New Year’s Housekeeping – The Enterprise Playbook for Renewals, Rights, and Cost Control
Release Date: 01/26/2026
Retiring WAN Technology Debt with an Internet-First Strategy
Staying Connected
Legacy networks are a classic form of technology debt: they work, but they quietly limit agility, drive unnecessary cost and constrain innovation. In this 10-minute episode of Staying Connected, TC2’s joins to talk through how enterprises are shedding that debt by moving to an Internet-first WAN—and how to do it with a clear plan rather than a disruptive leap. We cover how enterprise buyers should think about connectivity mix, supplier selection, SD-WAN strategy, and security design—all before going to market. If you would like to learn more about our experience in...
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New Year’s Housekeeping – The Enterprise Playbook for Renewals, Rights, and Cost Control
Staying Connected
Enterprise IT and procurement teams start the year with big priorities; however without disciplined contract management and a clear view of services and spend, those good intentions may be lost as costs and risk can creep in, weakening your leverage. In this 11-minute episode of Staying Connected, of LB3 joins to walk through a practical New Year’s “housekeeping” checklist to spotlight the steps teams should take to avoid missed credits, address chronic service issues, build leverage, and tighten vendor governance so that the big priorities can be met without unnecessary...
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Inside Lumen Control Center: A New Era of Enterprise Self Service
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Lumen recently announced the migration of its legacy “Control Center” customer portal to the newly branded “Lumen Connect”. In this 8-minute episode of Staying Connected, TC2’s joins to cover what’s changing with this rollout, why Lumen is making these moves now, and what steps your team should be taking. If you would like to learn more about our experience in this space, please visit our webpage.
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Reflections on the First Year of TEM Talk, TC2’s Fast-Growing User Community
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If you manage telecom and technology spend at a large enterprise scale, you already know the hardest part isn’t finding “savings.” It’s sustaining control—inventory accuracy, invoice integrity, governance, and supplier leverage—month after month, deal after deal. In this 9-minute episode of Staying Connected, TC2’s joins to mark the first anniversary of TC2’s TEM Talk user group (our enterprise-only monthly forum for professionals responsible for the management, oversight, and optimization of technology vendors and expenditures), and to discuss what the community has...
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Technology Debt, Part 2 - Diagnosing the Problem and Funding Transformation
Staying Connected
As enterprises push to modernize, many find that years of accumulated decisions have created a heavy, often invisible burden in their IT environments. In this 9-minute podcast, Brent Knight joins Tony Mangino to discuss how technology debt accumulates over time, why it is so difficult to unwind, and how enterprises can build a fact-based view of their hardware, software and WAN liabilities to enable strategic, data driven, decision making and fund transformational initiatives. If you would like to learn more about our experience in this space, please visit our and webpages.
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Technology Debt, Part 1 - The Hidden Cost of Standing Still
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As enterprises push to modernize, many find that years of accumulated decisions have created a heavy, often invisible burden in their IT environments. In this 9-minute podcast, joins to discuss how technology debt accumulates over time, why it is so difficult to unwind, and how enterprises can build a fact-based view of their hardware, software and WAN liabilities to enable strategic, data driven, decision making and fund transformational initiatives. If you would like to learn more about our experience in this space, please visit our and webpages.
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How Hyperscalers Are Rewiring Global Connectivity
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Hyperscalers like AWS, Microsoft, Google and Meta continue to make significant infrastructure investments in ultra-high capacity subsea cables. This new generation of connectivity provides a compelling alternative to telco-provided circuits with the added potential benefit of direct integration with enterprise-grade cloud computing, edge and connectivity services. In this 9-minute podcast, Deb Boehling joins Tony Mangino to discuss the opportunities and risks for enterprise customers and why hyperscalers should be considered in your network technology and sourcing roadmaps....
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Verizon Restructuring – What Enterprise Customers Need to Know
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Verizon is preparing to cut over 13,000 jobs — about 15% of its U.S. workforce — in a restructuring plan intended to reduce costs under its new CEO Dan Schulman. In this 7-minute podcast, from TC2 joins to discuss the anticipated impact of the layoffs and what enterprise customers should be doing now to prepare. If you would like to learn more about our experience in this space, please visit our and webpages.
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Whose Paper?
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When doing a deal, invariably we get the “whose paper” question. That is, should the enterprise start contract negotiations using its own paper or the vendor’s paper? The answer is…that depends. In this 10-minute podcast, , a partner at joins to discuss the best contractual starting point for your deal accounting for leverage, deal size, timing and resource constraints. If you would like to learn more about our experience in this space, please visit our and webpages. Follow us on LinkedIn: &
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Lumen is Increasing Rates…Again
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Lumen is once again raising rates for out-of-term services, with some customers now facing increases as high as 30% to 40%. These changes put enterprise clients in a tough spot, often forcing them to choose between costly renewals or seeking alternatives in a competitive market. In this 6-minute podcast, from TC2 joins to break down what’s driving these price hikes, how they impact your organization, and what strategies you can use to protect your bottom line. If you would like to learn more about our experience in this space, please visit our and webpages.
info_outlineEnterprise IT and procurement teams start the year with big priorities; however without disciplined contract management and a clear view of services and spend, those good intentions may be lost as costs and risk can creep in, weakening your leverage.
In this 11-minute episode of Staying Connected, Laura McDonald of LB3 joins Tony Mangino to walk through a practical New Year’s “housekeeping” checklist to spotlight the steps teams should take to avoid missed credits, address chronic service issues, build leverage, and tighten vendor governance so that the big priorities can be met without unnecessary friction.
If you would like to learn more about our experience in this space, please visit our Network Services Transactions, Strategic Sourcing and IT Cost Management webpages.