a direct-to-consumer solution for the music recording...
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A Direct-to-Consumer Solution for the Music Recording Industry
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A Decade of Declining Revenue for the Music Recording Industry
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1999 2008 2013 (Billions)
Revenue for CDs, vinyl, cassettes and digital downloads
Forrester Research
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Artist demands latest Internet widget to connect to fans.
Label Exec rallies IT and comes up with a plan.
Finance pushes back on costs, causing underinvestment in
Internet plumbing.
Marketing engine turned on, website performs poorly, and
artist and fans are upset.
Label Exec spends months rebuilding artist relationship,
label loses 360° business.
Record Labels Have A Broken Business Process
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Option A
Music Fan
3rd Parties
Record Labels
Music Fan
3rd Parties
Record Labels
Relationship Options
Option B
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Common Website Infrastructure Challenges for Labels
• Marke&ng is Innova&ng Faster than IT
• Well Planned Promo&onal Events are Poorly Executed
• Demand is Unpredictable
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Labels Should Shift IT Effort to Activities that Differentiate
Network and Application
Infrastructure
Business Process
Applications
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With Rackspace
Rackspace manages your network and application infrastructure plus provides cloud computing and professional services so you can focus on the business processes and applications that differentiate your business.
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The Label Can Now Focus on Building Relationships with Artists, Marketing to Fans, and Developing Relevant, On-Demand Content
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Network and Application Infrastructure
Real-time Application and Infrastructure Monitoring and Remediation
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Database
Content Management Solution (CMS)
Analytics / Mobile Email / E-Commerce
Artists’ Websites / Artists’ Brands
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The Rackspace Media Services Solution
Web Scale Engineering
Real-time 24x7 Proactive Monitoring &
Consultation
Server Burst Architecture
Release Engineering, Change Management,
& Load Testing
Rackspace Strategy & Implementation Team
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Rackspace Media Services Provides Real Value
Solu&on Features Value
Rackspace Strategy & ImplementaCon Team
• Assessment of strategy and exisCng technology elements • Customized implementaCon plan based on a label’s unique strategy • Dedicated account team
The Rackspace team provides both the industry understanding and the technological experCse to deliver a D2C strategy soluCon that will enable the label to moneCze their business.
Web Scale Engineering
• Rackspace Media Services employs only the very best LAMP engineers • Pre‐empCve issue resoluCon • Run‐Cme opCmizaCon and tuning
The label has peace of mind in knowing they have the best experts dedicated to their D2C soluCon and available 24x7. The label can now focus on core business needs.
Real‐Cme 24x7 ProacCve Monitoring & ConsultaCon
• 24x7 real Cme monitoring of the infrastructure and ArCsts’ sites • ProacCve trend analysis and alerCng • Extensive analyCcs and reporCng
Deeper insight and monitoring means your ArCsts’ websites stay up. The label maintains creditability with ArCsts and fans.
Release Engineering, Change Management & Load TesCng
• Cross browser, OS, and screen size compaCbility tesCng • On‐demand, geographically diverse website load and performance tesCng
The label can idenCfy problems before going into producCon resulCng in more success for markeCng promoCons.
Server Burst Architecture
• Dedicated, secure burst capacity for rapid IT scaling • Extra capacity for high load / high demand situaCons
The label’s web services infrastructure and all of the ArCsts’ websites can handle unexpected spikes in traffic.
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A Four-Phased Approach to Building Your D2C Solution
1. Diagnos&c Study
2. Solu&on Development
3. Implementa&on
4. Op&miza&on and Maintenance
About Rackspace
Founded 1998 – 0ver 10 Years of Hosting Expertise
Headquartered In San Antonio, Texas
Ten Worldwide Data Centers to Serve Global Needs
Recognized as One of the World’s Leading Service Companies
2,770+ Employees (aka “Rackers”)
90,000+ Customers and Growing
Listed NYSE 2008 (RAX)
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Gartner Magic Quadrant