReplyDelete
I wonder, how often do you think on these times?
To Sorrow,ReplyDelete
As I said in the post before (N° 1), it was only this TV series "Incredible but true" that made me think about this distant past.
It has been years and years I did not recall those memories of early childhood. Today's life is thrilling enough and anyway, it is not normal and healthy to potter around in the past (on a regular basis).
Cheers Sorrow, thanks for commenting.
Those are some vivid scenes you've recounted there Georg, and that's not surprising, given the sheer terror of those moments: when you met the eye of the soldier with the ripped off throat, or then when you fled to the cellar to avoid the bullets! I wonder if memory holds a bias for events that evoke extreme emotion...ReplyDelete
You should seriously consider publishing a memoir of those times.
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Thanks for this friendly comment. As to bias and memory, I remember those events as I have told. But I know from reading thrillers that ten witnesses give ten different tales of what had happened.......
By the way, that ripped of throat did not belong to a wounded solder but to a young nurse. I remember her white cap and as I said, our eyes met.
As to writing and publishing, I don't think there is much public interest. Most people prefer to see the war through clean bloodless movies and the younger ones have video games on top of this. Sure, when the young solders in Vietnam, Afghanistan or elsewhere are confronted with war as it really is, they need a psychologist for at least one year to get over it.
I don't know what to say. You have such scary memories of your childhood (only 6 years of age) . Why they start shooting civilians like you for god sake?. I hate wars! I do hate wars! how people can be so heartless. Please tell us more of other incidents you mentioned in the previous posts when you get time.ReplyDelete
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These early childhood memories are so different from life nowadays that they seem not real. Nevertheless, war can happen at any moment, nearly everywhere. Just luck we are alive, healthy and able to do something meaningful.
Indeed we shared the same war, and you were more exposed than me, being a little bit older you have kept images and feelings in your heart and memory. For a while, we were in Paris hiding because it was the only safe place according to my Mum, and she refused to go to shelters of course during bombing attacks. Now any time a plane flies low with terrific noise I have to run and cover my ears.(Among other things... and I cannot stand, because of this kind of primitive fright, when planes take off or land...). The idea of Peace does not seem a popular one, Peace and above all disarmament.ReplyDelete
I am astonished by what Berlin is doing,facing History, often heartbreaking. It had to be done.( very courageous towards the younger generation and us of course).It has not been done in France for the Vichy period. Still is a sore point.


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In the last 2 days I've experienced BSOD constantly, I cannot figure out what is causing it and I'm in need of someone's help who understands these things
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I added additional 8gb ram myself almost 2 years ago when I bought the PC.
I've had BSOD over the last year, but never more than a one off, or that doing a windows update wouldn't solve. This time is different, and errors are coming in all shapes and sizes from kernals to winsys32.exe errors. Yesterday, windows told me that I had a critical error, that was a first!
I've noticed that a few of my windows updates have failed this time too, and they're not even installing manually, don't know if this is related?
I've attached the .dmp files to this post (the event log txt document is over 20mb so I can't upload), I've ran memtest86 as seen in another thread and it isn't reporting any issues.
I'm at a complete loss as I can't use the PC at all just now which is going to affect my business.
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Also, You need to perform a RAM test.
STACK_COMMAND: kb CHKIMG_EXTENSION: !chkimg -lo 50 -d !Ntfs fffff88001506f1c - Ntfs!NtfsWriteFileSizes+2dc [ 00:20 ] 1 error : !Ntfs (fffff88001506f1c) MODULE_NAME: memory_corruption IMAGE_NAME: memory_corruption FOLLOWUP_NAME: memory_corruption DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 0 MEMORY_CORRUPTOR: ONE_BIT FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: X64_MEMORY_CORRUPTION_ONE_BIT BUCKET_ID: X64_MEMORY_CORRUPTION_ONE_BIT Followup: memory_corruption ---------
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Run memtest for at least 8 passes, preferably overnight.
Update the BIOS.
BiosVendor = American Megatrends Inc. BiosVersion = 6.12 BiosReleaseDate = 07/12/2010 SystemManufacturer = Hewlett-Packard
And upload your MSINFO32.nfo file.
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I'll get all that system info uploaded for you guys.
It's a purchased desktop HP Pavillion, I've got memtest86 running on it and have had it on for quite a while, so far it's got 4 passes and 0 errors!!
Here is the eventapp (log) whatever it's called, I've linked it through my dropbox
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Keep running Memtest, your dump shows memory_corruption.
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I'm just going to let it run away for the rest of the day!
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upload your MSINFO32.nfo file.
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Hey guys, I'll upload the msinfo file once memtest has finished,
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Memtest86 has ran for a 24 hour period, 12 complete passes in that time, 0 errors!
Here is a copy of the msinfo32 file that some have asked for.
I'm currently away to run the BIOS update!!
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Cant figure out how to update the bios at all, so going to leave that alone for the moment!!
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text: At Punta Leona, you can spend time at the beach getting a beach massage, plus activities like snorkeling, surfing/boogie boarding, and kayaking are nearby. 3 outdoor pools provide a splash of fun, while guests in the mood for pampering can visit the spa to indulge in massages, detox wraps, and aromatherapy. Carabelas, one of 2 restaurants, serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. There's a poolside bar and a bar/lounge, and rooms at this romantic resort offer flat-screen TVs and refrigerators.