March 26th, 2013

Zendesk’s New iPad App Is Made For Simple Customer Service Tasks, Built For Mountains And Enhanced For Couches

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Zendesk has released its first iPad app whose features reflect an approach that puts a premium on development and a focus on apps native to the iOS platform.

And it is built for mountains and enhanced for couches: → Read More

February 21st, 2013

Zendesk Hacking Affects Tumblr, Pinterest and Twitter Users

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Customer service software provider Zendesk announced a security breach that affects users of Twitter, Pinterest and Tumblr. Zendesk said that the hacker downloaded email addresses of users who have contacted those three websites for support, as well as support email subject lines. Tumblr and Twitter have notified affected users (see below), while Pinterest is expected to the same. A report on→ Read More

February 20th, 2013

Appsecute Offers Social Stream For DevOps To Manage Apps On Cloud Services

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Appsecute launched last year with a platform that gave customers a single view across any platform as a service (PaaS). Today the company is showing a change in focus with an activity stream style service for developer and operations (DevOps) professionals to see across the multiple services that are used for application management. → Read More

January 27th, 2013

The Enterprise Cool Kids

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No, this isn’t a guest column by Aaron Levie. Though he and his startup Box, the poster child of the “sexy enterprise,” are definitely included in the bunch. “You should definitely kick Aaron off the list. Just to mess with him,” Zendesk founder Mikkel Svane commented when he heard what we were writing. With VCs voting with their feet and eschewing consumer startups… → Read More

January 8th, 2013

Customer Service Platform Zendesk Signs Up Evernote As Its 25,000th Business

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Zendesk says that it closed out 2012 by crossing the 25,000 customer milestone. It’s a big-name company, too — note-taking app Evernote announced that it will be using Zendesk to deliver customer service.

“When we develop Evernote, we strive for ease-of-use, scalability and availability across multiple platforms,” said Vice President of Customer Satisfaction Philip Dean in a press release. → Read More

September 12th, 2012

Preparing For An IPO, Online Customer Service Platform Zendesk Raises $60M From Redpoint, Goldman Sachs And Others

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Online customer service company Zendesk has raised $60 million in new financing led by Redpoint Ventures with participation by Index Ventures, GGV Capital, Goldman Sachs, Silicon Valley Bank, Charles River Ventures, Benchmark Capital and Matrix Partners. We’re told the round was $45 million in equity and $15 million in a credit facility. This brings Zendesk’s total funding to $86… → Read More

July 12th, 2012

The Future Of Customer Experience – 3 Examples Of Virtual Assistants, Biometrics And Siri-Style Services

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The future of customer service is less about the people than it is the sound of a person or even the virtual image of an individual.

Humans are just so inefficient. But they can be improved, too, through interfaces that provide them more automated capabilities.

Salefsorce.com is on the edge of this trend. It continues to acquire companies that makes it easier for agents to become more… → Read More

July 10th, 2012

Zendesk Now Offers Facebook Private Messages For Customer Service

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Zendesk has a new feature for customers to send private Facebook messages that automatically go to agents as Zendesk customer service tickets.

Customers get the same experience that comes with sending messages on Facebook.  As with any private message, only the recipient and the sender see the information passed between the two. → Read More

May 17th, 2012

Freshdesk Launches $10M “Future Fund” To Bring Free Help Desk Support To 500+ Startups

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Freshdesk, the makers of cloud-based help desk software that allows companies to support their customers through email, phone, website, Facebook and Twitter, are on a mission to compete with the big boys of the space, like Zendesk and Salesforce’s Desk.com. Though it believes that the biggest market opportunity down the road will be in offering a unique brand of cloud-based customer support to the… → Read More

December 14th, 2011

Zendesk Ramps Up Social In Customer Support Platform With Facebook Integration

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Customer support startup Zendesk is debuting Zendesk for Facebook, which allows customer service teams to engage with Facebook users from within the startup’s popular help-desk platform. Launched in 2008, Zendesk offers a web-based, SaaS-delivered help desk and support ticketing application that gives companies a simple way to manage incoming support requests from end customers.

There’s no… → Read More

September 12th, 2011

Zendesk Adds A Twilio-Powered VoIP System To Cloud-Based Customer Support Platform

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Customer support startup Zendesk is unveiling Zendesk Voice, a cloud-based call center that integrates with the startup’s popular help-desk platform. Launched in 2008, Zendesk offers a web-based, SaaS-delivered help desk/support ticketing application that gives companies a simple way to manage incoming support requests from end customers.

