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Staying Connected — 111 episodes

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IT Strategy That Survives the Renewal Calendar

2

Who Did I Just Buy This From?" — Negotiating SaaS Deals Through Cloud Marketplaces and Resellers

3

Why the New Verizon/BT Joint Venture Should Get the Attention of Every Enterprise Customer

4

My Invoice Doesn't Match My Contract, What Do I Do Now?

5

Why Cost Creep Happens Even in Well-Run IT Environments

6

Benchmark the Deal, Not Just the Price

7

When the FCC Fines You Without a Jury: Unpacking the Supreme Court's AT&T Decision

8

TC2's Insights on Gartner's Latest TEM Market Guide

9

FCC Call Center Outsourcing NPRM

10

Preserving Deal Value With Lifecycle Services

11

What to Do When a Supplier Relationship Breaks Down

12

Defining Colocation Requirements That Create Leverage

13

The Reality Check for Sustainable IT Procurement in 2026

14

The Shift from "Low Cost" to "Total Value" in IT Sourcing

15

Negotiating Zoom Agreements: What Really Matters

16

Wireless & Aviation Industries Wrestle Over Spectrum

17

Deploying and Operating Starlink at Scale

18

Starlink for the Enterprise Part 1—Where It Fits and Why It's Different

19

Lumen's EMEA Divestiture

20

SASE, A Practical Guide to the Future of Secure Networking

21

IT Cost Management is a Board-Level Priority

22

Retiring WAN Technology Debt with an Internet-First Strategy

23

New Year's Housekeeping – The Enterprise Playbook for Renewals, Rights, and Cost Control

24

Inside Lumen Control Center: A New Era of Enterprise Self Service

25

Reflections on the First Year of TEM Talk, TC2's Fast-Growing User Community

26

Technology Debt, Part 2 - Diagnosing the Problem and Funding Transformation

27

Technology Debt, Part 1 - The Hidden Cost of Standing Still

28

How Hyperscalers Are Rewiring Global Connectivity

29

Verizon Restructuring – What Enterprise Customers Need to Know

30

Whose Paper?

31

Lumen is Increasing Rates…Again

32

5G and Aviation - The Spectrum Conflict Cools

33

Cloud Diversification and How Amazon Broke the Internet

34

WAN Sustainability - from Compliance to Competitive Advantage

35

The Evolving Legal Landscape for AI in your Contact Center

36

The Hidden Value of Pre-RFP Activities - How to Shape a Smarter Sourcing Process

37

Rethinking Supplier Support - Effective Strategies for the Enterprise

38

Bill Shock Ahead - Verizon's Legacy Voice Rate Surge

39

Verizon's HCL Gamble

40

2025 U.S. Wireless Fees and Trends

41

2025 Preparing for Verizon's Legacy Service Sunsets

42

The Regulatory Reckoning for ESG

43

What Arista's Acquisition of VeloCloud Means for the Enterprise

44

Effective Negotiations When You Don't Have Any Competition

45

From Complexity to Clarity: Negotiating Enterprise-Grade Cisco Contracts

46

Charter to Acquire Cox Communications

47

Will AT&T's Latest Service Guide Change Force You Into a Technology Migration?

48

Growth of Private 5G

49

Sustainability Requirements in your Network Service RFP?

50

Are Your Cisco Negotiations Becoming Increasingly Challenging?

51

The Evolving Landscape for CCaaS Services in 2025

52

2025 Regulatory Outlook and the Impact of Tariffs on ICT Services

53

Controlling Chaos – Expanding Beyond Traditional TEM

54

Can Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) Be What You Want it to Be?

55

Wired No More - The Growth of LEO Solutions

56

Bulk Messaging Charges – Will Ofcom Come to the Rescue?

57

AT&T Increases the Property Tax Allotment Surcharge

58

Transacting for a Successful ERP Transformation

59

Current Trends in IT Outsourcing and the Rise of XLA's

60

"EULA's and AUP's and Hidden Terms …Oh My!" – Finding and Fixing ICT Online Terms

61

Unpacking Gartner's 2024 TEM Market Guide

62

Running Effective RFPs in an Evolving Market

63

Sourcing & Contracting for CCaaS Solutions in the Age of AI

64

T-Mobile and AT&T Data Breach Settlements at the FCC

65

Broadband Technology is Transforming the Enterprise WAN

66

The Evolving Commercial Model for Broadband Service

67

Another Data Breach May Put Enterprise and Individual Data at Risk

68

The Evolving Business Case for Broadband in the Enterprise WAN

69

Risky Business – AI in Your Contact Center

70

Supreme Court Decisions Curtail Agency Powers and Could Impact the FCC

71

AT&T Suffers Yet Another Major Data Breach

72

The Time has Come for Broadband

73

TC2's Takeaways from the 2024 Enterprise Connect Conference

74

Announcing TC2's IT Cost Management Practice

75

The Search for Innovation in Outsourcing Services

76

Net Neutrality and the Open Internet

77

Coping with COLA in your Outsourcing Deal Negotiations

78

Lumen's Recent Layoff Announcement

79

Farewell to AT&T Corp.

80

Look Out for Upcoming Changes to Lumen Account Support

81

Deal Integration – Headache or Opportunity?

82

Examining AT&T's Recent Data Breach: Does it Put Enterprise Information at Risk?

83

Fixed Wireless Access

84

Contract Guardrails to Prevent AI Mishaps

85

Pendulum Swings for Managed Services

86

Rethinking Cloud

87

Enterprise Customers Diversify Away from Cisco

88

Contact Centers as a Service: Our Predictions for 2024

89

CBRS: A Work in Progress

90

ICT Regulatory Outlook

91

Emerging Technologies

92

The Continued Transformation of the Legacy Enterprise MPLS WAN

93

Predictions and Hot Topics for 2024

94

Amazon and Enterprise Private 5G

95

Generative AI for the Enterprise Customer: Introduction

96

Budgeting and Forecasting for Your ICT Services in 2024

97

A Paradigm Shift in Carrier Service Management Costs

98

When Sourcing Dedicated Internet Access, Consider the Full Cost Picture

99

The FCC Acts to Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules (Again!)

100

Negotiating ICT Contract Renewals in an Evolving Market

101

The Accelerated Pace of Technology Evolution: NYC – October 24, 2023

102

Gartner TEM Market Guide Returns

103

Verizon and HCL Strategic Partnership Update

104

Carriers' Cost Cutting Actions May Impact Your Account Support

105

Sourcing Internet-transport Network Services – the Portfolio Approach

106

Verizon and HCL Announce Strategic Partnership

107

Navigating the Co-Management Conundrum

108

Has My Provider Gone "MAD"?

109

Lumen's New Rate Increase

110

Planning for Success with Good ICT Document Retention Practices

111

Avoiding the Dreaded "Undeliverable" Text Message