Reflections on the First Year of TEM Talk, TC2’s Fast-Growing User Community
Staying Connected
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?
Staying Connected
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.
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5G and Aviation - The Spectrum Conflict Cools
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The struggle between the aviation and wireless industries regarding the use of the lower C-Band ultimately led to regulatory and technical mitigations to prevent interference issues, after narrowly avoiding regulatory gridlock. In this 8-minute podcast, from LB3 joins to discuss how these same players are collaborating to prevent similar interference issues before new 5G deployments on the upper C-Band go live. If you would like to learn more about our experience in this space, please visit our and webpages.
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Cloud Diversification and How Amazon Broke the Internet
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In the early hours of Monday, October 20th, AWS experienced a DNS resolution failure that had a cascading effect on business and consumer applications across the internet. In this 7-minute podcast, Deb Boehling from LB3 joins Tony Mangino to discuss what happened and specific cloud diversification strategies that enterprise customers should consider. If you would like to learn more about our experience in this space, please visit our and webpages.
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WAN Sustainability - from Compliance to Competitive Advantage
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Green networking, carbon accounting, and energy-efficient hardware are becoming increasingly important for enterprises seeking to comply with ESG regulations and drive competitive advantage. In this 9-minute podcast, and from TC2 discuss why WAN sustainability should be on every CIO and procurement leader’s radar and how to include measurable sustainability requirements in your next WAN RFP to enable meaningful supplier evaluation and differentiation. If you would like to learn more about our experience in this space, please visit our and webpages.
info_outlineRecent Q2 2022 financial results from some of the big telcos tell a much different story from a few years ago, and certainly from 8-10 years ago. AT&T and Verizon both had a weak 2nd quarter and the headline for both is that they had declines in the wireline enterprise market.
Listen to this 12-minute podcast as Laura McDonald, a Senior Partner at LB3, and Tony Mangino, a Director at TC2, talk to Joe Schmidt about why the carriers saw a decline in wireline revenue and offer tips for navigating the changing enterprise market.
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