Staying Connected

In this second part of our two-part podcast series where we discuss the impact of COVID-19 on enterprises and their ICT spend, Deb Boehling, a Partner at LB3, and TC2 Directors Julie Gardner and Joe Schmidt look at how companies can avoid risks related to contractual commitments.  

In this 15 minute podcast, you’ll hear about the different types of commitments and reductions to them, underutilization charges, service terms, and early termination charges for telecom services.  You’ll also hear about strategies for structuring your licenses and pricing for UC and web conferencing services. 

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It won’t surprise anyone to learn that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a big impact on the networking needs of enterprises.  There has been a fundamental shift in the work environment as most organizations quickly migrated  to a work from home model.  That shift has had numerous downstream impacts on costs for licensing and conferencing, circuit sizing, and global real estate – just to name a few.   

In this 8 minute podcast – part one of a two-part series – Deb Boehling, a Partner at LB3, and TC2 Directors Julie Gardner and Joe Schmidt highlight some of the areas most impacted by COVID-19 and offer up some tips that could save you money.

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The recent SolarWinds software hack, and hacks related to that breach, show why enterprises need to keep ahead of the ever-challenging security environment.  Unfortunately, these types of attacks are becoming more commonplace and even powerhouse Microsoft is a target for the bad actors.

Listen to this 13 minute podcast as Laura McDonald, a Partner at LB3, and David Lee, TC2’s Technology Director, discuss with Joe Schmidt what this means for enterprises and provide some steps you’ll want to take to protect your company.

This year a new President and a new administration arrived in Washington DC, bringing with them a new agenda for telecommunications and technology issues.  Many of the items on the agenda will affect large enterprise customers and influence how companies plan for the future.

Listen to this 10 minute podcast as top Washington DC regulatory gurus and LB3 attorneys, Sara Crifasi and Jeff Sheldon, discuss with TC2’s Joe Schmidt some of the big ticket items that they expect to take center stage in Washington in the upcoming months and years. 

In 2021 enterprises can expect to see many evolutionary changes for network services and solutions, along with the suppliers that sell them.  Several significant transformations were announced in the last few years and plenty of work remains.

Listen to this 14 minute podcast as Jack Deal, one of TC2’s Managing Directors, and Patrick Whittle, who is Of Counsel at LB3, discuss with TC2’s Joe Schmidt how changes at T-Mobile, Lumen, AT&T, and Verizon, along with the ICT industry’s desire to retire legacy technology, will impact companies in 2021 and beyond.

LB3 and TC2 have worked in the wireless space and on enterprise mobility deals for a long time.  Some of us have been around long enough that we’ve been part of the evolution of cellular services … from the early days of low speed analog 1G service to today’s rollout of high speed digital 5G service.

In this 8 minute podcast, Kevin DiLallo, a Partner at LB3, and Joe Schmidt from TC2 break down the costs and effort for wireless service providers to rollout 5G, and explain why anxious consumers may have to wait a bit longer for the real promise of 5G.

Beginning this year, new federal regulations take effect that require companies to transmit accurate location information with each 911 call originating from company premises, and next year the requirements become more stringent.  Federal and state E911 rules and regulations are intended to make it easier for users to reach 911 and for first responders to receive accurate location information.

Listen to this 11 minute podcast as Andrew Brown, the Managing Partner at LB3 and Chairman of TC2, explains to Joe Schmidt why complying with E911 isn’t something companies can put off and offers advice on what to do now.

The market for managed network services is undergoing some significant changes.  Enterprises are increasingly shifting their reliance away from carriers for managed services to system integrator led managed services.

Listen to this 10 minute podcast as Ben Fox, one of TC2’s Managing Directors, and Joe Schmidt describe how adoption of network solutions like SD-WAN and Internet First are allowing enterprises to take advantage of the customized, and often cheaper, managed services offerings of systems integrators.

Each year the lawyers from LB3 and consultants from TC2 contemplate what ICT trends are going to have an impact on enterprises in the year ahead.  We may have missed a few things in 2020, like the importance of UC for a completely remote workforce, yet we’ve still identified a number of trends for 2021.

Listen to this 11 minute podcast as Laura McDonald and Kevin DiLallo, two of LB3’s Partners, join TC2’s Joe Schmidt as they rundown some of the topics that will be covered  in the Staying Connected podcast series - Trends to Watch in 2021.

If you were following the news this week, you probably heard about a major hack of SolarWinds’ software.  SolarWinds’ software is used to monitor and manage network gear and to monitor applications for countless multi-national companies and several key U.S. government agencies. 

The hack is a big black eye for SolarWinds, but it also highlights the vulnerability companies and governments face.

Listen to this 8 minute podcast as TC2’s Technology Director, David Lee, Tony Mangino, a Director, and Joe Schmidt dig a bit deeper into what the Solar Winds hack means for enterprises and describe some steps you’re going to want to take.