Modernize Your Customer Communications Without
Replacing Your CIS
Your CIS, billing, payment, CRM, and other core systems already run your utility. DataOceans connects them to a modern customer communications and self-service experience so you can improve how customers receive information, make payments, and act without replacing the systems you rely on.
Keep your core systems. Modernize the communication layer around them.
From bills and regulatory notices to payment reminders, service updates, and program communications, DataOceans helps utilities manage critical customer communications across print, email, SMS, and digital self-service.
The result: Clearer communications, less manual work, greater digital adoption, better payment outcomes, and fewer avoidable customer service calls.
Greater Operational Efficiency
Connect the technology you already have to a more modern communication and self-service experience.
Create a Better Customer Experience
Make it easier for customers to understand information and take the next step.
Increase Digital Adoption
Use relevant communications to encourage paperless billing, autopay, digital payments, and program participation.
Stronger Governance
Centralize templates, approvals, business rules, version history, and audit trails.
Make Bills Actionable
Connect billing communications with digital document access, self-service, and payment options.
Reduce Dependence on IT
Give authorized business users greater control over routine communications and content changes.
Connect the Bill to What Happens Next
A utility bill should do more than tell customers what they owe.
DataOceans helps utilities create clearer, more personalized statements by connecting those communications to digital document access, self-service, and payment options.
Customers can more easily understand:
When is the payment due
Payment options and payment history
Rate-plan and current usage information
New services and offers
Give Business Teams More Control Without Adding More
IT Work
Utility communications change constantly. Rates change. Regulations change. Programs change. Customers need different information at different times. Routine communication changes don't always have to become an IT project.
DataOceans gives authorized business users greater control over communications through:
Centralized templates
Business rules, approvals, governed workflows
Version history
Turn Every Customer Communication Into
Customer Engagement
Every bill, notice, and digital interaction is an opportunity to help customers take the next step.
Instead of sending the same message to everyone, give customers information that is relevant to their situation.
DataOceans products use available customer, account, billing, usage, and other data to deliver relevant messages within controlled areas of bills and communications. Utilities can use targeted content to promote:
Paperless billing and digital delivery
Autopay enrollment
Energy-efficiency programs
Assistance programs
FAQS
Can utilities modernize customer communications without replacing their CIS?
Yes. DataOceans connects existing CIS, billing, CRM, usage, outage management, and payment systems to a modern customer communications and self-service experiences.
What utility communications can DataOceans manage?
DataOceans helps utilities manage bills, regulatory notices, payment reminders, rate-change notices, past-due communications, service updates, planned-service notifications, assistance-program communications, and other customer communications across print and digital channels.
How can utility bills be connected to payments?
DataOceans connects personalized billing communications with digital document access, self-service, and payment options, creating a clearer path from bill to payment.
Can utility business users manage communications without relying on IT for every change?
DataOceans provides authorized business users with centralized templates, business rules, approvals, version history, and governed workflows so routine communication changes do not always have to become an IT project.
How long does it take for a change to go into production?
Changes can be implemented in just a few minutes, unlike the months required by traditional methods. Plus, you have the option to schedule changes for a future date.
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