Press Release
MBG Expense Management Extends Free Trial to Wireless Users Through mindWireless
Industry first proof-of-concept trial lets companies preview the potential of an integrated wireline and wireless solution with no financial commitment
New York & Houston, October 2, 2007 - MBG, MBG Expense Management and mindWireless, strategic telecom and wireless expense management partners, have announced that the MBG Telecom "In-Focus" Free Trial offer will now include wireless billing information. Qualified companies can view two months of billing data on the integrated MBG/mW SMART platform to get a hands-on perspective of the partners' complete fixed and wireless expense management solution.
"The success of a TEM service is highly dependent on the underlying service delivery platform," said Eric Goodness and Phil Redman in Gartner's August 13, 2007 research report on Top 10 Strategies for Developing a TEM Services Relationship.
"The key differentiators that end users need to test are the provider's ability to parse electronic formats from multiple carriers, configuration management databases, reporting, optimization and sourcing capabilities."
"MBG has experienced significant interest in this free trial since announcing it in 2006, allowing an organization to quickly view its own billing data for in-depth analysis," says Michael Greenspan, CEO of MBG Expense Management. "MBG is pleased to now include wireless services through our partner, mindWireless. This approach demonstrates both partners' combined technology investment to manage a variety of electronic data formats, and enables companies to significantly reduce their time to benefit. It also provides an alternative to the burden of a prolonged request for proposal (RFP) process to understand whether a prospective vendor will suit their needs."
MBG and mindWireless recently presented a webcast describing their integrated offering and included a review of best practices for managing wireline and wireless communications spend. To view a replay of this webcast, visit: http://www.mbg-inc.com/news_webcasts.php.
"Seeing is believing and we're confident that companies that rely on wireline and wireless to drive their businesses will see quick benefit from this free trial offer," says Kevin Whitehurst, Managing Partner at mindWireless. "We feel it is extremely important that companies have the ability to test the system before making a purchasing decision. Experiencing, first-hand, the TEM solution that can help you manage these increasingly complex and expensive assets in the future will provide the confidence to make that decision."
Both the MBG and mindWireless platforms are developed on the Microsoft .Net platform to enable integrated data flow between the two systems. To provide a complete view of both wireline and wireless spend, end-users can view a centralized bill through MBG's Invoice Presentation solution that displays spend by region, vendor, hierarchy, and type of service. Users can then drill into the details behind each category, including wireless spend, through the mindWireless mW SMART platform for managing wireless devices.
To inquire about the free trial offer, visit the MBG website at http://www.mbg-inc.com/mbg_in_focus_trial.php.
