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How We Graded CSPs that Primarily Cater to Large Merchants
December 15, 1998

  c2o (EDS) DIGEX GTE IBM MCI
FOCUS          
Points for sites hosted: <101=1, 101 to 251=2, >251 to 501=3; >501=4 1 1 4 4 1
>100 or more prod./site on average=8 8 0 8 8 8
has a site with 1,000 or more products=9 9 0 9 9 9
50% or > servers are business-to-business=8 8 0 0 0 0
60% or > servers dedicated to a site or app.=7 7 7 7 7 7
Category Total (36 possible points) 33 8 28 28 25
           
PERFORMANCE & RELIABILITY          
ratio peak load to aggregate bandwidth: <1:1=2; 1:1=5; >1:1 but <1.5=7; 1.5 and >=10 10 0 10 10 10
has customer tools to meas. packet del. rate=7 7 0 7 7 0
has service level agreement=9 9 9 9 9 9
provides server redundancy=9 9 9 9 9 9
provides network redundancy=9 9 9 9 9 9
has backup facility=9 9 9 9 9 9
provides cross-server dynamic load balancing=9 9 9 9 9 9
Category Total (62 possible points) 62 45 62 62 55
Weighted Total (multiply by 3)=186 possible 186 135 186 186 165
           
SERVICES          
SAP, Peoplesoft, Oracle Financials sup=3 each 3 3 6 9 9
provides site promotion=1 1 0 1 1 1
supports personalization=7 7 7 7 7 7
provides frequent buyer support=7 7 7 7 0 7
e-mail alert and notification engine=1 1 1 1 0 1
digital goods fulfillment 0 8 0 8 8
physical goods fulfillment 8 0 8 8 0
various privilege levels for merch site admins=9 9 9 9 0 9
fraud checks: limits by prod=5; overuse of card=5 0 10 0 0 5
support for online query and analysis=3 3 3 3 3 3
site design 1 0 1 1 0
search engine=1 1 1 1 0 1
Category Total (65 possible points) 41 49 44 37 51
Weighted Total (multiply by 3)=195 possible 123 147 132 111 153
           
PAYMENT SYSTEMS          
buyer notification via e-mail of shipment=1 1 1 1 1 1
membership tracking=7 7 7 7 0 7
purchase order support=8 8 0 8 8 8
invoice support=8 8 0 0 8 8
subscription services=1 0 1 0 1 1
online tax calculation=7 7 7 7 7 7
multicurrency support=9 9 0 9 9 9
bill presentment=9 9 0 0 9 0
digital certificate support=8 8 8 8 8 8
online credit card processing=9 9 9 9 9 9
Category Total (67 possible points) 66 33 49 60 58
Weighted Total (multiply by 1.5)=101 possible 99 50 74 90 87
           
SUPPORT          
size of helpdesk staff: 3 to 10=2; 11 to 20=4; 2 8 8 0 4
21 to 29=5; 30 or more=8          
hours of helpdesk support: 24x7=10; 7 days=6 1 10 10 10 2
6 days with evenings=4; 6 days=3; 5 days with          
evenings=2; 5 days=1          
Category Total (18 possible points) 3 18 18 10 6
Weighted Total (multiple by 1.5)=27 5 27 27 15 9
           
           
GRAND TOTAL (545 possible points) 446 367 447 430 439
  c2o (EDS) DIGEX GTE IBM MCI
Note: A score of zero was given when service providers failed to answer a question          

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