TEM Solutions

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Staff and Budget Shrunk by COVID? 5 Ways TEM Can Help!

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Staff and Budget Shrunk by COVID? 5 Ways TEM Can Help!

While the economy has begun to open up post-COVID-19, many IT departments are being downsized. This trend may continue to affect technology budgets for the foreseeable future.

Technology workers are used to constant change, from taking on new projects to learning new skills to adapting to new innovations. However, a shrinking talent pool brings its own challenges. Often, IT departments are the first hit when it comes to belt-tightening measures. So, you learn to do more with less.

Telecom Expense Management (TEM) tools can help your organization run more efficiently. You may even find more room in the budget by resolving billing errors or recycling or retiring used devices such as laptops, tablets, and phones. First, you have to identify these opportunities, and it makes sense to invest in the technology that will get you there.

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Why Do You Need A Telecom Expense Management System?

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Why Do You Need A Telecom Expense Management System?

Companies may pay too much for telecommunications contracts due to the complexity associated with billing and verification, as well as the sheer number of smartphones and other connected devices the average company has to manage. With the large volume of data that accompanies each device, the jobs of telecom analysts have become increasingly daunting.

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How Telecom Expense Management Improves Corporate Operations

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How Telecom Expense Management Improves Corporate Operations

Telecom expense management (TEM) is a buzz phrase in a lot of industries. In essence, TEM is the method of contracting a third-party to help you track and analyze all of the technology-related spending in a company. In order to gather that data, you have to take a deep look at every facet of your operations. It’s not unreasonable to expect that such a deep dive could lead to better operations. Here are four ways you can expect TEM to improve your operations regardless of your industry.

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Three Ways Expense Management Can Slash Carrier Costs

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Three Ways Expense Management Can Slash Carrier Costs

Technology is supposed to solve all of our problems, but when running a business, it often feels like it causes as many headaches as it relieves. Even knowing that you’re probably overlooking areas where your business is engaged in wasteful spending.

A common culprit is in carrier contracting. You need mobile devices to get work done, but really optimizing the carrier plans is no easy feat. This is why Telecom Expense Management (TEM) exists. It’s an industry dedicated to helping businesses direct their telecom spending efficiently and effectively. Here are three easy ways of investing in TEM can save you big bucks on your carrier costs.

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The Real Cost of Encryption Gaps

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The Real Cost of Encryption Gaps

Network security is still one of the most important and most challenging aspects of running a modern business. Sensitive data is everywhere, and there are a lot of nefarious groups that can make huge money from stealing it. Chances are that you’ve already made some pretty big investments to protect your business from such leaks, but there’s a major issue that is overlooked by most companies today: encryption gaps.

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Five Tips to Manage Tech Debt

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Five Tips to Manage Tech Debt

IT spending is frustrating. It’s often hard to get good return on investment estimates. Even when you do, it takes time for technology to prove its value. Even worse, there are countless tech traps and pitfalls along the way. Many businesses today lose money every year through IT problems. If you want to get in front of this issue, you need to learn how to streamline your IT spending and manage tech debt.

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5 Reasons to Deploy Professional Cloud Expense Management

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5 Reasons to Deploy Professional Cloud Expense Management

Is your company managing its Cloud infrastructure like a standard data center? In other words, is the IT department purchasing capacity but failing to scale the infrastructure up or down to address changing performance needs?

Although companies using the Cloud may be implementing tools essential for ensuring systems are functioning properly, they are neglecting to utilize other tools designed to take complete advantage of the Cloud's inherent flexibility and affordability. Consequently, these companies frequently come to the conclusion that the Cloud is "too expensive" and replace it with a system that is actually more expensive than the Cloud.

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What's New in Enterprise Security?

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What's New in Enterprise Security?

The one thing we’ve all been able to learn since the dawn of the internet is that change will remain fast where technology is concerned. Everyone is looking at hot new trends and what to expect for the rest of the year. There’s no reason to exclude enterprise security from the list.

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6 Traits You Need in Your TEM Provider

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6 Traits You Need in Your TEM Provider

With hundreds of telecom expense management software and service solutions, how can you tell which option is the best one for you? Here are six things to look for in a TEM provider to make sure you receive the best service possible with a reliable software solution.

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Why Your Organization’s Size Matters When Choosing a TEM Provider

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Why Your Organization’s Size Matters When Choosing a TEM Provider

Up until recently, large TEM vendors provided services only to companies over a certain telecom spend. Where this differentiated them competitively with the ability to manage many enterprise clients simultaneously, medium-sized businesses were turned away and smaller businesses were completely ignored.

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Clearview, Clear Choice: Valicom's TEM Software

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Clearview, Clear Choice: Valicom's TEM Software

Organizations often have service overlaps or are paying too much for telecom tools that are underutilized while legacy systems and spreadsheets cannot reveal the necessary insight and are highly prone to errors. Companies can instead turn to telecom expense management software to handle these issues and provide benefits. There are a number of different options in the industry, so it can be difficult to know where to start. Clearview, Valicom's TEM software solution, is the best in the business and the clear choice for a few simple reasons...

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VIDEO BLOG: How to Choose the Right Telecom Expense Management Option for Your Organization

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VIDEO BLOG: How to Choose the Right Telecom Expense Management Option for Your Organization

Organizations have a variety of options when deciding on a telecom expense management solution. But how do you know which solution is right for you? Here are a few tips to pick the best TEM solution.

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VIDEO BLOG: What's Hiding in Your Phone Bill?

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VIDEO BLOG: What's Hiding in Your Phone Bill?

Businesses are overspending by as much as 50 percent on their telecom bills. Additionally, as many as 80 percent of telephone bills have errors, which could increase costs. Do you or your senior management know what your annual telecom expense total is? If not, now is the time to take control.

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Use new information technology to transform your business models

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Use new information technology to transform your business models

The newest information technologies ­on the block – social, mobile, cloud and data analytics – can and should do more than boost your organization’s efficiency. Far more than past IT innovations, these new technologies can positively transform your organization – where it competes, why it wins and how it operates.  Smart leaders understand this. Meet one in this blog.

Managing Your Telecom Expenses: The Best Money You Never Spent

Managing Your Telecom Expenses: The Best Money You Never Spent

Building a business from the ground up is hard work.  Keeping it standing can be even harder.  With the diverse economic pressures coming to bear on modern business owners, it is often hard to stay on top of best practices in managing your expenses.  Payroll, insurance, shipping, training, bathroom tissue, paper clips…. the bill seems to get bigger every day.