ANNOUNCING
The Latest Technology Test Drive
Here’s what you get for being a test driver:

3 months Free use of the telecommunications dashboard/management tool
1 of only 5 entries into the random drawing for a brand new ipad
Posted review from your company on our site (includes company name, location and link)

  One of the 5 participants will also win:
 A BRAND NEW IPAD!
(winners are randomly picked)
 
Try out a new telecom expense and asset management tool, designed to take telecom hassles out of your hands and  into the hands of able service providers with unbelievable ease! Control your locational spending, enter …

 
I recently posted a question on Linkedin regarding using managed service providers versus owning equipment and managing it in-house and received some interesting responses.  I had thought that most of the responders would be passionately sharing all the reasons why they felt it was better to own and manage equipment in-house but instead, it seems, many of them are more in favor of hosted solutions.  My question and the responses I receive are posted below. 
“What are the best reasons and benefits to managing your own equipment onsite versus using a …

Every day in business you are faced with countless decisions. Do you say no to the latest merger offer? Should you offer your latest product in flaming red or stick to basic black? Everything that you decide may expand your business or damage it in some way. Every aspect of your business is influenced and impacted by the decisions that you make every day. One of the biggest areas that you will be dealing with is in the realm of telecommunications. If you have never dealt with new telecom contracts …

What Are Managed Service Providers?
Managed Service is an efficient and effective model allowing for companies to transfer day to day related management of certain functions within their business, to an outside provider, who oversees all or part of that activity.  The providers, known as a Managed Service Providers, charge either a fixed monthly fee or bill according to what or how often they provide.
Managed Services and Managed Service Providers Evolve
Though the managed service model was originally developed to fit enterprise business, it was later redesigned to fit small to medium sized companies whose …

A little professional background on you: 
Started in Telecommunications as an Account Executive with Access Long Distance in Arizona in 1998 selling long distance services to businesses.  The company was then acquired by McLeodUSA where I was involved in rolling out their local products throughout Arizona and building the sales staff.  In 2001 I branched out to start City Communications Integrated with two other partners and since that time we have built up a sizeable customer base including roughly two thousand customers across the United States and a network of about …