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Telecom Audit
and Telecom Consulting - Cincinnati Ohio |
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Telecom consulting can help you cut costs, save time,
gain
knowledge, and increase security for your business.
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Are you able to read and understand your
telephone bills each month?
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Are you confident that they are accurate?
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Are you receiving the best value?
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1530 Sycamore Ridge Drive
Maineville, OH 45039
Phone: 513.683.8881
Fax: 513.774.8904
Mobile : 513.225.7922
sean.fox@schooleymitchell.com |
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If you could save 20%-30% on your communications
costs each month what would you do with the extra
money?
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Hire additional staff?
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Add it to your bottom line?
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Improve productivity by updating office technologies?
We will save you time and money
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As telecom consultants, we
analyze your communications bills on a quarterly basis
and if we can't find savings for you, there is no charge
for our analysis. Therefore, we can only improve your
bottom line.
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70% of the time our savings recommendations are with
your existing service provider
We are Independent & Objective!
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We don't sell any provider's products or
services.
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We don't receive commissions or any form
of payment from suppliers
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We do diligently focus on your
organization's unique business issues and empower you to
solve your business problems.
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Sean Fox is the owner of a Cincinnati-based franchise of
Schooley Mitchell Telecom Consultants. Sean has 14 years
of telecommunications experience serving a wide range of
clients in the areas of cost optimization, network
strategy development and technology integration. Sean
has served over 200 clients in the Greater Cincinnati
market ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100
companies.
Proficiencies and Expertise
Sean’s background includes the following:
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Voice services including local phone service and
long distance
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Data services including VPNs, frame relay and
private lines
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Internet and remote access
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Wide Area Network design
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Wireless service
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Audio and video conferencing
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Web hosting
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Strategic planning
Background:
Prior to opening his Schooley Mitchell franchise in
2003, Sean was a Regional Telecommunications Director
with EDS. Before that he was a Global Account Manager
at Qwest Communications and Global Crossing.
In addition to his position at Schooley Mitchell, Sean
is on the Board of Directors at Accelerated Business
Results, a sales performance training firm that designs
and delivers technology-based sales training for
companies.
Sean is certified as a Cisco Sales Expert and has
obtained Data Networking Certifications from Hill &
Associates. Sean has a Bachelor of Arts degree and
graduated with honors from Xavier University in
Cincinnati, Ohio.
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The core services that we provide to our clients fall
into two broad categories:
OPTIMIZATION SERVICES
Schooley Mitchell Telecom Consultants will analyze
your organization's existing telecommunications services
and systems to identify billing errors and opportunities
to reduce costs while maintaining or improving service.
Click here for more information about Optimization
Services.
PROJECT SERVICES
Schooley Mitchell Telecom Consultants will provide
advice, guidance and recommendations to help your
organization make the right decisions regarding your
telecommunications projects.
Click here for more information about Project Services.
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Needs analysis
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Telecom audit and review of options or proposals
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Vendor,
equipment and application recommendations
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Implementation services
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Project management services
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Hardware upgrades and replacements
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System and application upgrades and replacements
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Office moves and relocations
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Business expansion or downsizing
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Acquisition and integration of another business
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Creation of mobile or remote offices
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Adoption of new technologies
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Network integration
We will consult to you regarding any or all of the
following telecom-related issues:
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Local telephone service
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Long distance, toll-free and international services
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Cellular and wireless services
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Telecommunications security and fraud protection
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Telephone systems and equipment configuration
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Traffic and usage studies
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Disaster recovery and business continuity planning
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Data networking
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Broadband services
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Telecom Audit &
Needs Analysis - Existing Systems & Services |
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Our clients realize that they derive the most benefit by
concentrating their efforts on their core service or
product. Most business people simply do not have the
time to analyze technology, suppliers and pricing
alternatives in today's constantly changing telecom
world. Schooley Mitchell Consultants audit existing
systems and services to identify the most beneficial
alternatives for you. The telecom audit can consider the
entire telecommunications system, including local
services, long distance, equipment configuration,
toll-free, cellular and wireless services, faxes,
modems, internet access and past billings, with the
goals of identifying and providing:
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areas of cost saving that won't entail sacrificing
service;
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how efficiency can be increased;
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billing errors that may be recoverable; and
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a full inventory of all telecom equipment and services.
Contingency Billing - No Risk
Many of our clients choose our no-risk method of
billing. We will complete a full telecom audit and our
only fee is a sharing of the savings that our
recommendations generate. You must approve each
recommendation. If you approve our findings, then we
share the savings realized over the term of our
agreement. After that time, all savings accrue to you.
Hourly Billing
Some clients choose to have their systems reviewed for
an hourly rate or fixed fee. Regardless of your
preferred method of billing, all reviews are designed to
achieve maximum savings and to meet your specific needs.
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At Schooley Mitchell Telecom Consultants, we take pride
in providing you with expert project management
services. Whether it’s dealing with your next big
telecommunications change or managing an OS migration,
we can provide professional project management services
that will allow you to optimize your resource
utilization and get the job done on time and within
budget.
On occasion, your telecommunications systems may require
modifications for a variety of reasons; including:
expansion, downsizing, amalgamation, telecommuting, new
technology, relocation, system replacement, and data
network integration. Schooley Mitchell Telecom
Consultants can help you with transitions to satisfy
your telecom and data needs by identifying the optimum
package of equipment and services. Examples include:
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Needs analysis - present and future
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Comprehensive telecom audits and technology reviews
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Preparation of requests for proposal and requests for
quotation
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Vendor assessment
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Supplier negotiation and management
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Implementation project management
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ISO audit preparation
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Capability Maturity Model Integration
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Let our experts help you understand, command, and
control your IT resources to the optimal benefit of your
organization. We have decades of experience
guiding organizations just like yours. We can help
you manage the cost, maximize the benefit and deliver
results to your bottom line. Just ask us how.
