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SaaS Telecom Expense Management (TEM) is here, are you ready?

SaaS Telecom Expense Management (TEM) is here, are you ready?

Apr 8, 2010

Subscription-based Telecom Expense Management software is here and ready to be leveraged by your business to reduce business costs and specifically, telecom expenses.If you are not familiar with this technology model, please take some time to understand how significant this change is. Imagine if you can leverage the knowledge and experience of 20 years of Telecom expense analysis, cutting-edge automation and the rapid realization of 30% budget reduction all without impacting your existing Information Technology infrastructure.

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Smart device culture: is it your culture

Smart device culture: is it your culture

Apr 8, 2010

By all accounts, the smart devices currently available from the large telecommunications carriers have brought incredible amounts of flexibility and power to the on-the-go worker. But in a much sneakier way, they have brought a new culture to organizations. And before you invest large amounts of money in providing smart devices to your staff, it’s important to evaluate whether or not the culture that comes with these devices will help or hinder your employees.

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Which came first, GSM or CDMA?

Which came first, GSM or CDMA?

Apr 7, 2010

Since it seems that most people believe that Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) is the original cellular technology, having been introduced in the 1980’s years before CDMA’s (Code Division Multiple Access…2G and 3G) introduction in the early 1990’s, I thought I would provide some interesting details to how CDMA came to be.

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The Value of Business Values

The Value of Business Values

Mar 25, 2010

Passion, Inspiration, Innovation, Authenticity, Memorable Experiences and Enduring Connections. What do all of these terms have in common? They are Valicom’s values that our employees live and practice every day and that leadership communicates to staff on a regular basis. Through these values, we have developed a world-class culture and a highly satisfied telecom expense management client base.

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Clearing the Clouds Around Telecom Expense Management

Clearing the Clouds Around Telecom Expense Management

Mar 23, 2010

What comes to your mind when you hear the term “Cloud Computing?” These days everyone has a different definition of cloud computing and the only element of consistency is an understanding that it is an exploding technology. Wikepedia asserts that cloud computing is “Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other devices on-demand.”

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Telecom Invoice

Telecom Invoice

Mar 23, 2010

Telecom invoice. How do you feel when someone wants to talk to you about a Telecom Invoice? Either you are familiar with it or you’re not. Whether you are writing an expense report to justify your monthly telecom expenses, or managing the company’s entire Telecom expenses, you know you will need to be able to interpret the bill.

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Gartner Recommendations for Wireless Expense Management.

Gartner Recommendations for Wireless Expense Management.

Mar 12, 2010

As your wireless device options continue to erupt, the ability to properly manage these devices and their associated costs will continue to be a challenge to all organizations. Gartner states: “Defining corporate user requirements and policy is essential for all sizes of organizations, and although every company will need a unique policy, there are key areas that every policy should contain.”

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Have you ever heard the definition of Insanity?

Have you ever heard the definition of Insanity?

Feb 25, 2010

Businesses live this everyday and do not even realize it. Especially, when it comes to true telecom expense control. Albert Einstein once said “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Think about this quote for a second and ask yourself if this quote applies to the way you run your company.

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Managing Telecom Expenses

Managing Telecom Expenses

Feb 13, 2010

I have always lived by the premise that feedback, positive or negative, is a gift. Having tools in place that enable an organization to manage better, or make better decisions faster is the key to obtaining feedback to identify the need for improvement. 

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