What is an application service provider?
RouteMatch can host the software as an Application Service Provider (ASP). In this model, the entire application, including the database and data, resides on an off-site, secure server and is accessed through the Internet using a Web browser with secure passwords and user names. RouteMatch would be responsible for ensuring all servers are maintained and operational. This option would resolve all connectivity and sharing issues, while reducing hardware requirements for all users. Users would only need an Internet connection and browser. Additionally, the ASP would provide reduced on-site IT support for the hosting site, increased security, increased performance stability, and immediate scalability to other potential providers in the future.
An application service provider (ASP) is a company that remotely hosts software applications authorized users can access through the Internet or an intranet. Of salient benefit to you is freedom from ongoing expenses for software upgrades, hardware investment, and an in-house technology staff. As an ASP, ABT provides skilled and experienced resources who help you with system-related tasks, such as systems administration, exports, and report generation.
Let me answer with a definition, and then some examples. An application service provider is any third party whose main business is providing a software-based service to multiple customers over a wide area network in return for payment. I prefer to use the term software-based service because people get very mixed up about what they mean by ‘application’. For example: is messaging an application, or infrastructure? Well, it depends who you ask. But no-one’s going to argue whether it relies on software. So yes, if you outsourced your Microsoft Exchange infrastructure, then by my definition, you’re dealing with an application service provider. Actually, if you outsourced your voicemail to your telephone company, then that too is an application service, and you’d probably get the shock of your life if you discovered the cheapskate computer technology it runs on. But I digress … There are three main forms of application services a typical business might use today: 1) Application outsourcin
An Application Service Provider or ASP provides “applications” as a service – specifically, software and services having to do with the information technology requirements of companies and individuals. The service offered by Application Service Providers may include processing credit card payments, providing customer relations management (CRM) services to businesses, or customized applications.
