Proof

24 Years of Trajectory-Changing Results

Don't take our word for it. Here's what our clients say about working with RampRate — and why they keep coming back.

$24B+
Decisions Brokered
24%
Avg IT Budget Savings
50+
Countries
24yrs
Track Record
Case Studies

Enterprise-Grade Results

Fortune 50 Financial Services

$13M saved

Benchmarked 7 data centers plus cloud and managed services. Cut costs 26%, increased SLAs 74%, saved $13M through mid-contract negotiation.

26% cost reduction74% SLA increase7 data centers benchmarked

Fortune 20 Software

14 engagements / 4 years

14 engagements over 4 years. Benchmarked all divisions. Restructured internal chargeback model. Recruited and retained divisions through data-driven presentations.

All divisions benchmarkedChargeback model restructuredRetention through data

Fortune 50 Integrator

7 engagements / 3 years

7 engagements over 3 years. Global benchmarks across 7–20+ countries. Quantified market rates, gap analysis, rapid supplier identification, cost driver projections.

7–20+ countries benchmarkedGap analysisCost driver projections

Fortune 50 Software — 358 Vendors

34% cost cut, 21% SLA gain

Full SPY Index benchmark of 358 external IT providers. Analyzed costs, SLAs, contract terms, bundling, list vs. actual prices. Cut costs 34%, increased SLAs 21%.

358 vendors benchmarkedFull SPY Index analysisChargeback restructured

Top Movie Studio

$13M+/year saved

Examined relationship with corporate parent's internal services. Found 26% reduction potential. Increased SLAs 64%. Saved $13M+/year from shared services bill.

26% reduction potential64% SLA increaseShared services optimized

Startup Radio Station

Pre-launch CDN procurement

Pre-launch CDN procurement. RampRate procured content delivery services months before service launch. Innovative business model supported with right-fit infrastructure.

Months before launchRight-fit infrastructureInnovative model supported

CDN Market Research

44 CDN buyers interviewed

Interviewed 44 CDN buyers. Published industry-leading Executive Brief 'Sourcing CDN Services' with pricing, market dynamics, and supplier capabilities.

Executive Brief publishedPricing intelligenceSupplier capabilities mapped

Trusted by Industry Leaders

Accenture
AOL
AON
Arch
Archon
ATT
Audible.com
BainCompany
Blackline
Blizzard Entertainment
Bridgewater
Broadcom
Catalina
CCP
Citadel
Citigroup
CommonwealthBank
Constant Contact
Credit
CushmasnWakefield
DRW Trading Group
Ebay
EOS
Expedia
FidelityFortisFOXGAPGearsonGfkGirl ScoutsGLGGodaddyGoldman SachsGoodmoneyGsi CommerceHashgraphHearst CorporationHoulihan LokeyIFilmIGEIntelJPMorganChaseJumptvKnightKnight Ridder DigitalLanguage WeaverLeadsLevel 3Linden LabMcGraw HillMcKinseyCompanyMerrill LynchMetaldyneMetro Goldwyn MayerMicrosoftMiramaxMTVMunich REMyspaceNBCNHLNike With NameNorth ShoreNprOlive SoftwarePaperlanternPayPalPenske LogisticsRent.comRIOTRodaleSan Francisco ChronicleSanDiskScholasticScrippsShopzillaShozuSirius Satellite RadioSnapchatSonicfoundrySonySony DADCSony MusicSonycrackleSspblueStickamStifel FinancialStoneStubHubSulakeSummit PartnersSun MicrosystemsSungardSupernodeSynthropyTBWATechnicolorTicketmasterTmforumTrendTribuneUnitusVerizonVerne GlobalViaVideoplazaVirginVodafoneWaterfieldWavemakerWhat CountsWorld Back to WorkYahooZurich

