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RampRate is B Certified Corp! The accolade is a clear sign our business is on the right track

RampRate is a B Certified Corporation. B Corp Certification is a recognition of the arduous work we’ve been doing to create a better world as one of the top consulting, sourcing, and advising firms in the world. It took us three years to cross the finish line, yet here we are. Over 100,000 companies have… Read More »RampRate is B Certified Corp! The accolade is a clear sign our business is on the right track

December 22, 2022

ThinkingBlockChain

The Ball and Blockchain: Obstacles to a World-Changing Trajectory

The blockchain decentralization revolution may not be the first, but it is well-funded, and led by people that think big. With a dream and billions in funding, what can go wrong? Distractions, disputes, and hubris top the list, with a very dishonorable mention for the industry’s problem of hucksters.

April 16, 2018

BlogBlockChain

The Right Numbers: Supplier Fit, Gross National Happiness, and Blockchain

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

BlogBlockChain

From Supply Chain to the Blockchain: Heal the Body, Mind, & Earth

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

BlogSourcing

Hot sauce, is what I got, just remember that Sourcing, is what I got..

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

BlogCloud Optimization & Migration

The right tools to make the right decisions Part 1

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

BlogCIO

Build Your Shared Services

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

BlogMenagerie

"Boiling the Human" H+ Summit Transcript / Harvard-Kurzweil

Excerpts from a presentation at the H+ Conference, Harvard University June 13, 2010 Download the PowerPoint deck here (10MB) Click through web preso here Building a Services Market for the Transhuman Era By Tony Greenberg, Alex Veytsel & Eric Pulier One man, one army. So we’re going to count down what we do. I’m honored to be hanging… Read More »“Boiling the Human” H+ Summit Transcript / Harvard-Kurzweil

December 13, 2015

BlogIT Infrastructure

The Cheesy Million $ IT Infrastructure Services Promotion

IT Infrastructure Services: A little over a month ago, on a hot and sunny day at a coffee shop in Santa Monica, I bumped into Tony Greenberg, CEO of RampRate Sourcing Advisors, as I was waiting for my double espresso. I’ve known Tony from years ago, when I was running marketing for one of the… Read More »The Cheesy Million $ IT Infrastructure Services Promotion

November 30, 2015

BlogIaaS

DCD As-A-Service Conference: Opening Plenary Keynote Panel

Digital enterprise transformation is real and here now. What role do colocation and cloud service providers play in enabling customer’s business innovation strategies? DCD as-a-Service conference: A special CEO keynote panel at the DCD as-a-Service conference will explore whether and how service providers can best support digital business innovation efforts by enterprise CIO customers. The… Read More »DCD As-A-Service Conference: Opening Plenary Keynote Panel

October 23, 2015

BlogRisk Management

Deadline for Russia's Data Localization Law

Russian Data Center & Cloud Market Update – Addressing Russia’s Data Sovereignty Laws ARE YOU IN COMPLIANCE WITH GLOBAL DATA SOVEREIGNTY LAWS? RUSSIA, TURKEY & OTHERS? If you’re providing services to people in Russia, store some personal data, and are not an airline, you have until September 1, 2015 to move that data to a… Read More »Deadline for Russia’s Data Localization Law

August 25, 2015

BlogCloud Optimization & Migration

Core App Migration to Cloud: Solving the App Modernization Use Case

Cloud Migration Strategy: SPY INDEX Call it app modernization as-a-service. For many enterprises it is their “last mile” to the cloud: How to assess and measure the business impact of migrating legacy, e.g., non-virtualized, distributed applications to one or more cloud deployment options. In a previous post, Bulletproof Your Core App Migration to the Cloud: An Essential Readiness… Read More »Core App Migration to Cloud: Solving the App Modernization Use Case

June 29, 2015

BlogCloud Optimization & Migration

Bulletproof Your Core App Migration to the Cloud: An Essential Readiness Checklist

Cloud Migrations - There is often a great deal of friction in the process of enterprise cloud adoption. For example, business decision-makers often suffer from confusion over key questions about the true cost, risk, and the total economic impact of moving their core applications to the cloud. Assessing and selecting the right cloud migrations path, transition… Read More »Bulletproof Your Core App Migration to the Cloud: An Essential Readiness Checklist

November 25, 2014

BlogIT Infrastructure

Making IT Fit Like a Good Shoe, or, 10 Years Later, and RampRate Has a Long Way to Go!

IT services Re-posted from the Year 2000 “Money is the opposite of the weather. Nobody talks about it, but everybody does something about it.” – Rebecca Johnson In 1996, I recognized a problem in the way IT services were bought and sold. The sales process wasn’t set up to solve a customer’s problems. Instead, it… Read More »Making IT Fit Like a Good Shoe, or, 10 Years Later, and RampRate Has a Long Way to Go!

October 25, 2014

BlogCIO

Attention CIOs: A 2016 Budget Upside Surprise Awaits You

IT budget optimization You’ve armed yourself with the latest IT “power tools” – ITSM, e.g., ServiceNow, ITBM, e.g., Apptio – and are starting to get real traction. Better business user satisfaction, better cost transparency. All good. So what’s the next act? How can you harness these great tools to ring the cash register in 2016 and accelerate funding of… Read More »Attention CIOs: A 2016 Budget Upside Surprise Awaits You

October 3, 2014

BlogStrategic Sourcing

What's Wrong with IT Infrastructure Sourcing [Infographic]?

