However, we find the SOS story difficult to ignore, because it combines three hot topics into one: ebusiness, business-to-business procurement and the ASP (application service provider) model. SOS stands for Systemcare Outhosting Solutions and it...
This week has seen announcements from both Qwest Communications in the USA and KPNQwest in Europe positioning the two companies as frontrunners in the ASP infrastructure provision market. This formula raises the bar for ASP services, and makes it...
Citrix has developed more than 30 strong partnerships with application service providers through its iBusiness ASP programme. Citrix gains from the ASP boom * It is with the ASP market that Citrix has really gained critical mass - benefiting from a...
With dot-coms being forced now to think about profits, the Datamonitor figures put into perspective the importance of web site resilience and customer service in ecommerce. Which came first, the skills shortage or the ASP?
ASP vendors, those that are left, have listened to customers and are adapting their offerings accordingly. The problem was that the ASP model was - quite frankly - hopeless. The slowdown of the economy has meant that organisations are looking for...
There is still a valid business requirement for ASP services and indeed for many managed services. The first concerns the very nature of ASP provision namely that it is an entirely new business model in the IT world.