Corporate/Government Members will interact with their peers and provide/receive valuable information on best practices in all aspects of Technology/Telecom Financial Management.  Members will assist in guiding standards to best manage technology cost.  (Envision this as a combined version of WebMD and a 'techie' blog but in the Technology Financial Management Arena.)  Learn from the "How-to" of your peers.  Develop and learn tactical executable techniques to better manage all of your technology cost.  Ask for advice from our member community.  Create a method for improving the bottom line to your organization and become more efficient with one of your most valuable assets -- your time!

Membership consists of Fortune 2000 companies and government agencies, industry experts, advisors, and sponsors.  All others will be reviewed on a case by case basis.   TCI has the absolute right to accept or deny access at any time now or in the future for any reason or no reason at all.

Benefits of Membership: 

What's in it for your Company?

·         Develop a better understanding of Total Cost of Ownership for all Technology costs

·         Information on how to reduce monthly expenses

·         Techniques to determine ROI for all IT projects/products/services

·         Methodologies on improved processes and efficiencies

·         Understanding of trends in the industry

·        Sanity check of current activities

Consider joining our Member Community if you are an expert in your field and are involved in supporting enterprises/government agencies in Technology/Telecom Financial Management endeavors.  Share your knowledge and experience with our member community and each other to help build best practices.   You will be among a well-rounded group of contributors who support enterprises and government agencies, and who have multiple views on best practices within the Technology/Telecom Financial Management arena.

As Alexander Graham Bell once said, “Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.”

Benefits include:

• Exposure to hundreds of enterprise and government accounts that are actively looking to more effectively manage and reduce their technology/telecom costs
• Learn what your potential clients/customers may be thinking
• Keep up with current trends in Technology and Telecom Financial Management
• Raise awareness and help build standards within your industry
• Use your new found knowledge to further your career

Industry Experts will be responsible for:

• Contributions per year on best practices (article, white paper, case study, etc.)
• Participation in monthly surveys
• Being an active Forum/Blog participant
• Linking the members group website to your website (if applicable)

Tactical uses of the website:

Members can address key challenges that most organizations face and develop some key executable strategies.  Some examples are: 

• Better negotiate billing errors
• Design, set up and implement cost allocation hierarchies
• Understand the cost for IP telephony and unified communications
• Negotiation tips when sourcing
• Learn how to build a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) with limited resources
• Determine how to handle global cost management
• How to best manage wireless spend
• Determine appropriate staffing levels for IT spend management
• Check references on IT purchases
• Develop ROI Models for current and future projects
• Keep up-to-date on new technology cost and productivity improvement
• How to inventory software while reducing cost
• Understand how merger and acquisitions may impact your IT cost structure
• What mobility solutions are available and at what cost
• Utilize Enterprise 2.0 to cut cost
• Etc, Etc, Etc...