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eBay Measures Energy Consumption with Digital Service Efficiency

Digital Service Efficiency Though it’s well understood you can’t manage what you don’t measure, the vast majority of enterprises don’t track the energy efficiency of their IT operations. Firms spend tens of millions of dollars on data centers and energy usage, but seldom explore meaningful ways to manage this energy spend. It gets shrugged off… Read More »eBay Measures Energy Consumption with Digital Service Efficiency

September 7, 2014

IT Infrastructure

7 Points of Friction in Managing IT Infrastructure Change

Managing IT Infrastructure in the IT department of a large enterprise, change is a constant. Across the entire infrastructure spectrum, constant changes in hosting, networks, telecom, content delivery and support services give your enterprise an opportunity to seize competitive advantages. However, keeping pace can be arduous. You can’t be trapped in no-bid, 10-year, full-IT outsource… Read More »7 Points of Friction in Managing IT Infrastructure Change

September 6, 2014

IT Optimization

Infrastructure Optimization: What You Need to Know About Wasteful IT

IT Capacity Typically, the IT services buyer forecasts usage utilizing a number of factors at his/her disposal: Prior contracted capacity—that is, what was signed up for in the past. Forecasted business objectives, along with the inherited success criteria for objective completion, that will dictate IT demand—what will IT infrastructure needs look like over the upcoming… Read More »Infrastructure Optimization: What You Need to Know About Wasteful IT

June 8, 2014

Sourcing

Avoiding The Rigged Managed Services RFP

Managed Services RFP Managed Services RFP Harm Suppliers and Buyers Alike As a seller of IT managed services, you may spend hundreds of hours on a quote only to find that you really had no chance because the game was rigged. It can be obvious and heavy handed: The RFP ignores your strengths, but itemizes your competitor’s… Read More »Avoiding The Rigged Managed Services RFP

March 3, 2014

Data Center Power Efficiency

Landlords Double as Energy Brokers

Landlords Double as Energy Brokers RampRate Article from the New York Times Posted MAY 13, 2013 – Read the full article Here The trophy high-rises on Madison, Park and Fifth Avenues in Manhattan have long commanded the top prices in the country for commercial real estate. With yearly leases approaching $150 a square foot. So it… Read More »Landlords Double as Energy Brokers

May 12, 2013

Strategic Sourcing

Future of IT Sourcing Negotiations

IT Sourcing By Alex Veytsel – One of the panels I most regret missing at Data Center Dynamics annual London show last week, where our CEO spoke was a discussion of the future of data centers in 10-20 years. Fortunately I got to participate in the prep session for it in the speaker’s lounge, where brilliant folks… Read More »Future of IT Sourcing Negotiations

November 27, 2012

SPY INDEX

CSRHub Scores Join RampRate’s SPY Index

CSRHub Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Scores Will Drive Triple Bottom Line in IT, Data-Center Supplier Choice SANTA MONICA, CALIF. May 16, 2012 – RampRate Sourcing Advisors, the premier sourcing advisor for IT infrastructure and cloud computing, has integrated CSRHub’s corporate-social-responsibility scores into its proprietary SPY Index decision hub, enriching it so that IT decision makers… Read More »CSRHub Scores Join RampRate’s SPY Index

May 15, 2012

IT Infrastructure

Business At The Speed Of Light – What is a Millisecond Worth?

Business At The Speed Of Light In the low-latency world of high-frequency trading, some will lose, no matter how smart their systems and people. Can you catch up? Or should we slow them down? Speed thrills, especially near the speed of light. For Wall Street traders, speed creates new fortunes on the world’s fastest networks,… Read More »Business At The Speed Of Light – What is a Millisecond Worth?

February 28, 2012

Menagerie

When Valuations Don't Mean Valuable

Investing It’s Time For A New Wave Of Investing “You’re walking around blind without a cane, pal. A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place.” – Gordon Gekko in “Wall Street” By Tony Greenberg, CEO RampRate Sourcing Advisors / DeepStrat A week before Groupon’s initial public offering, Henry… Read More »When Valuations Don’t Mean Valuable

November 16, 2011