Practical insights on technology, sourcing, cloud, and emerging technology.
A New Year, A New Era Thank you for being a part of the RampRate community. Those of you that have been here for a while know that we won’t flood your inbox too frequently. But, for the first time in our 20 year history, we see a tectonic shift in the way that our… Read More »SPY v1
November 14, 2019
The world is in the midst of a statistical revolution. Everything from professional sports to advertising to education to technology performance to climate can be measured and quantified with more precision than ever before. Statisticians and big data analysts are in demand and finally being..
December 5, 2018
18 years ago, I got into IT sourcing not to make a buck, but to fix the wrongs that I saw in building the backbone of the internet in the 90s. The world of large technology deals was (and, let’s face it, decades later still is) full of FUD, price discrimination, poor decisions, and outright corruption.
June 1, 2018
Happy Holidays from RampRate! During this season, we take time to reflect upon the good things we have…like our partnership with you. We appreciate working with you and hope the coming year will bring you much happiness and success. Hot Sauce, is What I Got If you want to make it cool, you’ll have to sing… Read More »Hot sauce, is what I got, just remember that Sourcing, is what I got..
January 7, 2018
Cloud computing isn’t emerging, futuristic, or innovative. It’s just a building block in the CIO’s infrastructure arsenal. One piece of evidence: it’s missing from Gartner’s latest Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies. That doesn’t mean that all cloud technologies are commoditized …
December 28, 2016
Are You Going to Be All Talk or All Action? ..Getting the Most out of Your Existing Cloud But supposing you’re one of the many that has made the leap and deployed some apps in the cloud. How will your organization continue to extract efficiencies for the long haul? It’s not just an arbitrage of …
December 27, 2016
CIO Vacancy: Must Bring Own Crystal Ball Build Shared Services: If a time machine that takes you back a year is invented, the most profitable use is probably gambling – Leicester City at 5000-1, some powerball tickets, etc. But selling it to CIOs planning shared services IT budgets could be a close second. Each year,… Read More »Build Your Shared Services
June 22, 2016
Optimize & Re-Negotiate Contracts – 100% job satisfaction in IT is rare – each day brings new headaches. At best you get the usual suspects: excessive demands from business that recall the old Queen song, ornery suppliers, understaffed teams, budget cuts, etc. At worst you have delayed deployments, outages, failed upgrades, and contentious internal politics.… Read More »Optimize & Re-Negotiate Contracts
May 24, 2016
Scale & Buy: Owning a big IT budget is a bit like sudden fame. At first, it’s great – everyone wants to be your friend, you get perks and freebies, and feel like a rock star. And then you realize: Budgets, like fame, may be fleeting – you need to manage them well today to… Read More »Scale & Buy Global IT Infrastructure
May 23, 2016