Are ASP Applications Right for You?
Part 1: Decision Factors
Miles Szczurek - August 22, 2001

Executive Summary

An Application Service Provider (ASP) provides an outsourced application to a firm, freeing the firm from hardware costs, training on the system operation, installation and system operation itself. Originally, ASP applications focused on a fairly narrow functional scope, however, as the market matures, the functionality the applications address is growing. It is now possible to contract for virtually any service or group of services required by a company...