Board of Advisors

Stuart Newton
Stuart Newton
Strategic Advisor
Gulliver Smithers
Gulliver Smithers
ex-CTO Sony D2C
Purvee Kondal
Purvee Kondal
VP Sephora, Global Procurement
Curt Hessler
Curt Hessler
ex-Asst. Secretary of Treasury
Barry Patmore
Barry Patmore
34yr Accenture Partner
Peter Gross
Peter Gross
VP Bloom Energy
Peter Hirshberg
Peter Hirshberg
ex-Apple, $1B Enterprise Revenue
Joe Weinman
Joe Weinman
Author, Cloudonomics
Sandy Climan
Sandy Climan
ex-CAA / Universal Studios
Tyler Kolodney
Tyler Kolodney
ex-Baltimore Orioles
B
Certified B Corporation
Meeting the highest standards of social and environmental performance

What Our Clients Say

22 voices. Two decades. One consistent thread: Tony and his team deliver.

Blockchain

As our key growth consultant, investor and activator, Tony and RampRate's team have under-promised and over-delivered for more than 4 years. They have been our daily go-to for each step we've taken towards our vision. They are a force of nature: from creating refined strategies; to attracting world class investors, advisors, and consultants; to sourcing of suppliers, partners, and services; to making critical introductions when we needed them most.

Kipras Kazlauskas
Co-Founder, Syntropy
Enterprise

RampRate was a risk-free proposition money-wise. If they didn't save or create us at least twice their initial fee we'd get a full refund. And with 100s of big-name clients, there had to be something there. But I was worried that in negotiating lower rates they might undermine my key relationships. When they came in and said they could carve out 27% savings and optimizing contracts, I thought, "We'll see." Well, we did see. They were as good as advertised.

Paul Santana
Manager of Data Center Operations, eBay
Enterprise

I knew I was leaving a bit on the table in our outsourced contracts. But the corporate mandate is growth and innovation, and when further contract improvement seemed to be marginal, my team's first priorities had to move elsewhere. We can count on RampRate to be precise, timely and create millions in value. They are no-nonsense data driven and responsive to a T.

Dean Nelson
Vice President of Global Foundation Services, eBay
Media

For over 16 years, RampRate helped my companies understand the differences between suppliers and worked with us to create the methodology, define the metrics and utilize the proper QoS tools needed to choose the supplier best suited to our needs or restructuring through tailoring solutions. RampRate knows this business better than anyone. We literally saved months of time and optimized our business significantly.

Phil Wiser
EVP & CTO, ViacomCBS
Media

Keeping us focused, educating us on our options, identifying well qualified suppliers, and operating under tight deadlines were all things that RampRate and the SPY Index did exceptionally well for us. They bring uniquely rare data and a solid practice to the table. I personally learned a lot from them, and they opened my eyes to the possibilities of outsourcing on a broader scale. We trusted them to be our advocate, and they were.

Todd Miller
CIO, SF Chronicle – Hearst Corp
Enterprise

I engaged RampRate to work as sourcing advisors to Sony Music. Since engaging them they have helped me significantly reduce my cost structure through several major outsourcing deals worth deep 8 figures. RampRate's hard work, diligence and attention to detail are phenomenal. All in all, they made me look like a hero to my executive management. They are a secret weapon.

Peter Borner
former Head of IT, Sony Music
Gaming

RampRate has been my most reliable global resource and is ready to perform for us at a moment's notice. Their inside knowledge and ability to handle high-level complex negotiations helped us move fast! They made scaling easier.

Paul Sams
COO, Blizzard Entertainment
Enterprise

I have had the pleasure of working with the crew at RampRate several times. Each time they have saved significant time in negotiating and closing contracts for data center space, telecom and managed services, which provided at least 20 if not 40% savings over what we could have done alone and certainly cut processes in half. Tony and team are extremely knowledgeable in this space and always bring great value to the engagement.

Michael Montalto
, Accenture
BlockchainPrincipal

Tony and his team are very well connected in the global high-tech community. He runs a great organization – RampRate – that is well thought of, especially in the media, gaming, IT and blockchain sectors. He is also a generous giver of his time and energy to a lot of worthy causes, driving impact to become measurable, attainable and reportable.

