In this second part of the two-part podcast series, TC2's Mark Sheard and Joe Schmidt continue their discussion about how enterprises are saving big money by adopting a portfolio strategy when buying internet transport services.

The contract structure may have been simplified but achieving deal flexibility is far from assured.

Gartner recently published their Market Guide for Telecom Expense Management Services, and the report provides some very good analytical insight into the everchanging TEM industry.

Kevin DiLallo, a Partner at LB3, and Joe Schmidt from TC2 take a close look at Private 5G, a 5G service that could deliver huge productivity and cost advantages to enterprises.

The proposed merger between Sprint and T-Mobile was announced over a year ago and the deal is still pending.

LB3 and TC2 recently ran a three-part on-line class covering the basics of telecom procurement and contracting.

Listen to this 9 minute podcast as Sara Crifasi, a lawyer at LB3, and TC2's Joe Schmit.

On November 19, Calero and MDSL, two pretty significant Telecom Expense Management companies, announced plans to merge.

The market for managed network services is undergoing some significant changes. Enterprises are increasingly shifting their reliance away from carriers for managed services to system integrator led managed services.

The global pandemic caused by COVID-19 has had a profound impact on companies and have forced most to take a close look at their network services and related contracts.

As more applications are being transitioned to the cloud, and as COVID-19 is becoming COVID-21 and the work-from-home scenario is becoming the new normal for many businesses, there is an urgent need for work-from-anywhere ...

The recent SolarWinds software hack, and hacks related to that breach, show why enterprises need to keep ahead of the ever-challenging security environment...

If you were following the news this week, you probably heard about a major hack of SolarWinds' software.

An important question IT organizations have to ask when evaluating their network and ICT needs is – Should I outsource or am I better off doing it in-house?

The typical long-term contract structure for enterprise ITC deals, particularly telecom deals, has traditionally been a revenue commitment over a fixed period of time.

Along with our colleagues at TechCaliber, we have always advocated for using a lifecycle approach for ICT contracts, and as technologies and suppliers have changed over the years...

The Universal Service Fund, or USF, is a government program that provides money to vendors so that they can provide subsidized connections to high cost or rural areas..

Enterprises face many increasingly complex issues trying to manage network transport expenses.

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission announced a jaw droppingly high USF contribution factor—24.4%.

Value added resellers are an important part of the ICT ecosystem, and without them a lot of great products and services would never make it to the enterprise.