Tool

Managing telecom expense is a challenge when bills are not managed centrally or consolidated in a single file. Identifying cost-savings and synergy opportunities are also difficult if your telecom bills and information regarding telecom services...

Solution Set

This solution set will help organizations understand where to focus their telecom cost reduction efforts and how to develop a practice for ongoing telecom expense management.

Tool

Use the Contract Management Tool to track location, status, and expiry dates of ongoing contracts. The tool provides advance warning of checkpoint dates for timely contract renewal decisions.

Cutting costs can be an overwhelming and painful task, but knowing where to focus your efforts can make it easier. Take a look at our top ten favorite strategies. It doesn't have to be as painful as you think, and who knows, you could become the...

Use these notes to apply cost-savings across your department. Discover cost savings in every aspect of your cost-to-serve expenses, and use the guidance and tools below to start reducing costs today.

Do you need to make a difference this week? This month? Take a look at these tactics and tools to build your guerilla plan.

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Enterprises looking to reduce costs in the network and telephony services area can make significant headway in reducing expenses without reducing quality of service. First, determine which areas have potential for cost savings, then assess how...

Without fail, uncertain economic times bring IT budgets under closer scrutiny and this often results in communications services being identified as a cost cutting target. IT leaders must determine whether investing in a new on-premise phone...

Large companies enjoy a distinct advantage when it comes to telecom vendor negotiations; however, there are a number of important tactics that small enterprises can use to get the best results. Negotiating vendor pricing based upon a positive...

Many corporate telecommunications bills contain erroneous charges caused by internal and/or carrier-related mismanagement. Telecom Expense Management (TEM) can help IT managers reduce all such costs. Consider the benefits of employing TEM...

The benefits of mobility are becoming increasingly clear to enterprises. Mobile employees are more productive, internal and external communications are better, and efficiency can be improved. However, these benefits can also send mobile service...

Inefficient and unmanaged mobile spend is a considerable challenge in government agencies. Cost optimization is a significant opportunity and Wireless Telecom Expense Management (TEM) services are a valuable ? and increasingly more accessible ?...

IT departments should take an active role in managing their corporate cellular phone policies and practices. Implementing a comprehensive management plan can result in significant monthly cost savings from various avenues.

Enterprises with small branch offices and teleworkers often make significant investments in infrastructure and application licenses for the remote locations. Those that haven't explored SSL VPN solutions for small branch offices and remote...

Although many enterprises may know what to do, they wait too long to renegotiate their telecom services contracts. In renewal situations, "time is of the essence" and negotiations should commence at least 90 days prior to a contract's...

Globetrotting executives, engineers, and sales and service personnel are ringing up massive mobile bills, and IT managers are often tasked with getting these costs under control. While there is no single silver bullet solution to reduce global...

When an enterprise allows a communication service contract to renew automatically, the enterprise pays more than it should. Save money and get the best services available by actively managing the renewal of communication service contracts.

Countless companies are facing mounting mobile connectivity costs as executives, sales professionals, and engineers travel around this rapidly shrinking globe. Make sense of the available mobile connectivity options and reduce costs before they...

The costs of carrier services have fluctuated significantly over the past few years, and while pricing has stabilized considerably, some volatility remains. It is possible to have the best of both worlds; long-term contracts with assurance of...

Choosing a platform to mobilize the enterprise messaging infrastructure is a far more involved process than simply picking the coolest looking handheld and handing it out to staff. Understand the bottom line benefits and target the specific...

SMEs can slash cell phone costs by eliminating the practice of supplying company-owned cell phones to workers. Modify the organization's default cell phone policy from issuance to reimbursement to reduce direct costs by as much as 76%.