E017: Know These Things Before Shopping Office 365
Release Date: 08/15/2016
E030: Cutting Through Contracts Like a Samurai
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Have you ever looked at a telecom or cloud contract and thought "why even bother..."? Matt Milhauser is the VP of Strategy and Innovation for Advantix... and he's also a Samurai of contracts. You'll learn Matt's 5 things to look for in a vendor contract and how to negotiate them so well that you'll walk away as your company's contract HERO!
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E029: O365 in the Private Cloud
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Learn when Office 365 may not be the best fit for your company... and the great alternatives you might have. Rapidscale Sales Engineer, David Lagumbay, details the specifics that may rule out Office 365 for your company but then explains how you can replicated Office 365 in a private cloud, in order to overcome the standard version's shortcomings.
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E028: Paul Li's 25 Year IT Journey
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Learn how IT Professional and AeroComInc.com client, Paul Li, has thrived for 25 years in his IT career. Paul shares his story with us, and tells us about his most difficult time in IT, how he approaches management feedback and much more!
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E027: What Can You Integrate with VoIP?
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Learn what technologies your company can integrate with your VoIP phone system that will make your employees more productive and happier at work. Sangar Sofi, sales engineer from Jive Communications joins Mike to tell a real customer story of a company that didn't realize how many additional applications they could integrate with their Jive hosted VoIP service... and how ecstatic their employees were when they experienced what could be integrated.
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E026: What is Office 365 E5?
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Learn whether or not Office 365's E5 offering is going to make your company's employees shout out of joy or frustration. CallTower's CRO, William Rubio, joins Mike to discuss the intricate details of what E5 is and what it is NOT.
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E025: Contact Center Workflow Integration
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Learn how inContact's new contact center feature is allowing contact centers to integrate diverse workflow tasks into a single contact center queue. Mark Colclasure is a sales engineer for inContact and he will walk you through several examples of how company's can get more efficiency from their contact center staff by integrating a multitude of different workflows.
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E024: How SD-WAN Improves VoIP Call Quality
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Learn how to improve your company's VoIP call quality by adding SD-WAN to your VoIP service. Listen to Vonage Business' Sales Engineer, Jake Fry, explain how SD-WAN performs voice improving tasks like Forward Error Correction, Deep Packet Inspection and Multi-Path Selection.
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E023: Avoiding Bandwidth Overload
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Learn how to make sure your company never gets stuck with an insufficient Internet connection. Jay Wilson, Sales Engineer for Tier 1 ISP, Cogent Communications, joins Mike to discuss ways to identify possible bandwidth problems and how to plan for them. Josh Chamois also pays us another visit to talk about a recent promotion that you don't want to miss, as well as the Smithsonian in D.C...
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E022: The Basics of Fixed Wireless for Business
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Did you know that Fixed Wireless has a great argument for being MORE reliable and secure than fiber? California Internet founder and CTO (and fixed wireless technical genius), Ryan Hauf joins Mike for a fascinating discussion on Fixed Wireless Internet access for business. They discuss the technical facts surrounding security, reliability, bandwidth capacity, distance vs. signal and more. AeroComInc.com's trusty salesperson Josh Chamois also pops into the show to tell you about a provider who's offering a promotional credit the size of your yearly salary! Then, Mike throws him a challenge in...
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E021: Diversify Your Business Internet Paths
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When you ordered that back-up Internet line for your company, did you ask your building management company for a map of how the cables are entering the building? Did you ask the provider for a map of the collapse points? If not, no worries. Listen to John Stephens conversation with Mike, take notes and use his tips when your next contract expires. During his 23 years at Time Warner Cable Business Class, John has held nearly every technical position at the company. He knows about diverse paths into buildings because he's actually built them, engineered them and done troubleshooting on them....
info_outlineJason Cutler from Microsoft's 2015 Partner of the Year, Sada Systems, joins Mike to review the essential items IT teams need to review before making the jump to Office 365. Using Jason's blueprint, IT professionals will be well prepared before shopping for Office 365 and will not have any surprises when it comes time to gather pricing.
Mike and Jason also make a mistake toward the end of the podcast. Can you guess what it is?
Last but not least, Mike gives away another free gift to our podcast listeners!