10 Ways to Control Wireless Costs

Although all companies require individual analysis before implementing a wireless optimization plan, here are 10 proven ways to reduce costs, save valuable time and get a handle on wireless assets.

* Develop and maintain a list of all company-owned devices
* Control procurement
* Terminate wireless devices with little or no use
* Adopt and enforce a corporate wireless policy
* Own the phone and the phone number
* Consolidate carriers
* Pool minutes
* Negotiate wireless contracts
* Implement a device pool for international phones
* Consider outsourcing wireless management

An experienced wireless expense management company can drastically reduce a company's wireless spend -- even after negotiating what appears to be major discounts from the wireless carrier.
TelecoWorks announces a new partnership with a leading provider of wireless optimization and mobility management programs including helpdesk, procurement, customized reporting and ongoing monthly analysis.
Contact TelecoWorks today for a no obligation, free analysis of your company's or client's current wireless expense.

Unified Communications standard with most hosted PBX solutions

Unified Communications integrates your telephone system with your computer network and email server. When someone leaves you a message, the unified messaging system saves the recording into your “voice” mailbox and also sends the message in the form of a .wav file to your email inbox.
What are the benefits for you?

Email-Voicemail-FaxMail — All in One Box
• You can forward the voicemail message to anyone with an email address — not just the users in your voicemail system.
• It gives you the ability to prioritize your messages visually – listening to the most important ones first.
• Unified means “synchronized” — if you listen to a voicemail message from your email client, the system will turn off the message waiting light on your desk phone and the reverse.
• Caller ID information of the caller is displayed in the subject line.
• With SIP Fax capability — your faxes arrive in your email inbox as a PDF file — no more standing in line at the fax machine!!
• FaxMail can be sent directly from the desktop easily

News from Windstream

Windstream has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire PAETEC Holding Corp.
Windstream Corp. announces the expansion of its next-generation voice and data services into Columbus, Ga., giving local businesses a new choice for advanced communication services.
Windstream announced it has begun a significant expansion to its Raleigh data center, one which will grow the facility's usable space by almost 50 percent to 32,000 square feet.
Windstream Corp. this week brought its high-bandwidth Ethernet for businesses into 11 new markets. The service provider sells through channel partners, who now may offer Ethernet of up to 1gbps in Akron, Columbus and Dayton, Ohio; Indianapolis, Ind.; Wichita, Kan.; Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Okla.; northwestern Arkansas; Augusta, Ga.; Baton Rouge, La.; and Mobile, Ala.

Nitel Offers Flat-Rate MPLS Pricing

Until August 31, 2011, Nitel is offering flat-rate MPLS pricing nationwide. Each site -- no matter the distance from the central office -- is priced at $443.00 for T-1 access and port. The monthly price of $443.00 per site also includes quality of service/class of service.
Nitel is available to existing AT&T MPLS customers. If you are a current AT&T MPLS customer, consider switching to Nitel and take advantage of substantial savings.
Call me at 610-942-7501 for more information.

The Benefits of Cloud Computing

Key benefits of cloud computing:
• Flexibility – There is the ability to update hardware
and software quickly to adhere to customer demands
and updates in technology.
• Savings – There is a reduction of capital expenditures
and IT personnel.
• Location & Hardware Independence – Users
can access application from a web browser connected
anywhere on the internet.
• Multi-tenancy – Resources and cost are shared
among many users, allowing overall cost reduction.
• Reliability – Many cloud providers replicate their
server environments in multiply data centers around
the globe, which accounts for business continuity and
disaster recovery.
• Scalability – Multiply resources load balance peak load capacity and utilization across multiply hardware
platforms in different locations
• Security – Centralization of sensitive data improves security by removing data from the users’ computers.
Cloud providers also have the staff resources to maintain all the latest security features to help
protect data.
• Maintenance – Centralized applications are much easier to maintain than their distributed counter
parts. All updates and changes are made in one centralized server instead of on each user’s computer.
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Paetec Announces Plans for New Data Center in McLean, VA

MCLEAN, Va. - May 5, 2011 (Print-friendly PDF file)

PAETEC Holding Corp. (NASDAQ GS: PAET), a Fortune 1000 company that provides advanced communication solutions to businesses nationwide, today announced plans for the deployment of a new data center in McLean, Va., approximately ten miles northwest of Washington, D.C. The center, which includes 49,000 square feet of raised floor space, will provide colocation services and geographic diversity to businesses and government entities along the East Coast and nationwide. The center also will support the shift to cloud computing as more business applications move towards advanced network-based services. The McLean center is planned to open at the end of 2011.

Planned services in the center include colocation space, power, and connectivity to PAETEC's diverse portfolio of network services as well as high-speed, fault-tolerant connections to the public Internet. Customers will have access to PAETEC's newest data center services including Dedicated Server, Virtual Server, Managed Cloud Storage, Hosted Exchange and Hosted Network Security Services.

"We selected this location specifically to meet the growing needs of the mid-Atlantic businesses as well as to support government applications," said Sanjay Hiranandani, PAETEC's chief technology officer. "When coupled with our strong portfolio of solutions, leading-edge IP network infrastructure and industry-leading service, we expect this data center to be considered one of the premier centers on the East Coast. Additionally, our fiber and fixed wireless infrastructure ensure that we can deliver the cloud-based services to end users virtually anywhere in the country at Gigabit and higher speeds."

The three-story, 62,500 square foot existing facility will be converted into data center space over the next seven months. Plans call for 49,000 square feet of raised floor space available to customers to collocate their servers, routers, and other systems and communication equipment. PAETEC will be hiring an incremental set of technical staff, complementing its broad engineering talent base to support this center. The location is also planned to have a 24x7 Technical Assistance Center (TAC), redundant power, and latest advancements in physical security, including precautions against flooding, fire and natural disasters.

The center continues PAETEC's legacy of geographic expansion of data centers enabling cloud-based services on a truly national basis. With the addition of McLean, PAETEC will have key data center facilities in Andover, Mass.; Bethlehem and Conshohocken, Pa.; Milwaukee, Houston, Phoenix, and Richmond, Va., augmenting its footprint of more than 100 physical colocation facilities nationwide.

For more information on PAETEC's data center solutions, visit www.fast.com.

Century Link, Inc, to buy Savvis, Inc.

Phone company CenturyLink Inc. plans to buy Savvis Inc. for about $2.5 billion in cash and stock to beef up its data center business as it looks to cash in on increasing demand for cloud services, Reuters reported.
SOURCE: Washington Business Journal