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Report:Chargeback Improves Visibility On Mobile Costs And Usage

Tap Employee Interest In Mobile Tools To Determine Readiness To Share Mobile Costs

Mobility is becoming an increasingly important aspect of business technology sourcing. Forrester polled 20 enterprise IT clients who are mobility decision-makers about their mobile chargeback...

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Report:Determine The Right Practices For Your Organization's BYOD Stipends

SVM Worries About Impact On Revenue Commitments And Discount Eligibility For Corporate-Liable Users — Don't!

This report answers three questions about enterprise mobile bring-your-own-device (BYOD) practices: 1) what the major trends are regarding BYOD adoption; 2) how firms are managing their BYOD programs...

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Report:Forrester's Telecom Services Terms And Conditions Tool

This tool can be used as guidance for establishing a baseline set of standard contract terms and conditions for telecom services to be used by IT and general procurement SVM professionals.

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Report:Emphasize Flexibility In Telecom And Mobility Services Contract Negotiations To Reduce Risk

Processes: The Telecommunications And Mobility Sourcing Playbook

This report is an update to "Emphasize Flexibility In Communications Service Contract Negotiations To Reduce Risk," originally published on October 9, 2012. This updated report outlines Forrester's...

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Report:Using New Communications Technology Models Shifts Strategy For Services Sourcing

Strategic Plan: The Telecommunications And Mobility Sourcing Playbook

Up until five to seven years ago, sourcing and vendor management (SVM) professionals responsible for telecommunications and mobility services provisioning focused mainly on delivering value by...

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Report:Succession Clauses Reduce Fallout Of Telco Divestments, Mergers, And Market Withdrawal

Telecom service providers, like companies in other industries, sometimes merge with, acquire, or divest other business operations. These events sometimes result in the service provider deciding to...

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Report:How Fixed-Mobile Convergence Helps MNCs Reduce Telecom Costs

Build FMC Into Your Unified Communications Sourcing Strategy

The key benefits of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) are simple to understand: a) avoid duplicating costs for voice infrastructure by taking away desk phones for employees who aren't using them anyway,...

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Report:Accelerate Your Videoconferencing Strategy With Managed Services

IT departments tasked with managing their firm's video estate face rising levels of complexity with the emergence of high-end telepresence solutions. Business stakeholders are demanding support for...

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Report:Distributed Organizations Need To Consolidate Communications Vendors

Business Value: The Telecommunications And Mobility Sourcing Playbook

Forrester enterprise clients with distributed organizations are always interested in simplifying their increasingly complex communications environment. One aspect of this we often hear about is a...

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Report:Insist On Flexibility In Your Telecom Services Contract

Compile Your Best-Achieved Service Contract Reference Terms And Conditions

The chances are excellent that you have one or more wireline and/or wireless telecom services contracts that will renew or expire during the next six months. If you are like many of our enterprise...

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Report:Europeans See New Opportunities In Combo IP Video-UC Solution Sourcing

Pay Close Attention To Vendor Offers Regarding Integration And Interoperability

We're seeing the growing interest of large European enterprises in IP video along with unified communications (UC). In conversations with Forrester, several European IT clients said that video...

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Report:Involve At Least Partial Outsourcing To Achieve A Global Communications Technology Vision

Outreach: The Telecommunications And Mobility Sourcing Playbook

Large multinational corporations (MNCs) recognize the need to define a global communications technology vision for the next three to five years to ensure competitiveness and sustainable business...

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Report:Personal Device Momentum Will Challenge Traditional Mobile Sourcing Strategies

An Empowered Report

A growing number of workers own personal smartphones that they might want to use for work. However, IT support costs and security implications for personal mobile devices connected to the corporate...

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Report:Predictions 2013: Enterprise Telecom And Mobility Challenges And Opportunities

Mobility And Video Are Now Embedded, Social To Follow

Three major trends are changing the focus of telecom and mobility sourcing: 1) mobile bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies; 2) video collaboration; and 3) the rise of social business. Although 2013...

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