AI Bandwidth Commitments Are the New Migration Circuits
AI Bandwidth Commitments Are the New Migration Circuits Networking teams across enterprise IT are provisioning bandwidth right now — committing to carrier circuits, cloud interconnects, and data center cross-connects — for AI workloads that do not yet exist at production scale. The provisioning is happening before the workloads are deployed. The contracts are being signed […]
If You Closed a Store in 2023, You Might Still Be Paying for It
If You Closed a Store in 2023, You Might Still Be Paying for It You know exactly which locations you closed. Facilities knows. Real estate knows. HR processed the last transfers. The lease is terminated. The keys are returned. But the telecom circuits at that location? There’s a good chance they’re still active. The carrier […]
The Charter-Cox 90-Day Window Hasn’t Opened Yet. That’s Your Advantage.
The Charter-Cox 90-Day Window Hasn’t Opened Yet. That’s Your Advantage. When major carrier consolidations closed during my tenure as Head of Telecommunications at Simon Property Group, the pattern was always the same. The account team would call and say, “Nothing changes for you.” The portal login would update. The invoice format would shift slightly. And […]
Your Carrier Is Watching the Tariff Situation. You Should Be Watching Your Contract.
Your Carrier Is Watching the Tariff Situation. You Should Be Watching Your Contract. The tariff environment has shifted faster than most enterprise IT teams can track. The average effective U.S. tariff rate now sits above 25% — the highest since 1909. Juniper Research has flagged that carriers will pass network upgrade costs to enterprise customers. […]
Your Cloud Migration Optimized the Workloads. Nobody’s Governing the Circuits That Connect Them
Your Cloud Migration Optimized the Workloads. Nobody’s Governing the Circuits That Connect Them. When I was Head of Telecommunications at Simon Property Group, we managed a telecom footprint that touched every property in the portfolio. Hundreds of locations. Dozens of vendors. Invoices that ran to thousands of line items a month. The carriers counted on […]