Here are just a few of the areas where we can provide
benefit:
Understanding VoIP - TCO, QoS, Security & Deployment
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Are you concentrating your IT spending on optimization
of operational expenses while leveraging your existing
asset base?
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Are you strategically building customer-focused
solutions that enhance your competitive advantage?
This type of incremental approach is designed to reduce
capital expenditures while minimizing your risk; it
drives obtainable business objectives such as reducing
operating costs.
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Do you look at Return on Investment (ROI) in your
capital investments; e.g. a capital purchase in terms of
a financial transaction – “What is the return on capital
spent?” Unfortunately, ROI doesn’t consider the
cost impact to your annual budget, staffing levels, and
other ownership issues. It is important to perform
a time-based Total Cost of Ownership study. TCO is
complementary to ROI because a lower TCO will yield a
higher ROI. A TCO assessment integrates your
operational budget and provides a long term management
of network spending. This goes well beyond the
scope and time of your typical sales representative.
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Do you understand the step-by-step approach to VoIP
deployment?
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Do you understand the role of quality of service (QOS)?
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Have you planned for your VoIP security and risk
management?
Aligning Business & IT Goals
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Is your staff comprised of telecommunications experts?
Learn a stepwise approach to the complicated web of
technology and apply best practices to the management of
your IT enterprise.
Voice & Data Convergence
It’s inevitable that a great many companies will be
acquired, change drastically or just go away. This
has been and continues to be the telecommunications
arena. What is the impact of this on your
telecommunications spend? Do you even monitor it?
There may be other potential realignment paths, as well.
The intermingling of wired voice, wireless voice, data
and video (the battle for the North American couch
potato) creates a different and far less rigid landscape
than that which existed a decade ago.
It’s possible to see this already. The emergence of
VoIP, for instance, has forced old line telephone
companies to compete head-to-head with cable companies
and VoIP-specific upstarts such as Vonage and Skype.
Likewise, telephone and cable companies are slugging it
out in the world of bundled services.
It’s amazing that these companies are competing on so
broad a playing field. The emergence of IP as a near
universal internetworking protocol means that there are
far fewer barriers than in the past.
So, the questions for you are simple. Are you
aggressively monitoring these changes and adapting and
adjusting accordingly? If you’re not – you are
giving money away from your bottom line.
Managing Outsourcing Initiatives
Run Your Outsourcing Initiatives Like the Pros
Outsourcing — when and how to do it — is the biggest
issue facing business today, but few managers understand
all the varied aspects of outsourcing initiatives. We
can show you how to create every key document you need
during the outsourcing process and teach your staff how
to effectively manage this process.
IT Regulatory Compliance
The pressure to demonstrate compliance with regulatory
mandates continues to increase, with some organizations
now subject to five or more regulatory mandates. Most
firms, however, are currently subject to three "most
pressing" regulatory compliance mandates requiring that
they demonstrate IT security through internal or
external audits. There are four prioritized pressures
driving regulatory compliance among organizations today.
Learn how you can reduce the costs associated with
compliance — while still achieving leadership status.
Leveraging Open Source
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Do you understand the implications of open source?
Not all open source can be treated the same way.
Different licenses demand differing approaches for the
modification and distribution of the end product.
Even licenses that have been certified by the Open
Source initiative have varying terms. Combine this
with the willingness of the U.S. Patent Office to grant
more software patents and you have a battle ground
fraught with peril.
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Are you aware of the lack of uniform commercial-grade
support for many open source products? Although these
issues will resolve as open source matures, businesses
today should be aware of these issues and have an
approach for managing this problem.
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This being said, there can be significant advantages to
working in the open source realm. Understanding
the lay of the land will help you make the right
decision for your business.
Benefits & Challenges of Virtualization
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The
explosion in servers in today's datacenter has led to
exponential increases in data-transfer volumes and
bandwidth bottlenecks. This growth poses significant
problems for IT managers as they struggle to identify
more cost-effective, scalable ways to manage the
increasing complexity of servers and their associated
LAN and SAN environments.
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Have you reached the point where virtualization, as a
systems management strategy, should be considered?
Data Protection & Risk Management Strategies
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Assess disaster recovery readiness
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Identify disaster recovery planning needs
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Write your own Disaster Recovery Plan
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Test your documented Disaster Recovery Plan
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Evaluate your Disaster Recovery Plan performance
The Problems with Conventional IT Infrastructure
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Is your IT infrastructure optimized to meet the needs of
a demand-driven business world? Is it prepared to
support computationally intensive tasks such as the
creation of demand projections, supply plans, and the
optimization of both supply and demand within a defined
business strategy?
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Did you know that IT studies have shown that the average
server utilization rate is an incredibly low 20-35%. Do
you know how to break down the physical barriers, pool
the resources, and share any excess capacity between
applications as they need it?
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Do you understand the role and power of middleware?
This is the virtually invisible layer of software that
operates between the data repositories and business
applications. Middleware is proving to be of
strategic value to businesses who are seeking to gain a
competitive advantage. Research is showing the
growing strength of middleware as organizations seek out
product suites that empower their IT organizations to
support rapidly changing business processes.
Schooley Mitchell’s teams of telecommunications experts
are positioned to support you. Whether it is cost recovery or optimizing data
utilization – Schooley Mitchell can help you
strategically compete in an ever changing landscape of
technological innovation.
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