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comparable levels of service. The biggest QIs an MDM solution required to support BYOD?
Save money by extending the life business effect will be financial. Incentives
MDM (Mobile Device Management)
to migrate to IP services will be offered by A
of your existing equipment.
software is not required to support
carriers and prices for legacy services will
increase to encourage early migration. %
BYOD; however, data security tops the list
of enterprise concerns for mobile users. A
variety of methods for securing data are
A1’s repair services will save you money by increasing CoLweLL
available, but the ultimate determination
of how to secure data within a BYOD pro-
the life of your equipment. Our technicians are fully gram is dependent upon specific business
trained in the planning, configuration, programming The key to suc- equirements. r
and installation of telecom systems. In addition, all cessful telecom What does PSTN transitioning mean for busi- Q
nesses?
repairs are backed by a two-year warranty.
management
A PSTN transitioning will decommis-
sion the traditional switched telephone
800.797.2983 network and replace it with an IP-based By Timothy C. Colwell, Senior Vice President of Global
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network. Measures are being established Business Analytics AOTMP
AscdiNatd The global alliance of the it channel
usiness leaders define success in by the FCC to ensure that during the
financial terms. The business of
technology transition all customers receive
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telecom management is no different.
When fixed and mobile telecom services
are delivered for the most effective cost,
then financial success is achieved and the
telecom management practice is success-
ful. The objective is simple, but execution
against the objective is incredibly com-
plex. Technology changes rapidly, carriers
reconfigure services and rates frequently,
and service consumption is insatiable. The
frequency of change in fixed and mobile
telecom environments is the force that
consistently challenges the goal of optimal
service-to-cost performance.
Control over change is the singular key
to success for every telecom management
program. Technical, operational and finan-
cial control enables telecom professionals
to manage effectively and efficiently. The
genesis of control is a telecom environment
baseline. A baseline includes all services, Nick Davis is a VIP customer
technology and vendors that comprise the
telecom environment. A solid baseline that He prefers to use email
has been evaluated and validated improves
the ability of telecom management practi- And I’m his preferred agent
tioners to identify service waste, optimize
network services and drive unncessesary His emails get routed to me
cost out of the environment.
Establishing a baseline of resources I check his contact history
managing the telecom environment and
the processes that guide workflow is also Respond to his question promptly
necessary. Optimizing the methods of man-
aging the telecom environment and the Give him the VIP treatment
structure of the organization improves ser-
vice delivery ability, increases operational Makes him happy
efficiency, and improves the total cost of
telecom ownership.
Which makes my job easy
The highest level of telecom manage-
ment success is achieved when complete
control of the environment is gained. To
gain complete control, focus on estab-
lishing a telecom environment baseline,
validating the baseline, and optimizing the
technical and operational elements of the
environment to improve financial perfor-
mance. %

For more visit tcolwell@aotmp.com

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a day, just to see how they were able to
slowly turn sand into a majestic castle was
amazing.
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For those that attended, the session
recordings will be available at: www.enter-
priseconnect.com/orlando You’ll receive
an email with log-in credentials to access
the recordings.
We’ve already started planning for our
Enterprise Connect 2015 participation and
hope to see you at the event too. %
You can keep the conversation going with Alan on Twitter
@AlanDPercy