Accurate IT and telecom inventory is critical for Technology Expense Management (TEM) success because it provides a baseline of information to validate items on bills and produce cost savings. What should a TEM inventory include? A TEM inventory consists of any item that appears on an invoice or customer service record (CSR) for a mobile or fixed […]
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Network connections with IoT, M2M and other applications will have lower incremental costs compared to smartphones, but there will be a huge increase in volume which enterprises need to manage. The Internet of Things (IoT) have overtaken mobile phones as the largest category of connected devices. Managing this exponential volume places a premium on more efficient systems to track
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Many articles take positions on the virtues and perils of Bring Your Own Device to work (BYOD), but what exactly is BYOD? Does it just apply to smartphones? Does it include all devices including laptops? What about applications and cloud services? Should the acronym be BYO or Bring Your Own? Chris Marsh of Yankee Group
Wireless Expense Management (WEM) programs are a special category of Telecom Expense Management (TEM) programs with a focus on wireless services and mobile devices. The goals for WEM programs are similar to TEM programs. They seek to proactively reduce expenses, establish new operational efficiencies, increase visibility and provide better control for mobile voice and data
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TEM programs once concerned themselves specifically to the telecom lines and bills of an enterprise. As the telecommunications world has expanded so has the discipline, sub-practices and a host of acronyms that now fall under the umbrella of TEM. ETMA has introduced the term Telecommunications Management to convey all the activities that enterprises manage as
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Telecom Expense Management Defined Technology, IT Financial Management, ITFM, and Telecom Expense Management, TEM programs were created to proactively reduce expenses, introduce new efficiencies, increase visibility and provide better control for telecom (fixed and mobile voice and data) services. Increasingly with the blurring between IT and telecommunications, TEM programs also include management of technology expenses.
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This document identifies best practices for buyers of Telecommunications Management. It addresses evaluation of solutions, pricing and cost savings. Telecommunications are one of the top five line item expenses for enterprises. Telecommunications Management includes all the activities that enterprises oversee for their telecommunications (voice and data fixed and mobile) network. It includes Telecommunications Expense Management (TEM), Wireless Expense Management
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Every organization is grappling with employees that want a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy. Learn the pros and cons of this debate. Learn if it really saves money and find out how Verizon’s new data pooling for individuals will play for enterprises. Free viewing of the recording is available to Registered subscribers. Click here to become
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IT System Integrators and Telecom Agents need Telecom Expense Management, TEM, Wireless Expense Management, WEM, and Mobile Device Management, MDM. Also, participate in a brief survey on the future of TEM and carrier billing. It may seem like a contradiction, but IT System Integrators and Telecom Agents need Telecom Expense Management, TEM, Wireless Expense Management,
While more firms explore Bring Your Own Device BYOD policies, cybercrime is rapidly growing for mobile devices. More employers are adopting Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) to work policies for mobile devices, but they neglect the risk of cybercrime. A recent study that Norton commissioned found that 431 million adults or ten percent of adults have experienced
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