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   ASP - Not for Me

   

   Beck, Oct 23rd, 2003 @ 7:51pm

   
   

   Any company that uses an ASP to run their critical business applications is nuts.
   
   I looked but couldn't find them - I'm sure somewhere in the Techdirt archives there are a slew of articles about all of the companies that were left in the lurch when their ASP went belly-up. The ASP holds all of your data, and when they go your data goes with them. Even when the failed ASPs made arrangements to get the data to the customer, how long does it take to get a replacement application up and running?
   
   All I could find was this article, but the shortcomings then still apply now.

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   Re: ASP - Not for Me

   

   TJ, Oct 26th, 2003 @ 2:38am

   
   

   I think the rules fro ASP have changed in the last years. ASPs run their services in a highly professional 24x7 environment with full backup in case of disaster, often with mirror in physically different locations. This is much more than an in-house IT department can offer mostly. ASPS are mostly more professional in handling the software and doing upgrades. This saves enormous amount. The biggest plus for me it's the ubiquity, as employees can be everywhere to access the services. Partners and suppliers can easily integrated in an ASP solution. So with cheaper and better bandwidth there is no way around ASP in the next 10 years...

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