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TC2’s Insights on Gartner’s Latest TEM Market Guide

The latest Gartner Market Guide for Telecom Expense Management Services makes clear that TEM is no longer just about invoice processing, inventory and dispute management, or wireless optimization. The category is expanding into broader technology expense management, cloud, SaaS, UCaaS, IoT, utilities, and even emerging areas like AI license sprawl […]

FCC Call Center Outsourcing NPRM

If your company relies on call centers to support your customers, you’ll want to listen to this podcast.  The Federal Communications Commission just put out a sweeping proposal to require the significant onshoring of non-US based call center operations and the implementation of new customer service standards, such as English […]

Preserving Deal Value With Lifecycle Services

Organizations invest a significant amount of time and resources conducting major RFPs, renegotiations, and technology transformations. The project delivers meaningful improvements on deal commercials, cost reductions and operational gains.  However, once the deal is done and everyone goes back to their “day jobs”, a surprising amount of the value starts […]

What to Do When a Supplier Relationship Breaks Down

When a supplier relationship is broken, performance is poor and expected outcomes are not being delivered, customers don’t need more noise, they need more structure. They need to understand what is broken, what outcomes matter most, and what leverage they have to resolve the issues.  Sometimes the right answer is […]

Defining Colocation Requirements That Create Leverage

Colocation discussions usually start with the obvious questions: which provider, which geographic market, and what’s the price? Those questions matter, but they are not the only place where real value is won or lost. In this 9-minute episode of Staying Connected, Tony Mangino and Larry York of TC2 discuss the […]

The Reality Check for Sustainable IT Procurement in 2026

In 2026, enterprise customers are transitioning from broad sustainability goals to evidence-based supplier requirements across key IT categories.  In this 10-minute episode of Staying Connected, TC2’s Tony Mangino joins LB3’s Deb Boehling to discuss how embedded and measurable sustainable sourcing practices can help manage risk, control costs, and drive supplier […]