Outsourced Apps? Yes. ASPs? Not Necessarily.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)

Business Communications Review, September, 2000

U.S. enterprises are willing to outsource their applications, but the largest businesses aren't looking to application service providers (ASPs) to handle the job (Figure), according to a survey by market researchers Cahners In-Stat Group (www.instat.com).

Instead, companies with 100 employees will more likely turn in 2000 to established technology providers that offer not just hosted applications, but business process expertise, ongoing IT support and Internet consulting, according to Cahners In-Stat. While ASPs are focused and expert in their selected application areas, larger customers may want end-to-end service, suggesting that ASPs should partner with major integrators, vendors and telcos. "Without this partnering, the application services...

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