Application Service Providers: Current Status and Future Trends

The emergence of application service providers has led to the private distribution of special software applications to businesses and consumers via the internet, intranets, or extranets, and this guide reviews the current technologies, business models, deployments, and strategies employed by key ASPs today—those that define the market space and scope of the ASP opportunity. This report places particular emphasis on current market trends, future growth directions, standards, enabling technologies and architectures, and products and services.