William Quigley
Managing Director, WAX / Clearstone Venture Partners
Enterprise

RampRate helped us cut the clutter, gain insight and distill our team's thoughts for over 50 digital media, IT and product studies. Their access to global top-level non-Microsoft executives, their granular bottom-up approach, and their understanding of our corporate strategy differentiate their offering. RampRate is an invaluable partner for us.

Gary Share
Windows Marketing and Product, Microsoft
Enterprise

RampRate was adaptable. Your team stayed on schedule and stayed within the price dozens of times across hundreds of millions in spend. You have always saved us tremendous time and money.

Rich Lappenbusch
, Microsoft
Media

When we first contacted RampRate, we were happy with our current provider but unsure of their ability to scale with our growth. We turned to RampRate for help in sorting out the market specifically as it relates to our needs for scalability and performance. The difficult part for us was making the final decision to split with our current provider or move on. RampRate handled this with empathy and professionalism.

Ian Rodgers
CEO Beats Music (acquired by Apple) & GM Yahoo Music, Apple / Yahoo
Enterprise

We had already received quotes from four top-tier providers when we engaged RampRate. They brought in two other providers, had all providers re-quote, and lowered overall prices between 17–36%. They helped us achieve breakthrough innovative best-of-breed SLA coverage, and significant performance-related protections and guarantees.

Charles Butler
Director of Network Operations, AOL
Gaming

RampRate simply got us better pricing and better SLA protections than we got for ourselves! RampRate did an outstanding job helping us deliver content for a breakthrough pay-per-view feature the NHL is offering hockey fans.

Ryan Hughes
, National Hockey League
Media

Miramax enlisted RampRate's services to help us make a few emergency decisions. RampRate handled our project with the utmost professionalism and requisite confidentiality. RampRate compared and contrasted the most relevant suppliers for our needs and gave us all the information necessary to help us make our decision. They work fast, saved us over 40% and months of due diligence.

Andrew Robbins
Vice President of New Media, Miramax
Finance

RampRate was adaptable, brilliant and innovative. Their team stayed on schedule and stayed within the price. We saved millions.

Niles Triget
, Thomson Reuters / Delphion
Media

I highly recommend the work that RampRate did with us when I was at the Walt Disney Internet Group. They showed us an example of always on, always available service. Their dedication, focus, and follow-up were extraordinary, as it was when I had worked with them in a different role when I was at Warner Bros. There was no hurdle or objection that they did not address quickly and completely.

Robert Gonsalves
former Director of Production Operations, Warner Bros. Online / Walt Disney Internet Group
Media

I have always considered RampRate a trusted advisor when it comes to digital entertainment services. RampRate combines a unique approach with consulting professionals who have a broad range of backgrounds to deliver results. We have used them many times for M&A research, sourcing IT globally and all around guidance to meet our business goals.

Geoff Campbell
former VP, Sony Corporation of America
MediaPrincipal

In a field filled with prognosticators who claim to know the next great thing, RampRate applies sound business judgment and analytics to assist senior management in making crucial, time-sensitive decisions.

Jay Samit
Former EVP, Sony Corporation of America
MediaPrincipal

I've known Tony for in excess of 10 years. In addition to being a stand-up guy and an amazingly talented entrepreneur, he understands media, IT & Infrastructure like no one I've ever met. I would recommend either he or his firm unequivocally for business planning, scale or cost containment. They are globally astute consummate analysts and deal pros extraordinaire.

Richard Titus
EVP BBC / Managing Director, Razorfish Los Angeles
Enterprise

Intel (and three other firms I have worked at) engaged RampRate as we launched our Digital Home content strategy & alliances group. They provided valuable and highly targeted research — truly understanding our project needs, our timeline and budget. Their stewardship ensured that the project was managed in a highly professional manner, happened well before our deadline.

Ron Vaisbort
Executive, Ivalua / Intel / MemSQL / Blackberry
Media

We needed a fast, cost-effective way to locate the best suppliers and ensure we were able to negotiate a solid deal. Given that there are so many different players in the market today, and the complexity of any major outsourcing relationship, the task was daunting. RampRate's comprehensive, organized expert approach to assessing our needs, providing in-depth market information, and managing the process was invaluable.

