Over the wires
3 April 2012
Adoption of the ASP model as a means of outsourcing IT has been extremely cautious. AT asks whether the model’s advantages can win over reluctant customers
Has the Application Service Provider (ASP) model begun to emerge as a viable business option? ASPs became big news two years ago. Back then, many people in the it industry thought the model would be adopted swiftly, but they were wrong - the concept was met with mistrust by companies who were loath to hand over their data to an unrelated business.
In the ASP...