The Seamless Enterprise

There’s a new look to Sprint Managed Network Solutions, and it’s all about addressing the challenges that convergence brings in terms of network complexity. The bottom line is that we have completely redefined what it means to provide managed network solutions to customers.  (more…)

Not surprisingly, the most-read blog for Seamless Enterprise in the first half of 2009 was focused on predicting industry trends (Seven 2009 Business Telecom Predictions). With so much change underway in the telecommunications industry, readers seem to hunger for forward thinking thought pieces. One of the top runnerups– UC, Web 2.0 and the Future–was also forward looking (rankings were based on reader traffic).

In this piece Sprint Vice-President of Corporate Strategy Russ McGuire weighed in with seven predictions of “shifts” that would affect the industry: “VOIP is dead”; B’bye desk phone; IP surges ahead…and so on. (more…)

Somebody asked me the other day what I would do if I was the “czar” of the broadband stimulus. They figured with my focus on the federal government, maybe I had some special insight into making the stimulus a success. (more…)

In his recent blog entry Five things Cassatt taught us about cloud computing, James Urquhart emphasizes a core point that I think a lot of folks still do not understand: “cloud computing is an operations model, not a technology.” Understanding Urquhart’s message would help a lot more people get above the hype to understand how cloud computing might become a greater part of their business. (more…)

I was recently asked by a Sprint customer, who was under pressure by his boss, who was questioning him about staying with Sprint.  The contract was up for renewal in a few months, and while they were apparently pleased with our MPLS services, his boss was asking some fair questions—particularly, given all of the noise out there regarding Sprint.

It is always great to hear directly from our customers, and even better to know you are getting the right kind of experience from Sprint; but we also understand that when an IT Manager decides to purchase from Sprint they are putting their own credibility on the line.  With that in mind, I have expanded my original answer to provide a more comprehensive, realistic  view of the Sprint world  (vs what you may have heard about in the news media or through competitors ) . (more…)