geographic area, as well as technology assets that consist of a range of hardware platforms. In these geographic areas there has been consolidation of facilities by opening and closing... selected sites. These consolidations created both a demand on capital expenses as well as an abundance of out of service equipment. SOLUTION IQ Telcom s Corporate Hardware Asset... are readily available for a variety of hardware platforms. De-installed hardware can be re-deployed as either replacement component or complete system replacement to sites...

customer also wanted an inventory of their telephone systems to analyze the costs associated with their hardware maintenance. The audit project began with building an inventory... noted that the hardware platforms were not uniformed and several locations utilized different software releases. Costly maintenance agreements were in place with limited or no records... lines that were abandoned by the previous building owner which were still being invoiced. Alarm lines were identified and standard configurations for voice and hardware systems...

Houston facility had 400 employees and an annual telecom spend of $600,000. A thorough inventory of lines, circuits and associated hardware was warranted to assess the services... inventory. Detailed charges were recorded, contracts rates were validated, ring tests were performed to test functionality and technicians were dispatched to identify the site s hardware...

and, therefore, how to budget and allocate these costs. Physical audits at key locations were performed to document hardware make, model and capacity. IQ Telcom was able to identify...