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Verizon Restructuring – What Enterprise Customers Need to Know

Verizon is preparing to cut roughly 15,000 jobs — about 15% of its U.S. workforce — in a restructuring plan intended to reduce costs under its new CEO Dan Schulman. In this 7-minute podcast, Brent Knight from TC2 joins Tony Mangino to discuss the anticipated impact of the layoffs and […]

Whose Paper?

When doing a deal, invariably we get the “whose paper” question.  That is, should the enterprise start contract negotiations using its own paper or the vendor’s paper?  The answer is…that depends. In this 10-minute podcast, Laura McDonald, a partner at LB3, joins Tony Mangino to discuss the best contractual starting […]

Lumen is Increasing Rates…Again

Lumen is once again raising rates for out-of-term services, with some customers now facing increases as high as 30% to 40%.  These changes put enterprise clients in a tough spot, often forcing them to choose between costly renewals or seeking alternatives in a competitive market.  In this 6-minute podcast, Theresa […]

5G and Aviation – The Spectrum Conflict Cools

The struggle between the aviation and wireless industries regarding the use of the lower C-Band ultimately led to regulatory and technical mitigations to prevent interference issues, after narrowly avoiding regulatory gridlock. In this 8-minute podcast, Steve Rosen from LB3 joins Tony Mangino to discuss how these same players are collaborating […]

Cloud Diversification and How Amazon Broke the Internet

In the early hours of Monday, October 20th, AWS experienced a DNS resolution failure that had a cascading effect on business and consumer applications across the internet. In this 7-minute podcast, Deb Boehling from LB3 joins Tony Mangino to discuss what happened and specific cloud diversification strategies that enterprise customers […]

WAN Sustainability – from Compliance to Competitive Advantage

Green networking, carbon accounting, and energy-efficient hardware are becoming increasingly important for enterprises seeking to comply with ESG regulations and drive competitive advantage. In this 9-minute podcast, Tony Mangino and Julie Gardner from TC2 discuss why WAN sustainability should be on every CIO and procurement leader’s radar and how to […]