Recently, hosting services have been introduced to the wireless market. These services are designed to enable organizations to rapidly deploy and reduce the total cost of ownership of their mobile application solutions. But until recently, no one has known for sure how much money hosting services can really save organizations.
Savings vary and are dependent largely upon the number of wireless users.
With fewer users, savings are proportionately higher than with more users. Most of the direct cost savings from the Wireless ASP approach derive from maintenance, manpower and connection charges to the wireless carriers as well as middleware licenses. Because of the unique nature of wireless applications, wireless network connectivity and system design, organizations generally use dedicated servers to separate the wireless traffic from application servers. While many IT operations have invested in this equipment already for their back-end systems, most will need to make additional purchases to accommodate their wireless needs. Manpower Costs One of the largest savings is in manpower.