CIOs constantly wrestle with five common infrastructure sourcing problems and finding the solutions is no easy task. IT Infrastructure Sourcing. This is complex stuff. It’s difficult to find and decipher the most meaningful data and transform it into useful data. In a mission to assemble real-world transaction data, we’ve created a proprietary data repository that… Read More »What’s Wrong with IT Infrastructure Sourcing [Infographic]?

September 29, 2014

BlogSourcing

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

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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

BlogSPY 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

BlogMenagerie

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

BlogSourcing

2011 Through The Eyes of A Sourcing Advisor

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

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BlogThe Internet

The Google/Verizon Walled Garden Plan: No Substantive Impact on Net Neutrality

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

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Smoking Gun Questions To Ask Your IT Sourcing Broker

Why RampRate Does Better Than Other Advisors While other entities such as brokers, agents, systems integrators, sourcing advisors, and internal procurement departments can tackle similar challenges, none of them have the full combination of data, technology expertise, objectivity, and …

March 3, 2017

ThinkingSourcing

IT Buyers Say “We are OK.” Are you Sure? Part 1

IT Buyers Say “We are OK.” Are you Sure? Part 1 After 15 years of running a consultancy for the world’s most powerful firms, there is one thing that still irks me. Every day we propose ways to make the lives of people we work with better and give them the tools data and methodology… Read More »IT Buyers Say “We are OK.” Are you Sure? Part 1

August 13, 2016

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So now that we admit we have a problem Part 2

How do we avoid making things worse with the It solutions? In the last post, I talked about IT, finance, and sourcing managers not wanting to admit they have a problem. But even those who know they need help don’t always get it. Why? IT solutions – The last barrier to cross is trust in… Read More »So now that we admit we have a problem Part 2

August 12, 2016

ThinkingRisk Management

HOW FAST-GROWTH COMPANIES ARE MOST LIKELY TO FALL PART 3

How fast growth companies are most likely to fall Into the trap of not seeking help - and how they can take the time to be more than OK We previously talked about the IT and sourcing teams’ reluctance to admit problems or fix them when they know there is an issue –… Read More »How fast-growth companies are most likely to fall

August 11, 2016

ThinkingStrategic Sourcing

The Buyers & Sellers Honesty Dance 2

Buyers & Sellers: In the first part of our series, we examined the implications of IT buyers negotiating positions rather than interests. Neglecting to examine seller motivations and organizational structures that may give them an edge. In this installment, we take a look at sales missteps that stem from an ignorance of the organizational pressures… Read More »The Buyers & Sellers Honesty Dance 2

December 13, 2015

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The Buyers & Sellers Honesty Dance 1

The Buyers & Sellers Win-Wins Are Hard Without Knowing the Other Side’s Motivation The Buyers & Sellers: One of the first stories you learn in training to be a negotiator is the parable of the two chefs and the last orange they both need for their respective signature dishes. After almost coming to blows, the… Read More »The Buyers & Sellers Honesty Dance 1

December 13, 2015

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RampRate is B Certified Corp! The accolade is a clear sign our business is on the right track

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The Ball and Blockchain: Obstacles to a World-Changing Trajectory

SPY v1

The Right Numbers: Supplier Fit, Gross National Happiness, and Blockchain

From Supply Chain to the Blockchain: Heal the Body, Mind, & Earth

Hot sauce, is what I got, just remember that Sourcing, is what I got..

The right tools to make the right decisions Part 1

Build Your Shared Services

"Boiling the Human" H+ Summit Transcript / Harvard-Kurzweil

The Cheesy Million $ IT Infrastructure Services Promotion

DCD As-A-Service Conference: Opening Plenary Keynote Panel

Deadline for Russia's Data Localization Law

Core App Migration to Cloud: Solving the App Modernization Use Case

Bulletproof Your Core App Migration to the Cloud: An Essential Readiness Checklist

Making IT Fit Like a Good Shoe, or, 10 Years Later, and RampRate Has a Long Way to Go!

Attention CIOs: A 2016 Budget Upside Surprise Awaits You

What's Wrong with IT Infrastructure Sourcing [Infographic]?

Avoiding The Rigged Managed Services RFP

Future of IT Sourcing Negotiations

CSRHub Scores Join RampRate’s SPY Index

When Valuations Don't Mean Valuable

2011 Through The Eyes of A Sourcing Advisor

The Google/Verizon Walled Garden Plan: No Substantive Impact on Net Neutrality

Is There Such a Thing as Price Gouging and Price Fixing in IT?

Smoking Gun Questions To Ask Your IT Sourcing Broker

IT Buyers Say “We are OK.” Are you Sure? Part 1

So now that we admit we have a problem Part 2

HOW FAST-GROWTH COMPANIES ARE MOST LIKELY TO FALL PART 3

The Buyers & Sellers Honesty Dance 2

The Buyers & Sellers Honesty Dance 1