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Marc Andreessen has made a call to action around building big in response to our current crisis. Let's do a truth-meter and sincerity on it. Here is our take.

Marc Andreessen Rebuttal $2020! Hypocrisy is the compliment vice pays to virtue. La Rochefoucauld The original article here : Thrilled to see the other Marc Weinstein assessment here By Tony Greenberg & Alex Veytsel of RampRate Marc Andreessen has made a call to action around building big in response to our current crisis.

As the world deals with its biggest economic shock in decades, business is usual is not an option for any CTO or IT sourcing team, regardless of the situation you find yourself in:

If your business is suffering as a result of the epidemic and social distancing, this is a critical crossroads – cut your external vendor spend immediately or lose even more of your team and other critical resources you’ll need on the rebound.
If you’re a primarily online business getting unexpected explosive growth, this is a critical time to scale the performance and user experience your customers rely on much faster than you have before while avoiding price gouging from opportunistic salespeople

We’ve helped companies in troubled industries - and those that recently exited bankruptcy - cut external spend to limit the impact on staff and innovation needed to start fresh.
We’ve also worked with media and online gaming companies who faced explosive growth to source new services in weeks and ensure they have the right flexibility and performance to capture the opportunity.

We’re ready to help you get more from your budgets. Connect with us today for a free assessment of your contracts and proposals – and if we can’t guarantee a 300% ROI on helping you optimize your spend, we won’t engage.

Attention IT procurement professionals: your priority is to get the goods and services quickly, on a cost and value basis that matches your internal customer’s requirements - right? You’re likely not easily charmed by “benefit statements” and supplier claims: Just the facts. RampRate's SPY Index™ contains over a million data points covering IT service costs and contract terms across the globe. You’ll know – not guess – the right price and terms for your IT outsourcing procurement project.

RampRate’s SPY Index contains over a million data points covering IT service costs and contract terms Attention IT procurement professionals: your priority is to get the goods and services quickly, on a cost and value basis that matches your internal customer’s requirements – right? You’re li…

Where is cloud /​ managed /​ colo /​ CDN right for you? The cloud model requires a wholly new approach to obtaining and allocating resources that may not be compatible with today’s applications. CDN’s are perfect for distributing content quickly and uniformly, but which CDN (if any) is exactly right for your applications? Perhaps building a CDN is the right answer. RampRate will help you evaluate and compare ALL the factors in your IT strategy.

Evaluate and compare ALL the factors in your ITStrategy Where is cloud /​ managed /​ colo /​ CDN right for you? The cloud model requires a wholly new approach to obtaining and allocating resources that may not be compatible with today’s applications. CD…

Do you feel as if you're paying too much on your IT infrastructure bills? If you believe you're right, try to analyze what is wrong and where. Making informed decisions can help you keep your finances under control -- but HOW?

Want to do a litmus test to check if you’re paying too much for #ITInfrastructure Do you feel as if you’re paying too much on your IT infrastructure bills? If you believe you’re right, try to analyze what is wrong and where. Making informed decisions can help you kee…

IT should deliver value without risk -- but HOW? Is it through your (often costly) strategic relationships, or because your peers are paying less for the same IT services? Don't you think the solution lies in identifying systemic risks hidden within your IT strategies? Your plan may look good at the conceptual level, but ex*****on may not go according to plan. [ 28 more words ]

IT should deliver #value without #risk — but HOW? Explore IT #strategies to find systematic risks IT should deliver value without risk — but HOW? Is it through your (often costly) strategic relationships, or because your peers are paying less for the same IT services? Don’t you thin…

Take the Guesswork out of Vendor Selection. Yup, that's The SPY doing it's job again, matching buyer needs with IT service providers in a vendor-neutral analysis. Imagine how that could help your organization reduce costs and optimize. Check out The SPY Index.

Take the guesswork out of IT service vendor selection. Take the Guesswork out of Vendor Selection. Yup, that’s The SPY doing it’s job again, matching buyer needs with IT service providers in a vendor-neutral analysis. Imagine how that could…

It's Not Easy Being Different. It's true! It's not easy being different, but it sure is a heck of a lot more valuable. Check out how RampRate is different from consultants, advisors, analysts, brokers, agents, and others and see the value!

It’s Not Easy Being Different. It’s true! It’s not easy being different It’s Not Easy Being Different. It’s true! It’s not easy being different, but it sure is a heck of a lot more valuable. Check out how RampRate is different from consultants, adviso…

Inform, Interpret, Optimize and Execute are the 4 steps for sound IT sourcing decision making. You should know your optimal SLA terms, performance metrics, accurate supplier score and net cost of compute. Everything looks good so far, but a vague ROI figure means the entire procedure is nothing more than gambling. Gaining such deep insights consumes lots of resources, and by the time you realize that you were on the wrong track, it's too late to turn back. Gambling has no place in the IT Sourcing world -- follow a researched approach, supported with the right tools.

Inform, Interpret, Optimize and Execute are the 4 steps for sound IT sourcing decision making. Inform, Interpret, Optimize and Execute are the 4 steps for sound IT sourcing decision making. You should know your optimal SLA terms, performance metrics, accurate supplier score and net cost of c…

Learn how to make IT a profit center. Get clarity on the current costs and drivers of expense. Forecast with precision to build the business case for change. Justify cost structure to business units and allocate expense fairly. Evolve and share costs.

Learn how to make IT a profit center. Evolve and share costs. Learn how to make IT a profit center. Get clarity on the current costs and drivers of expense. Forecast with precision to build the business case for change. Justify cost structure to business unit…

When purchasing anything, you want to find the right fit - duh? Well sometimes this is easy but when your company is experiencing tremendous growth, it's not so simple. Scaling and buying IT infrastructure properly under hyper-growth conditions is an art. Learn how to reduce risk, speed up sourcing and be more objective, increasing value.

Well sometimes this is easy but when your company is experiencing tremendous growth, it’s not so simple. When purchasing anything, you want to find the right fit – duh? Well sometimes this is easy but when your company is experiencing tremendous growth, it’s not so simple. Scaling and buyi…