Practical insights on IT infrastructure, sourcing, cloud, and emerging technology.
Google Wrecks the CDN Market Last week Google formally launched its Page Speed Service, the latest in a long line of Content Delivery Network (CDN) services from dozens of suppliers from big and small to hit the market over the last 15 years. In the case of Google though, I see a few novel changes… Read More »Google Wrecks the CDN Market
August 10, 2011
A Cynic Predicts IT and Media in 2011 (Prove me wrong or shut the heck up.) As pondered by Tony Greenberg and Alex Veytsel 1. Everything that’s old will be new again. Last year brought us the return of 3D from the 1950s, cloud (a.k.a. the new and improved mainframe), thin client (the dumb terminals… Read More »A Cynic Predicts IT and Media in 2011
January 5, 2011
Sourcing Advisor 2011 was a very busy year for us at RampRate. I’ve spent nearly 20 years, on many sides, of the technology business and I enjoy reflecting across large swaths of time to see if there are patterns, lessons, and advice, so let’s see what we get from 2011. Cloud Computing Won’t Whisk Us… Read More »2011 Through The Eyes of A Sourcing Advisor
January 2, 2011
Buggy Whip Business Who’s in the buggy whip business in technology these days? By that, I mean, what companies are about to become obsolete thanks to major shifts in media delivery and consumption caused by the rise, the serious rise, of streaming? More than a dozen years after the launch of the Streaming Media conference,… Read More »Break Out the Buggy Whips. Is Now the Tipping Point for Streaming Video?
November 17, 2010
IT services transparency SANTA MONICA, Calif.─Nov. 16, 2010─ Because Fortune 1000 and Internet firms often spend millions of dollars on top-rated premium technology and telecommunications services only to find them failing and derailing success, RampRate announced today its Deal Acceleration and Transparency Engine (DATE), which cuts cost, time, and risk from the buying process. “This new… Read More »New DATE from RampRate- IT services transparency
November 16, 2010
Return on Investment Paper vs. Plates just one question in the bigger picture Part 2 in a series on conflicts between environmental and economic impulses in all of us, and how we resolve them. “How to be green? Many people have asked us this important question. It’s really very simple and requires no expert… Read More »Are You Going Green or Going for the Green?
November 7, 2010
Strategic IT Contract Default One of the hottest topics in the wake of the meltdown of the real estate market is the ethics of walking away from an underwater mortgage – which now accounts for 12% of all foreclosures according to Morgan Stanley. Banks and realtors tend to opine that it’s a barbarian practice, only acceptable… Read More »Strategic IT Contract Default – Smart Decision or Dirty Business?
October 18, 2010
Net Neutrality Plan By Alex Veytsel and Tony Greenberg In the hubbub over the Google and Verizon new net neutrality plan, a couple of things stand out: 1) There is no actual deal, just a proposed compromise that no one actually likes 2) Everyone seems to be confused about the new, private Internet While more viable… Read More »The Google/Verizon Walled Garden Plan: No Substantive Impact on Net Neutrality
August 10, 2010
Hosting Uptime Assumptions & Mistakes One of the biggest mistakes that buyers make when outsourcing for the first time is assuming that their internal performance standards (usually tuned to “net” server uptime) are what the provider is promising, whereas most of the time what they’re getting is a “gross” site uptime that excludes pre-scheduled maintenance… Read More »Hosting Uptime Assumptions & Mistakes
August 4, 2010