Powered by Twilio, Zendesk Voice is a VoIP system that… → Read More

August 2nd, 2011

Zendesk Brings Customer Service SaaS To The Enterprise

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Customer support startup Zendesk going after enterprise clients with the launch of a new solution that is tailored to large organizations. Launched in 2008, Zendesk offers a web-based, SaaS-delivered help desk/support ticketing application that gives companies a simple way to manage incoming support requests from end customers.

Zendesk’s new enterprise grade features include unlimited internal… → Read More

May 6th, 2011

Zendesk And MindTouch Add Social Knowledge To Customer Support

Customer support startup Zendesk is partnering with knowledge base company MindTouch today to offer a social help solution for customer service agents. Now support agents using Zendesk’s customer support SaaS, can query a MindTouch-powered knowledge base for quick answers. The idea is that customer support agents can share their knowledge base with other support agents to improve service to… → Read More

February 14th, 2011

Zendesk Brings Help Desk Software To The iPad

Customer support startup Zendesk is rolling out an iPad app today, which allows support agents to manage a company’s help desk on the go.

Launched in 2008, Zendesk offers a web-based, SaaS-delivered help desk/support ticketing application that gives companies a simple way to manage incoming support requests from end customers. Zendesk is adding around 20 new customers per day, recently hitting… → Read More

December 6th, 2010

Help Desk Software Developer Zendesk Raises $19 Million

Customer support startup Zendesk has raised $19 million in Series C funding led by Matrix Partners with existing investors Benchmark Capital and Charles River Ventures participating in the round. This brings Zendesk’s total funding to over $25.5 million.

Launched in 2008, Zendesk offers a web-based, SaaS-delivered help desk / support ticketing application that gives companies a simple way to… → Read More

September 16th, 2010

Zendesk Brings LogMeIn's Remote-Connectivity Technology To Support Software

Trying to communicate an issue or problem with a web application over the phone can be a trying experience for both the consumer and the IT support rep. If a user isn’t tech-savvy, it can be difficult to explain to a customer support rep the exact origin of the issue. Remote connectivity technologies, which allow support reps to log-on to a customers computer remotely, can be very helpful is… → Read More

July 13th, 2010

Zendesk Ramps Up Twitter Integration; Allows Users To Turn Tweets Into Help Desk Tickets

As more and more consumers turn to Twitter to express their woes about brands and customer service, companies need to keep an eye on the social network to monitor and respond to these conversations and complaints. Help-desk startup Zendesk is ramping up its Twitter integration today, allowing customers to leverage the social interactions on Twitter within their customer service platform.

Zendesk… → Read More

May 20th, 2010

Zendesk Apologizes For Suddenly Hiking Its Prices, CEO Hopes For "Make-Up Sex"

A lot of companies can learn a thing or two from how Zendesk has now dealt with the huge backlash from its customer base after the startup changed its prices overnight (which resulted in a lot of their users suddenly paying up to 300% more than what they signed up for years ago).

In a blog post, titled “Sorry. We Messed Up.”, the company doesn’t mess up its mea culpa: (after the jump) → Read More

May 18th, 2010

Zendesk Raises Prices, Pisses Off Customers

We’re all for startups trying to make money, but we also recognize a good old ‘bait and switch’ tactic when we see one. Case in point: on-demand help desk software maker Zendesk, which has just emailed its customers to let them know they’re raising their prices – resulting in a 300+ percent increase in monthly fees for some.

The announcement, which was also posted on the company’s forums, comes… → Read More

May 18th, 2010

Zendesk's SaaS Help Desk System Now Being Used By Over 5,000 Businesses

Zendesk, a SaaS help desk solution, has reached a milestone: the company now has more than 5,000 customers using its platform. Launched in 2008, Zendesk offers a web-based, SaaS-delivered help desk / support ticketing solution that gives companies a simple, cost-effective way to manage incoming support requests from end customers.

Over the past two years, the startup has managed to gain an… → Read More

August 17th, 2009

Zendesk Raises $6 Million In B Round, Benchmark's Peter Fenton Joins Board

Benchmark Capital is investing in Danish startup Zendesk, and led a $6 million B round of funding. Benchmark’s rock star partner Peter Fenton is joining the board.

Zendesk just raised money in May in an A round from Charles River Partners, which also participated in this latest funding. → Read More

May 7th, 2009

Zendesk Secures Funding For SaaS Help Desk System, Heads To The U.S.

Zendesk, a Danish startup that markets a nifty cloud-based, on-demand help desk system, has raised an undisclosed Series A round of funding from Charles River Ventures which it intends to use to expand its customer base worldwide, starting with the opening of new headquarters in Boston. That move makes sense because apparently over 70% of its customers are currently located in the United… → Read More