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Today’s news shows that Allstate is suing Countrywide (owned by Bank of America) for misrepresenting the mortgage investments Countrywide sold Allstate. You can read a good analysis here. http://www.zerohedge.com/article/how-allstate-used-sampling-confirm-bofacountrywide-lied-about-virtually-everything-selling-m?goback=.gde_40850_member_38750536 Allstate claims to have had no idea what is was really buying, just like most firms have no idea what they’re really buying from their telecom […]

  This is an in depth how-to guide for IT, finance, procurement, and legal, and relevant to telecom and IT contracts generally. Readers are encouraged to contact us for a full more official version of this guide. We’ve found that many of our clients come to us with signed Volume Commitments, especially AT&T contracts with […]

We got a fascinating piece of spam today from free wifi robin dot com. It brings up interesting security concerns. Their product helps one get on wifi networks, it is unethical and looks very slick. Not the kind of free we recommend. Basically the $160 solution will crack WEP WiFi networks. Due to the crummy […]

There is nothing better when you have a web site than having powerful pages that speaks directly to their target audiences and are easy to find. A page that makes the customer want to take action – to click and buy or ask a sales rep for a meeting so they can buy. We saw […]

We had a previous post on free collaboration tools. Mikogo is an excellent product. The one downside was that it was wasn’t compatible with the Mac. Cross Loop’s product is. http://www.crossloop.com/ The only down side with cross loop is that it requires an install, but it will help with remote cross platform collaboration. (Mikogo only […]

[Download one pager on Visibility.] Visibility is the key to managing any cost, including network costs. Surprisingly even smaller firms have network management systems that give visibility in to the network and make tight management possible, yet they aren’t provided with network cost management systems that give them visibility it to their costs. This makes […]

We’ve recently found clever solutions for wireless, especially people with international roaming. Most people agree that Verizon Wireless has the best network for the US. But they’re the most expensive and their international network isn’t the best. Plus international roaming is very expensive. AT&T Wireless and T-Mobile are popular for international travelers, but they’re expensive […]

Gliider is a free downloadable tool to help you research travel plans. You can 1. Find and gather travel info from all your favorite sites 2. Ask for advice from people you trust. 3. Book and save info on travel deals http://www.gliider.com/demo/ The demo is great.

You want to get to the root cause of your costs. In the case of health care, high claims create high insurance premiums. Research shows that 30% of all medical spending can be attributed to waste 22% of patients have been given the wrong diagnosis by their local doctors 61% of patients are currently prescribed […]

We found several free services which really do work. Usually free means it is second rate and unacceptable – but we know professionals using these free and convenient services for collaboration and communication. 1. Free Web Conferencing 2. Free Faxing 3. Free Large File Transfer and Private File Sharing 4. Free Audio Conferencing   Free […]