Application Service Providers in Business

A manager at Boeing and two professors at St. John's University examine the business models of application service provider (ASP) companies that host, deliver, and manage computer software applications and services from remote data centers to multiple users across a wide area network via the internet or other private dedicated networks. They summarize the experiences of actual business, enterprise, specialist, and vertical-market ASPs, identify emerging best practices, and analyze the long-term prospects for the ASP marketplace. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR