Slashing Telecom Expenses in a Looming Recession
An Aberdeen Group Research Report • Underwritten by Veramark Technologies
This study of Telecom Lifecycle Management (TLM) demonstrates that Best-in-Class companies can cut
down their telecom costs and quickly implement a TLM
solution by controlling all aspects of telecommunications procurement, cost management, asset management, invoice processing, rate oversight, and plan optimization.
This approach requires companies to have a detailed understanding of their own business needs and the appropriate technologies to provide visibility into their telecom infrastructure expenses. Nearly 200 companies participated in this detailed study on the entirety of their TLM efforts.
- 76% of Best-in-Class companies have technology to support telecom contract negotiations and enforcement.
- 72% of Best-in-Class companies have a centralized telecom inventory.
- 57% of Best-in-Class companies have C-level interdepartmental involvement in their telecom cost reduction plans.
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CFO/CIO Perspectives:
A Top-Down View of IT and Telecom Management
An AOTMP Research Report • Sponsored By Veramark Technologies
Telecom Expense Management (TEM) initiatives drive value that goes beyond cost savings. TEM programs can provide some of the information that is needed to determine if the communications network is tuned to perform operationally, financially, and technically to meet the needs of the enterprise. Ultimately, it is in everyone's best interest to see that IT and telecom initiatives are aligned to execute the organization's core strategy more effectively.
This report provides insights how the worlds of finance and IT view:
- the most important business priorities for IT and telecom
- the most important management priorities for IT and telecom
- the most important IT technologies
- the most important telecom technologies
- top challenges to effective management of telecom and IT expenses
- techniques to improve management of the telecom and IT environment
- techniques to improve management of telecom and IT expenses
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