SUNNYVALE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/05/12 -- eGain (NASDAQ: EGAN), the leading provider of multichannel customer engagement solutions, today announced the immediate availability of eGain SuperChat™. The first of its kind solution, eGain SuperChat empowers businesses to proactively engage customers beyond text chat with unified auto chat, video, voice, and cobrowse capabilities that are part of the eGain 11 customer engagement cloud. SuperChat also allows consumers to hop across media channels or use them together -- for instance, video chat and cobrowse. Also, businesses can easily set up rules to offer contextual assistance without IT assistance.

"Gartner's PACE-layered framework looks at how competitive business advantage is achieved through applications in the differentiation and innovation layers," said Michael Maoz, VP and Distinguished Analyst for Gartner. "Collaborative customer interfaces that blend multiple options like chat, cobrowse and interactive offers into a unified experience fall into that category."

"As consumers go digital, they seek novel, immersive experiences from their favorite brands," said Ashu Roy, eGain CEO. "eGain SuperChat enables businesses to rapidly orchestrate and optimize delightful real-time customer experiences better than ever before."

About eGain
eGain (NASDAQ: EGAN) is a leading provider of cloud customer engagement solutions. Trusted by leading brands, eGain solutions help design and deliver smart, connected customer journeys across social, mobile, web, and contact centers.

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