What are the benefits of using an ASP?
• Speed of deployment: the ASP already has the equipment, applications and expertise ready to provide rapid deployment. • Operational freedom: by outsourcing application management, the customer can focus critical resources on their core business functions. • Improved performance: ASPs can apply their vast experience to implement best IT practices for superior levels of availability, security, backup, disaster recovery, and help desk (shadowing). • Financial flexibility: this model reduces fixed costs and lowers overall expenditures for hardware, applications, and management. • Reduced risk: with no capital expenditure on software, hardware, and IT personnel, organizations can test the new technology with minimal impact on their existing environment and bottom line. • Preservation of existing investments: existing legacy computers (you know, those old 90mhz pcs) can still be utilized due to the ASPs servers handling the intensive processing generated by your organization.
