Each year, NICE surveys both consumers and businesses to understand trends in consumer behavior and expectations as well as understand priorities, strategies and technology adoption forecasts from businesses. The NICE Customer Experience (CX) Transformation Benchmark is fielded in the US, Canada, UK, Australia with two surveys, one among consumers and one among contact center decision makers. Last year, we discussed the numerous impacts that the global pandemic had on both businesses and consumers. Businesses were fast tracking technology initiatives that had originally been on a 3-5 year roadmap and moving them to the top of the list to adapt to the tectonic shift that the pandemic caused around the world. On the consumer side, consumers were also busy adopting digital channels and alternatives to what they had grown accustomed to as they adjusted to quarantine, lock downs and social distancing. The study and report yields insights into this digital acceleration -- both from a business point of view and a consumer point of view.