Stories about: HostLogic

Last year ASPs were hotter than hot. Now after Pandesic's failure last summer, that sound you hear is the popping of the ASP bubble.

Anyone hunting for a health club would be surprised to find a membership deal that includes a free massage after every workout; they would also be surprised to find one that charges five bucks for a hot shower. That's because health clubs offer a fairly standard set of services; customers know which ones are typically covered by a monthly fee and which ones are luxurious extras. Unfortunately, customers of application service providers (ASPs) can't be quite so certain about what they should get for their money. And if they aren't careful when they shop around for an ASP, they could wind up with the equivalent of a cold-water spigot and a Bic lighter when they're expecting a steamy-hot, relaxing spray.

PARIS (06/22/2000) - IBM Corp. launched a range of services Wednesday aimed at new Internet businesses in what it calls the European Net generation.

The leash on technology spending and control is slipping from the CIO's hand. The factors that have ensured the CIO's participation in technology buying decisions will soon go away. All that will be left for the CIO is accountability if something goes wrong.

A growing number of application service providers are developing services specific to vertical industries, with promises to understand those businesses better than more general ASPs.

In an effort to bring APS (advanced planning and scheduling) software to middle-market customers, IBM Corp. has enlisted i2 Technologies and Logility to port their APS applications to the AS/400 environment.

Manufacturing firm Tyco has outsourced its mission critical applications in the US in a landmark application hosting arrangement.

In what one analyst called a landmark deal, Tyco International, a $US22 billion manufacturing firm, has hired an application service provider to host and manage SAP applications for its subsidiaries.