Learn more about ASPs from TechRepublic

by Paul Baldwin | Apr 26, 2000 7:00:00 AM

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Takeaway: With the potential to revolutionize the IT industry, ASPs have generated their fair share of press, especially at TechRepublic. Here are five articles that explain ASPs and their potential to change your business.

In the 1967 film The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman’s character, Benjamin Braddock, is cornered at a party and given a supposed lead on the future of business with one word: “Plastics.”

If Benjamin were corralled behind an IT consultant today, he might hear another term: “ASPs.”

Researchers have touted application service providers (ASPs) as being one of the next big industries for IT. International Data Corporation, for example, has predicted that the ASP market will generate revenues of $4.5 billion by 2003.

By moving businesses away from purchasing software, ASPs are expected to save businesses money and reduce the work of their IT departments.

TechRepublic has done its homework on ASPs and how they could affect the enterprise. Here are five recent stories on ASPs that can help you better understand their use—and potential.

• “ASPs and software: It changes everything! ” Read more figures and predictions from the IDC’s report, “The ASP's Impact on the IT Industry,” and learn how relationships between vendors and customers will change.
• “Telecom advances give you new ASP options .” New telecommunications technology is making the problem of insufficient bandwidth obsolete, and it may also make outsourcing a reality for many ASP customers.
• “Ask your ASP tough security questions .” ASPs might just revolutionize the software industry—but are they also an invitation to new security risks? Here's a look at some of the security questions you should ask.
• “Negotiating service-level agreements with ASPs .” With so many new ASPs flooding the market, it's hard to tell them apart and harder still to create the right service-level agreement (SLA) for your company. This article examines the details involved in negotiating SLAs with application service providers.
• “CIO Alert: Coming your way—application service providers .” This report from Gartner Group, Inc. outlines the ASP value chain, the types of hosted applications that ASPs include, and ASP market strategies.

What other questions do you have about ASPs? How can CIOs and CTOs determine whether an ASP would work for their company? Post a comment below or send us an e-mail.
In the 1967 film The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman’s character, Benjamin Braddock, is cornered at a party and given a supposed lead on the future of business with one word: “Plastics.”

If Benjamin were corralled behind an IT consultant today, he might hear another term: “ASPs.”

Researchers have touted application service providers (ASPs) as being one of the next big industries for IT. International Data Corporation, for example, has predicted that the ASP market will generate revenues of $4.5 billion by 2003.

By moving businesses away from purchasing software, ASPs are expected to save businesses money and reduce the work of their IT departments.

TechRepublic has done its homework on ASPs and how they could affect the enterprise. Here are five recent stories on ASPs that can help you better understand their use—and potential.

• “ASPs and software: It changes everything! ” Read more figures and predictions from the IDC’s report, “The ASP's Impact on the IT Industry,” and learn how relationships between vendors and customers will change.
• “Telecom advances give you new ASP options .” New telecommunications technology is making the problem of insufficient bandwidth obsolete, and it may also make outsourcing a reality for many ASP customers.
• “Ask your ASP tough security questions .” ASPs might just revolutionize the software industry—but are they also an invitation to new security risks? Here's a look at some of the security questions you should ask.
• “Negotiating service-level agreements with ASPs .” With so many new ASPs flooding the market, it's hard to tell them apart and harder still to create the right service-level agreement (SLA) for your company. This article examines the details involved in negotiating SLAs with application service providers.
• “CIO Alert: Coming your way—application service providers .” This report from Gartner Group, Inc. outlines the ASP value chain, the types of hosted applications that ASPs include, and ASP market strategies.

What other questions do you have about ASPs? How can CIOs and CTOs determine whether an ASP would work for their company? Post a comment below or send us an e-mail.