Trading at Internet speed
- Article 5 of 7
- iSight, April 2006
New information standards underpinned by faster, more flexible infrastructure is set to revolutionise trade in goods and services
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Most of the famous ASPs disappeared, but many never went away. A whole new generation of providers is emerging, including Salesforce.com and even Microsoft with its Office Live service. This time they’re calling it Software as a Service (SaaS).
The main difference between ASPs and SaaS is six years of experience for provider and customer alike: CIOs are more willing to outsource IT functions and application hosting is now considered a mature technology in most cases; providers have improved their charging models and addressed concerns over security and reliability. Adoption is still slow, but the ASPs look set to stay this time.
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