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</div><div data-element-id="elm_y2dMVLe6TkPFSHSrI-CFuQ" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items-flex-start zpjustify-content-flex-start zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_y2dMVLe6TkPFSHSrI-CFuQ"].zprow{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_qnoQk2W9y5yZ1m4kvDtyaw" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-8 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_qnoQk2W9y5yZ1m4kvDtyaw"].zpelem-col{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_xQuALzBI2iIePLNnz9Uhvg" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_xQuALzBI2iIePLNnz9Uhvg"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
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<div data-element-id="elm__Tq6Y5DrRB-n8xc-jgxEDg" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm__Tq6Y5DrRB-n8xc-jgxEDg"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><div>The Cloud 9 Technology Expense Assessment (TEA) program will help you better understand the pricing and terms of your current contracts and invoices, compare them to other competitive providers in the industry, and ultimately find areas for improvement of services, support, and savings.<br></div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>We’ll thoroughly inspect all recent invoices of all your technology services and look for billing errors, overages, unusual usage and patterns, and any unnecessary charges. Then we’ll uncover any potential overlaps in services, show you places where you can trim services, and other areas that can save money on your all your service provider expenses.</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>If it turns out that you are getting good value from your current providers, then our audit will give you peace of mind about sticking with them.</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>If not, we’ll help you find the right vendors and obtain best-in-class pricing for new services.</div></div>
</div><div data-element-id="elm_G4xk3zhYf8BsboZkJ5wUSg" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_G4xk3zhYf8BsboZkJ5wUSg"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><div> Additional related services available: </div>
<ul><li>Software/SaaS Audit and Rationalization<br></li><li>Hypercloud Expense Audit and Rationalization</li><li>Technology/Telecom Expense Management (TEM) &amp; Cost Optimization Services<br></li><li>Mobile Carrier/Wireless Expense Management (WEM) &amp; Cost Optimization Services&nbsp;<br></li><li>Vendor Selection services; identify, research, evaluate, and compare<br></li><li>Vendor Management services; account management, enhanced escalations</li></ul></div>
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</div></div></div></div></div></div> ]]></content:encoded><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:03:35 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Care for some TEA?]]></title><link>https://www.cloud9advisers.com/News/post/care-for-some-tea</link><description><![CDATA[How much are those telecom, mobility, and cloud services really costing you? Let's have some TEA and we'll help you find out.]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="zpcontent-container blogpost-container "><div data-element-id="elm_XgCc7PHoTx-b4ZzCfDiwOw" data-element-type="section" class="zpsection "><style type="text/css"></style><div class="zpcontainer-fluid zpcontainer"><div data-element-id="elm_ger_-an7S6GjGGuOflklwA" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items- zpjustify-content- " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_4w4VAtXLTxa6ouMw74DjLg" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-12 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- "><style type="text/css"></style><div data-element-id="elm_rZvoVnE-Qrm9k7FXVnDgYQ" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_rZvoVnE-Qrm9k7FXVnDgYQ"].zpelem-heading { border-style:none; border-radius:1px; } </style><h1
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</div><div data-element-id="elm_y2dMVLe6TkPFSHSrI-CFuQ" data-element-type="row" class="zprow zprow-container zpalign-items-flex-start zpjustify-content-flex-start zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg " data-equal-column=""><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_y2dMVLe6TkPFSHSrI-CFuQ"].zprow{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_qnoQk2W9y5yZ1m4kvDtyaw" data-element-type="column" class="zpelem-col zpcol-12 zpcol-md-8 zpcol-sm-12 zpalign-self- zpdefault-section zpdefault-section-bg "><style type="text/css"> [data-element-id="elm_qnoQk2W9y5yZ1m4kvDtyaw"].zpelem-col{ border-radius:1px; } </style><div data-element-id="elm_xQuALzBI2iIePLNnz9Uhvg" data-element-type="heading" class="zpelement zpelem-heading "><style> [data-element-id="elm_xQuALzBI2iIePLNnz9Uhvg"].zpelem-heading { border-radius:1px; } </style><h2
 class="zpheading zpheading-style-none zpheading-align-left " data-editor="true"><span style="color:inherit;"><div>How much are those telecom, mobility, and cloud services really costing you?</div></span></h2></div>
<div data-element-id="elm__Tq6Y5DrRB-n8xc-jgxEDg" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm__Tq6Y5DrRB-n8xc-jgxEDg"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><div>The Cloud 9 Technology Expense Assessment (TEA) program will help you better understand the pricing and terms of your current contracts and invoices, compare them to other competitive providers in the industry, and ultimately find areas for improvement of services, support, and savings.<br></div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>We’ll thoroughly inspect all recent invoices of all your technology services and look for billing errors, overages, unusual usage and patterns, and any unnecessary charges. Then we’ll uncover any potential overlaps in services, show you places where you can trim services, and other areas that can save money on your all your service provider expenses.</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>If it turns out that you are getting good value from your current providers, then our audit will give you peace of mind about sticking with them.</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>If not, we’ll help you find the right vendors and obtain best-in-class pricing for new services.</div></div>
</div><div data-element-id="elm_G4xk3zhYf8BsboZkJ5wUSg" data-element-type="text" class="zpelement zpelem-text "><style> [data-element-id="elm_G4xk3zhYf8BsboZkJ5wUSg"].zpelem-text { border-radius:1px; } </style><div class="zptext zptext-align-left " data-editor="true"><div> Additional related services available: </div>
<ul><li>Software/SaaS Audit and Rationalization<br></li><li>Hypercloud Expense Audit and Rationalization</li><li>Technology/Telecom Expense Management (TEM) &amp; Cost Optimization Services<br></li><li>Mobile Carrier/Wireless Expense Management (WEM) &amp; Cost Optimization Services&nbsp;<br></li><li>Vendor Selection services; identify, research, evaluate, and compare<br></li><li>Vendor Management services; account management, enhanced escalations</li></ul></div>
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            theme:dark"><figure role="none" class="zpimage-data-ref"><span class="zpimage-anchor" role="link" tabindex="0" aria-label="Open Lightbox" style="cursor:pointer;"><picture><img class="zpimage zpimage-style-none zpimage-space-none " src="/C9-Logo1.t.png" data-src="/C9-Logo1.t.png" size="medium" data-lightbox="true" style="height:132px;width:264px;"/></picture></span></figure><div class="zpimage-headingtext-container"><h3 class="zpimage-heading zpimage-text-align-left " data-editor="true">About Cloud 9</h3><div class="zpimage-text zpimage-text-align-left " data-editor="true"><div>Cloud 9 Advisers helps business leaders and understaffed IT teams that need a strategic partner, not just another vendor. We help decision-makers buy great technology. We work with you to rationalize and reduce technology spending without sacrificing the technology itself and employ sound digital transformation principles and strategies.</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>We do not sell solutions, we help you buy the right solutions. We are not a vendor, we help you find the right vendors. We diagnose problems, prescribe solutions, and facilitate decisions.</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>We are impartial, unbiased, and vendor-neutral technology practitioners with expertise in four critical segments: Cybersecurity, Communications, Connectivity, and Cloud. Our proprietary software contains decades of data and analytics on all of the 250+ vendors in our Supplier Portfolio. We’ll help you quickly identify, research, evaluate, and compare appropriate solutions and vendors; eliminating months of labor trying to do it on your own. We’ll help you make confident decisions quickly.&nbsp;</div><p><span style="color:inherit;"><br></span></p><div>To learn more contact us today and book an appointment.</div></div>
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