NICE SmartCenter Selected by Canada’s WestJet Airlines

IEX TotalView Workforce Management and Performance Management solutions selected

Ra’anana, Israel - NICE Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: NICE), the global provider of advanced solutions that enable organizations to extract Insight from Interactions to drive performance, today announced WestJet Airlines Ltd., Canada’s leading low-cost airline, has selected the integrated NICE SmartCenter solutions for workforce management and performance management. These integrated solutions were selected based on their ability to meet WestJet’s business requirements and stringent technology standards.

IEX TotalView system will improve WestJet’s forecasting and scheduling processes. As a result, WestJet will be able to operate its contact center business in a more efficient and effective manner. Through this deplo yment, the company expects to see increased staffing efficiency, lower telecom costs, and increased agent empowerment, among other returns. Combining the workforce management and performance management solutions offers WestJet even greater power and performance. The performance manager solution will aggregate data from WestJet’s critical contact center solutions, such as the workforce management system and its ACDs, to provide a broader and deeper understanding of the business through a unified view of the business.

“We strive to provide our guests with an amazing experience,” said Todd Peterson, Director of Operations for WestJet’s Distribution team. “With the workforce management system’s proven track record of success, and the performance management solution’s comprehensive capabilities, I’m confident that these NICE SmartCenter solutions will enable us to further enhance the Guest experience we provide, while lowering costs and promoting continued success for our people”.

Debbie May , president of IEX Corporation, a NICE Systems company added, “We are excited to have WestJet as a client. Their decision to make the switch to IEX TotalView is evidence of the solution’s differentiated business value. IEX TotalView continues to be the workforce management solution of choice for sophisticated contact centers. Coupling it with the Performance Manager solution demonstrates the added value of tight integration between workforce management and performance management while highlighting the growing market trend toward selecting vendor-developed solutions instead of developing in house.”

About WestJet
WestJet Airlines Ltd. is Canada’s leading low-fare airline, based in Calgary, Alberta. Feature fleet of New Generation Boeing 737’s: 737-600’s, 737-700’s, and 737-800’s. Guest service features single class leather seating and Bell Express Vu. WestJet’s corporate mission is to enrich the lives of everyone in WestJet’s world by providing safe, friendly, and affordable air travel. WestJet’s corporate vision is by 2016, it will be one of the five most successful international airlines in the world providing our guests with a friendly and caring experience that will change air travel forever. WestJet is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock exchange, stock symbol WJA. For more information, visit http://www.westjet.com.

About IEX
IEX Corporation, NICE Systems Ltd. company, is a leading provider of feature-rich, scalable workforce management and performance management solutions that enable contact centers to improve planning and scheduling, enhance performance and streamline tasks. With a strong global presence, IEX solutions are used in over 50 countries with over a million agents at more than 3,000 contact center sites. Both the award-winning IEX TotalView Workforce Management system and the Performance Manager solution are part of NICE SmartCenter. NICE SmartCenter combines workforce and performance management with quality management, interaction analytics, compliance, coaching and customer feedback within a service-oriented architecture. For more information about IEX, visit http://www.iex.com.

About NICE Systems
NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) is the leading provider of Insight from Interactions solutions and value-added services, powered by the convergence of advanced analytics of unstructured multimedia content and transactional data – from telephony, web, email, radio, video, and other data sources. NICE’s solutions address the needs of the enterprise and security markets, enabling organizations to operate in an insightful and proactive manner, and take immediate action to improve business and operational performance and ensure safety and security. NICE has over 24,000 customers in more than 135 countries, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 companies. More information is available at http://www.nice.com.

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