RampRate and Tier 1 Research to Provide Analytical Tools for IT Market
📅 - Tier 1 Research (tier1research.com) and RampRate(ramprate.com), an intermediary for hosting and Internet services, announcedyesterday that they have formed a partnership to enhance its onlinestatistical database for investors and service providers, while using thisinformation to create new analytical tools for enterprise ITdecision-makers.
On behalf of its clients, and at no charge to them, RampRate will accessTier 1 Research's online information database to help determine the best fitbetween client and provider. In turn, Tier 1 Research will gain in RampRatea partner supplying a stream of information from participating RampRateproviders on service and technology demand trends in the enterprise.
The companies will work together to augment Tier 1 Research's database, theSector Information eXchange, to facilitate informed IT outsourcing. Thedatabase stores extensive business, technical, and financial information forkey technology sectors, including managed infrastructure services, complexco-location/Web hosting, managed storage services, content delivery servicesand bandwidth/fiber providers.
Tier 1's information will be incorporated into RampRate's proprietaryService Provider Intelligence (SPY) Index, a multi-dimensional analysis thatRampRate and its clients use to analyze the options for procuring Internetservices and ensure objective matching of client needs to providercapabilities. The SPY Index weighs more than 35 business and technologyfactors associated with Internet and hosting services: infrastructure,technical/operational capabilities, financial viability, marketingresources, client resources and brand strength, among others. Additionally,RampRate will contribute its knowledge base in the content delivery andstreaming media service markets.
"Our expertise in research, along with RampRate's expertise as a businesscatalyst that makes complex deals happen, will enable us to deliversignificant value to our respective clients and begin to transform the IToutsourcing market," said Andrew Schroepfer, president, Tier 1 Research."RampRate shares our commitment to providing clients with the most accurate,insightful research and analysis, which we look forward to collaborating onwith the SPY Index. With Tier 1 serving as RampRate's intelligence partner,we're looking at an enormous validation of its "objective broker" model,where everyone truly wins."
In its recent "Infrastructure Services Bible 2.0" report on the size of theoutsourced Web application services market, Tier 1 Research estimated that$5.7 billion was spent on such services in 2001. This total was derived fromthe outsourcing of only 3 percent of enterprise Web-based applications. Amidprojected market growth to $17.6 billion by 2005, Tier 1 has identified acritical need for information, guidance and educated decision-making for ITdecision makers, service providers and investors.
Dun & Bradstreet's Barometer of Global Outsourcing study indicates that asmany as 25 percent of outsourcing relationships fail because the clientdoesn't clearly communicate its needs, costs exceed expectations, andquality of service is poor.
"The mantra in the late "90s was to grow at all costs, which has now becomecut all costs," Greenberg said. "One thing, however, has not changed - theimportance of managing and enforcing SLAs. Each dollar spent must delivermaximum value. This is why the RampRate/Tier 1 Research partnership is sucha powerful combination. Provider and client alike can now rely upon aninformed, trusted third party for objective information, allowing them tomove forward with complete confidence."
On behalf of its clients, and at no charge to them, RampRate will accessTier 1 Research's online information database to help determine the best fitbetween client and provider. In turn, Tier 1 Research will gain in RampRatea partner supplying a stream of information from participating RampRateproviders on service and technology demand trends in the enterprise.
The companies will work together to augment Tier 1 Research's database, theSector Information eXchange, to facilitate informed IT outsourcing. Thedatabase stores extensive business, technical, and financial information forkey technology sectors, including managed infrastructure services, complexco-location/Web hosting, managed storage services, content delivery servicesand bandwidth/fiber providers.
Tier 1's information will be incorporated into RampRate's proprietaryService Provider Intelligence (SPY) Index, a multi-dimensional analysis thatRampRate and its clients use to analyze the options for procuring Internetservices and ensure objective matching of client needs to providercapabilities. The SPY Index weighs more than 35 business and technologyfactors associated with Internet and hosting services: infrastructure,technical/operational capabilities, financial viability, marketingresources, client resources and brand strength, among others. Additionally,RampRate will contribute its knowledge base in the content delivery andstreaming media service markets.
"Our expertise in research, along with RampRate's expertise as a businesscatalyst that makes complex deals happen, will enable us to deliversignificant value to our respective clients and begin to transform the IToutsourcing market," said Andrew Schroepfer, president, Tier 1 Research."RampRate shares our commitment to providing clients with the most accurate,insightful research and analysis, which we look forward to collaborating onwith the SPY Index. With Tier 1 serving as RampRate's intelligence partner,we're looking at an enormous validation of its "objective broker" model,where everyone truly wins."
In its recent "Infrastructure Services Bible 2.0" report on the size of theoutsourced Web application services market, Tier 1 Research estimated that$5.7 billion was spent on such services in 2001. This total was derived fromthe outsourcing of only 3 percent of enterprise Web-based applications. Amidprojected market growth to $17.6 billion by 2005, Tier 1 has identified acritical need for information, guidance and educated decision-making for ITdecision makers, service providers and investors.
Dun & Bradstreet's Barometer of Global Outsourcing study indicates that asmany as 25 percent of outsourcing relationships fail because the clientdoesn't clearly communicate its needs, costs exceed expectations, andquality of service is poor.
"The mantra in the late "90s was to grow at all costs, which has now becomecut all costs," Greenberg said. "One thing, however, has not changed - theimportance of managing and enforcing SLAs. Each dollar spent must delivermaximum value. This is why the RampRate/Tier 1 Research partnership is sucha powerful combination. Provider and client alike can now rely upon aninformed, trusted third party for objective information, allowing them tomove forward with complete confidence."
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