Again, the ASP is responsible for making sure that processing capacity and appropriate technological advantages are maintained. Creating predictable IT cost structure, without the peaks and valleys of traditional IT expenditures. All of these benefits are realistic expectations. However, some are attainable in the short term, while others, such as completely outsourcing IT staffing requirements, are most likely long-term goals. The ASPs and traditional software developers aren't listening as they stumble over one another to get the word out that they can deliver everything from e-mail to enterprisewide ERP packages.
Industry analysts seem to agree.
The good news is that the nature of the ASP approach is similar to a restaurant menu. Depending on its needs and desires, an organization can select many or few items from the menu. Of course, mitigating factors have the potential to influence the quality of the service that an ASP-serviced organization can expect. While bandwidth continues to present issues about speed and reliability, it promises to expand at a pace that may make this issue moot within the next few years. Perhaps more important, some software developers see a trend that requires optimization of their solutions for this type of Web-based delivery.