The Seamless Enterprise

Used to be that when you talked about a carrier, there wasn’t much doubt what you were talking about. In a lot of ways, the definition of a carrier was simply the “phone” company … or at least the company that provided your company’s data network or WAN. Now that definition has gotten a lot fuzzier. There are so many companies out there that are saying they can transport your voice and data, but they really aren’t a carrier … at least not in the sense that the old definition held. (more…)

I saw a reference online the other day to “hosted vs. on-premises UC.” Something about that bothered me, and I think it’s this: It positions this as an either/or, all-or-nothing scenario that doesn’t really reflect reality. Sort of like “Good vs. Evil,” which is fine in the abstract, but which gets sticky once you apply it to real life situations. There’s just a lot of gray in between the black and white of those two absolute choices. In fact, I kind of wonder if the whole way service providers, equipment vendors, VARs, etc. have been positioning this question is incorrect in the first place.  (more…)

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…)

Unified Communications changes so many things. Not just the way you do business and the way you communicate, but also the way you – and we – look at what used to be called Managed Network Services. (more…)

Well, I proved that I’m not particularly expert at picking the NCAA winners and losers in my March Madness post of last week. But hey, I did just about as well as President Obama (tournament that is…economic plan still TBD). (more…)