Application Service Providers (Asps): A Manager's Guide

by John Harney

The benefits of working with Application Service Providers (ASPs) can be compelling -- faster rollouts, lower costs, less time spent on implementation and maintenance, and a greater opportunity to focus on your organization's core competencies. Unfortunately, the risks of ASP relationships are far from insignificant. In this book, the president of ASPWatch shows IT managers exactly how to navigate the risks, and use ASPs for maximum...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201726599
• ISBN13: 9780201726596
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.1" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

Great introduction to subject for any professional

To come up to speed in a new position within an ASP, I bought three books on the subject. This one is the most clearly written of the three, and would be useful to anyone newly employed by an ASP, or a professional responsible for making decisions on using an ASP. The book clearly navigates the reader between the two extremes of most technology books - which are books that seem to be written for people who have never bought a computer, or books that are heavily laden with computer science/techy jargon. I was truly amazed at the content of the first chapter, which has given me a new perspective on the recent past and possible future of commerce - a real eye-opener.