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Technology Sourcing
Enterprise Network Services
Enterprise network service spending now accounts for greater than 10% of the typical enterprise's IT budget - an average of $120M per year for Fortune 500 companies.
Increased dependence on telecommunications services has occurred in an era of rapidly declining service cost. Historically, a telecommunications sourcing and management initiative would yield reductions of 10% to 40% in a company's telecom cost base at contract renewal, while invoice analysis and recovery services could often yield savings in excess of 3% of the expenditures analyzed.
The current telecommunications environment is somewhat different, and these dramatic savings can no longer be obtained using only traditional demand modeling and procurement techniques. Instead, real cost efficiency improvements are now increasingly achieved through judicious technology selection and optimization. Telecom procurement initiatives now, more than ever, require the application of technical expertise to assess, procure and implement different technology architectures from the increasingly broad array of network technology choices available.
Our deal-flow and relationships with major carriers ensure that we stay current with the very latest service offerings. Our practitioners have operational and sourcing experience in many of the major technologies and services available, including the following:
Enterprise wire line services:
- Local services (e.g., special access, xDSL, local voice)
- Metropolitan area services (e.g., SONET, DWDM, Optical Ethernet / VPLS)
- Long distance voice services (e.g., inbound / outbound, international, calling card, conferencing)
- Wide area network data services (e.g., Private Line, FR, ATM, MPLS, IP-VPN, RAS)
- Managed services
Enterprise wireless services:
- Voice
- Data (e.g., CDMA, GPRS)
- Fixed Wireless (e.g., WISP services)
- Enterprise wireless policy
- Device and plan management
- Satellite (e.g., MPDS, BGAN, IP VSAT)
Enterprise infrastructure:
- LAN equipment
- Private MAN equipment
- Campus voice, data and video, including VoIP architectures
- Contact center architecture, E9-1-1
- Critical Infrastructure Radio - Public Safety, Transportation and Utility two-way voice, mobile computing and point-to-point networks
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