Whether you are considering buying wholesale or retail ASP services, be sure that your provider offers other services that support its core hosting offering. These services include planning, implementation, optimization and hosting management and can be invaluable to enterprises who want to maximize the business value of hosting services. EDS sees five reasons why ASP seems likely to become the dominant applications-delivery model. The first is declining bandwidth cost. While the basic technology required to centrally publish rentable applications is not new, falling bandwidth prices finally make ASP a powerful and affordable solution for enterprises of most any size.
Economic appeal is the second reason.
Companies intense cost-consciousness is the major reason that ASP is on the verge of a boom. Buyers can purchase access to applications services and pay for what they use. The third reason is the need for speed. Companies simply cannot afford the slack time characteristic of implementations. Customization is available in many providers models, but the methods are streamlined and do not put companies on ice for extended periods.