Do you hate getting a big telecom bill and having no idea whether some important change is buried inside it? That is the problem most companies face every month. A large invoice comes in from AT&T, Verizon, Lumen, Comcast, Spectrum, or another carrier. It may be 30, 50, or 100 pages long. The total looks […]
Every month, someone in your company approves a large telecom bill. It may be from AT&T, Verizon, Lumen, Comcast, Spectrum, Windstream, or another carrier. The invoice may be 30, 50, or 100 pages long. The total looks close to last month. Nothing appears obviously wrong. So the bill gets approved. That is how telecom overspending […]
One of the most labor-intensive parts of CMMC preparation is one that rarely gets talked about: knowing what you actually have. Before any defense contractor can define their CUI boundary, complete their System Security Plan, or pass a third-party assessment, they need a complete, accurate inventory of every vendor touching their environment — IT […]
Why Most Telecom Bills Are Impossible to Understand Most telecom bills are designed to be approved. Not understood. If you’ve ever reviewed a carrier invoice, you’ve probably had this experience: It looks similar to last month The total is within range Nothing obviously stands out So you approve it. And move on. But here’s the […]
Last week, we hosted a webinar: “Where Your IT Budget Is Quietly Leaking: How CIOs & CFOs Can Recover It.” We had strong attendance and even better questions. If you missed it, you can watch it here: LinkedIn Replay: https://www.linkedin.com/events/7417217279819452416/?viewAsMember=true YouTube Replay: https://youtu.be/oUELWgi2TjQ?si=IK7NwWuuJRrJ01cG The Real Key to Recovering IT Budget The biggest takeaway? Savings don’t […]
Many cost savings stories start with a big change. New vendors. New systems. Months of internal effort. This one didn’t. The setup Our fintech firm client had: ~1,000 employees 13 offices and data centers 136 separate network services Multiple bills from multiple vendors Well over $1M a year in WAN, voice, and internet telecom spend […]
Most procurement teams do a great job negotiating contracts. But what happens after the contract is signed? That’s where millions in value quietly leak away. A Silent Gap in Vendor Management I rarely hear midsize firms or smaller enterprises talk about post-contract vendor cost management. They have sourcing. They have procurement. But they don’t have […]
Let’s get one thing out of the way: Yes – vendors are part of the problem. Yes – sometimes they overcharge, upsell, or quietly keep services running long after they’re needed. But most of the waste I’ve uncovered over the years in IT looking at WAN, internet, voice, and wireless telecom spend? It didn’t come […]
A perfectly reasonable question. And one I hear more and more often. If you are comfortable uploading your telecom billing data into an AI system, or you have a private AI solution that keeps data fully contained, there is a lot you can do with today’s tools. AI is advancing. Every month it gets better […]
Expense reduction is top of mind for many IT executives right now. (BCG notes cost management remains the strategic priority in 2025. https://www.bcg.com/publications/2025/cost-efficiencies-remain-an-executive-priority-in-2025 ) But we’re also told, many still believe that cutting costs in WAN, Internet, or Voice services is impossible, or means sacrificing performance, or taking on major project risk. It doesn’t have […]
