Charging back telecom costs can be a brutal exercise, especially for organizations with as much as $100 Million or more in costs to allocate. Two major trends, network convergence and the integration of telecom into mainstream IT, compound the issues associated with cost and resource allocation. On the horizon, we see a new level of allocation challenge arising as services become more virtual and costs are being scrutinized down to the penny.

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Think your telecom invoice is high? $20 billion federal contract takes the cake

Network World reports that the U.S. federal government is expected to release an RFP for a 10-year, $20 billion telecom order in April titled the "Networx " program. Networx will provide both legacy and leading-edge voice, data, and video services to all federal agencies. The largest pending network deal in the world, Networx has every major U.S. carrier waiting to pounce. So far, it's been reported that 40 companies have approached the GSA on the program.

If enterprises with annual telecom spend in the millions are already in need of Telecom Expense Management solutions, Rivermine's federal team is actively monitoring the progress of this program and how the government will tackle the challenges of managing their telecom inventory and invoice auditing.

Read the entire article from Network World

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Enterprise Management Associates Report on Rivermine Software

Analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) recently published a paper titled, "Rivermine Software Readies Telecommunications Resource Management for Mainstream Convergence". The paper addresses the need for enterprises to move away from a "service-centric" approach and start to look at software solutions to manage their telecom resources. EMA notes that Rivermine's solution "reflects a meaningful step forward towards integrating telecom resource management into a more mainstream vision of asset inventory and control."

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Gartner 2005 MarketScope: Telecom Expense Management Report

Leading analyst firm Gartner recently published their MarketScope Report on Telecom Expense Management (TEM), along with their ratings of the providers. Rivermine Software is proud to be included as one of Gartner's top-rated "positive" providers in the TEM space.

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