Michael Whelan
CIO, Primedia / MSNBC
Confidential Engagements

What Our Confidential Clients Say

Many of our most impactful engagements are protected by NDA. We've shared these with permission, with identifying details removed. References are available to qualified prospects upon request.

RampRate

"We brought RampRate in to validate what we thought was an optimized infrastructure spend. Within six weeks, they found $14M in annual savings we didn't know existed — without changing a single vendor relationship. What surprised us wasn't the number. It was that they understood our internal politics well enough to structure the savings so every division head felt like they won. That's not sourcing. That's organizational intelligence."

SVP, Global Infrastructure · Fortune 100 Technology Company
Syzygy

"We were two founders with a working product and no idea how to get Fortune 500 companies to return our emails. Tony's team didn't just open doors — they sat in the room with us, reframed our pitch in real time, and closed our first enterprise pilot in 11 days. That pilot became our Series B story. We went from interesting technology to investable company in one quarter."

Co-Founder & CEO · Network Infrastructure Startup, Series B
RampRate

"We've used RampRate across three CTO transitions and two corporate restructurings over 12 years. They're the only external advisor who survived every regime change — because each new CTO independently concluded they were indispensable. The institutional knowledge they carry about our infrastructure is deeper than most of our own internal teams. They've saved us eight figures cumulatively, but what I value most is that they've never once leaked a number, a name, or a strategy to anyone."

CTO · Global Media & Entertainment Corporation
Stratum

"Most advisors in our space either understand enterprise or understand blockchain. They found us enterprise partners who actually understood what we were building — not just executives who wanted a blockchain slide in their board deck. Within 90 days we had three paid pilots with companies whose names would break our NDA if I mentioned them."

CTO · Layer 1 Blockchain Protocol
ImpactSoul

"We were sitting on a collection worth tens of millions with no way to monetize it without selling pieces we'd spent decades acquiring. ImpactSoul designed a tokenization structure that let us retain full ownership while creating a revenue stream we never thought possible. They spent two hours understanding the cultural significance of what we held before they ever mentioned a number. That's when we knew."

Director · Private Cultural Foundation, Latin America
RampRate

"I've worked with Gartner, McKinsey, and two boutique sourcing firms. RampRate is the only one that put their fee at risk. They guaranteed twice their cost in savings or we'd get a refund. I thought it was a gimmick until they delivered 31% — six points above their own projection. Every recommendation came with a number, a timeline, and a name. No hand-waving."

VP, Technology Operations · Fortune 500 E-Commerce Platform
Syzygy

"We were burning runway trying to figure out US market entry on our own. RampRate's growth team restructured our go-to-market, connected us with two clinical validation partners, and helped us close a strategic investment — all in five months. They pushed back on three term sheets that would have diluted us unnecessarily. Their incentive was aligned with ours because they took equity, not cash."

Founder & CEO · Health Technology Startup, Seed to Series A
Stratum

"Our board kept asking: where's the enterprise revenue? We had a working protocol but no bridge to the companies that actually needed it. RampRate's Stratum team understood both worlds — they translated our technology into language that procurement teams and CTOs could evaluate. Two of the four enterprise deals we closed that year came directly through their network, and those deals are still active three years later."

CEO · Decentralized Infrastructure Company
ImpactSoul

"We'd been told by three consulting firms that our project was unbankable — too much social impact, not enough return profile. ImpactSoul restructured the tokenization model so the impact metrics became the value driver, not the cost center. Investors who wouldn't take our call six months earlier started reaching out to us. They built a financial instrument around our mission without asking us to compromise it."

Executive Director · Regenerative Development NGO
RampRate

"When you're scaling infrastructure for millions of concurrent users across four continents, you can't afford a sourcing advisor who needs a week to understand your architecture. RampRate was already fluent in our stack before the first call. They renegotiated our CDN and hosting contracts in three weeks — not three months — and the savings funded our entire Asia-Pacific expansion. They move at game speed, not consulting speed."

VP Engineering · Major Interactive Entertainment Company
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