Five9 to Acquire Whendu’s iPaaS Platform to Accelerate Enterprise Adoption of Cloud Contact Centers

Combination will allow enterprises to move to the cloud rapidly by integrating workflows in real-time
 

SAN RAMON, Calif. - November 12, 2019 - Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ: FIVN), the leading provider of the intelligent cloud contact center, today announced the execution of a definitive agreement to acquire Whendu's iPaaS platform, which is designed for the specific needs of the contact center. Whendu helps accelerate the contact center migration to the cloud by making it easier for enterprises to integrate with their existing environment and carry forward customized business processes.

Whendu's iPaaS platform provides a no-code, visual application workflow tool, optimized for contact centers, that is designed to:
 

• Empower citizen developers, such as business analysts, developers, partners and system integrators
   
• Allow business analysts to rapidly respond to changing business requirements in real-time
   
• Empower businesses to improve ROI by easily integrating widely available cloud services and premise-based systems
   
• Maximize investment in cloud-based contact centers by connecting homegrown systems with the entire enterprise
   
• Accelerate agility and speed of the enterprise to keep up with the shifting technology landscape driven by increasing customer expectations
   

To date, Whendu has 50+ out-of-the box application connectors that are ready to use.

"As enterprises transition from premise contact centers to the cloud, we've seen two problems arise," said Rowan Trollope, CEO, Five9. "First, difficulty migrating due to custom integrations and complex workflows tying contact centers to business systems. Second, as enterprises look to improve customer service, the resulting workflows are often complex and require custom development work. Development resources are scarce and expensive making both problems challenging."

"The acquisition of Whendu's iPaaS platform solves both of these problems through a powerful platform that enables the citizen developer (business analysts, contact center operations folks, and others) to visually create custom workflows with no coding required, reducing the complexity and cost of integrating disparate systems," concludes Trollope.

"We are thrilled to join Five9 and help in the advancements of enterprises moving to the cloud," said Ray Soto, CEO, Whendu. "The combination of Five9 and the Whendu iPaaS platform will make it easier for enterprises to make the move by rapidly integrating workflows in real-time."

"CCaaS became a no-brainer by 2015 for contact centers with less than 50 agents. By 2017, that number grew to 300. For larger, enterprise contact centers - with potentially thousands of seats - the operational issues of migration have often impeded progress," said Sheila McGee-Smith, Founder and Principal Analyst, McGee-Smith Analytics.  "The addition of Whendu adds assets to Five9's arsenal to ease the burdens of transitioning to the cloud as well as helping contact centers to continue to innovate using all the cloud has to offer."

Five9 expects the transaction to close this week.


About Five9

Five9 is a leading provider of cloud contact center software for the intelligent contact center space, bringing the power of cloud innovation to customers and facilitating more than five billion call minutes annually. Five9 provides end-to-end solutions with omnichannel routing, analytics, WFO and AI to increase agent productivity and deliver tangible business results. The Five9 Genius platform is reliable, secure, compliant and scalable; designed to create exceptional personalized customer experiences.

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