Vendor-agnostic IT advisory
One advisor. The entire technology market.
Rubber Duck Technology sits on your side of the table. We map your challenge to the right fit across 475 vetted providers — cybersecurity, cloud, network, communications, and AI — then negotiate, implement, and manage the vendors for you.
560+
Technology Solutions Providers
1600+
Global Data Centers
3M
Miles of Connectivity
98%
Client Success Rate
How working with an advisor works
You get the buying power and market visibility of a Fortune 500 procurement team — in three steps, at no cost.
01
Assess
We learn your environment, contracts, and goals. No pitch, no pressure — just an honest read on where you stand and what it should cost.
02
Match
You get a shortlist from 475 vetted providers with the reasoning attached — capabilities, pricing leverage, and the trade-offs in plain English.
03
Manage
We run the negotiation, oversee implementation, and stay your escalation point for the life of the service. One call, not ten vendor queues.
Six pillars. Every angle covered.
One conversation maps your challenge to the right pillar, the right category, and the right shortlist of providers.
Cybersecurity
MDR, SASE, Zero Trust, SIEM/SOC, identity, compliance — protection matched to your actual risk profile.
16 SOlutions· Explore →
Cloud & Infrastructure
IaaS, private and hybrid cloud, colocation, backup, disaster recovery — where workloads live and how they survive bad days.
12 solutions· Explore →
Network & Connectivity
SD-WAN, dedicated internet, fiber, fixed wireless, interconnection — the plumbing everything else depends on.
14 solutions· Explore →
Communications & CX
UCaaS, cloud contact center, Teams Voice, CPaaS — how your people collaborate and your customers experience you.
13 solutions· Explore →
AI & Data
Generative AI platforms, voice AI, analytics — durable advantage instead of expensive experiments, with governance built in.
5 solutions· Explore →
Managed & Professional Services
Managed IT, helpdesk, advisory, expense management, mobility — senior expertise without the senior headcount.
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Why teams keep us on speed dial
Vendors sell products. We answer to you.
Zero vendor bias
Every provider compensates us the same way, so recommendations are based on fit — never commission.
No cost, no catch
Our advisory is supplier-funded. No retainers, no hourly billing — you pay the same or less than going direct.
Full lifecycle
From first assessment through renewal — sourcing, negotiation, implementation, and escalation stay with us.
Enterprise depth
Certified engineers across security, cloud, and network — Fortune 500 rigor, sized for your business.
Proof
Real clients. Measured outcomes.
Every engagement ends with a number we can point to — dollars recovered, downtime avoided, hours returned to your team. A few recent ones:
Featured case study
Phoenix Distribution: zero downtime through a 400 Gbps DDoS attack
A 200 Gbps attack once cost Phoenix an estimated $1.2M in four hours. We re-brokered their protection — always-on edge mitigation with 10+ Tbps of scrubbing capacity behind it. The next attack came in at twice the size, during a promotional event. Customers never noticed.
Read the case study400 Gbpsattack absorbed with zero downtime
10+ Tbpsscrubbing capacity behind the platform
$1.2Mwhat one attack cost before we stepped in
Cloud cost optimization · Technology
42%
GlobalTech: the cloud bill, cut $2M a year
A FinOps program cut cloud spend 42% while the platform scaled another 60%.
Read the case study →Managed security · Financial services
$800K
Valley Credit Union: an enterprise SOC without the payroll
24/7 MDR resolved NCUA examination findings and saves $800K a year versus an in-house SOC.
Read the case study →SD-WAN · Logistics
65%
Midwest Logistics: WAN costs down, new sites up in days
SD-WAN across 150 distribution centers cut WAN spend 65% — new facilities online in 5 days.
Read the case study →UCaaS · Financial services
40%
Summit Financial: compliant comms for 45 branches
Compliant UCaaS cut communications costs 40% and unlocked remote-first operations.
Read the case study →Backup & DR · Legal
15 min
Apex Law: recovery time from 72 hours to 15 minutes
Ransomware-proof backup and DR collapsed recovery from three days to minutes.
Read the case study →Contact center · Retail
78%
National Retail: hold times down 78% at 4x volume
AI-powered cloud contact center absorbed 400% seasonal spikes at 92% customer satisfaction.
Read the case study →Results by industry
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The Analysis
Buying direct vs. buying with an advisor
Same providers. Same contracts. The difference is who does the work — and whose side they’re on when the numbers are negotiated.
Going direct
With Rubber Duck
Market visibility
✕The 4–5 vendors whose sales teams found you.
✓475 vetted providers, benchmarked side by side.
Pricing leverage
✕One-off negotiation with list-price anchoring.
✓Rates benchmarked against hundreds of comparable deals.
Vendor accountability
✕Your ticket in their queue.
✓An advisor with portfolio-level leverage escalating for you.
Evaluation time
✕Weeks of demos, references, and spreadsheet-building.
✓A reasoned shortlist of 3–4 fits, usually inside a week.
Post-sale support
✕Account manager rotates; institutional knowledge leaves.
✓Same advisory team from assessment through renewal.
Cost of the advice
✕Hidden — your team’s hours are the fee.
✓$0. Supplier-funded, same or better pricing than direct.
Value Estimator
What could an advisor recover for you?
Slide to your numbers. The ranges below reflect what engagements like yours typically return — then a free assessment replaces the estimate with your actual figure.
Monthly recurring technology spend
$25,000
Technology vendors you manage
8
Illustrative estimate. Savings modeled at 10–30% of annual recurring spend — the range our engagements typically recover through rate benchmarking, contract renegotiation, and billing-error recovery. Time modeled at ~3 staff-hours per vendor per month for quoting, escalations, and invoice review. Your assessment produces your real numbers.
$30,000 – $90,000
Typical annual savings range on this spend
288 hours
Staff hours per year an advisor takes off your plate
Global footprint
1,000+ Vetted Data Centers in Our Network
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Stop guessing. Start deciding.
One conversation gets you a clear read on your options — and what they should cost.