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This issue: Overview

Other PMP Services
Supplier Profiles

Profiles of leading
ASP's.

Aspective
BT Ignite Application Services
CrossWorlds
e-know.net
Firstwave Technologies
ICL
Index Computer Systems
Intelliflo
Job Partners
Mercator
OpenAccounts
QSP Solutions
Smart PeopleTime
Virtual Supply Chain
Vistorm
XO Communications
Management Briefings

Market Overview & Analysis
A new Europe-wide research study tracks how ready companies are for ASP. Pat Sweet reports.

Expert Opinion
Kit Temple of PMP Research says reliability and security concerns are the main brakes on ASP market development.

View from the Top
Tony Larcombe outlines what his firm, TMP Executive Resourcing, has gained from ASP-ing its main applications.

Market Trends
ASPs are just one in a line of different service providers emerging in the IT marketplace, says Katy Ring of Ovum.

Supplier Selection
What criteria do you use to choose an ASP supplier? Tim Pickard offers some guidance.

Mobile Market
One key area where ASP is set to be popular is among mobile and remote users of laptops, PDAs and other wireless devices, says Ben Coates of c-quential.

Security
The biggest perceived problem with ASP is security, says Brett Mankey of HOSTeu. He shows how users can cover and comfort themselves.

Market Research
David Eaton of consultancy and research firm Business Advantage reports on a survey into CAD/CAM users’ attitudes to ASP.

Finance Sector
TCA Consulting’s Stewart Bell focuses on how financial services sector companies should react to the ASP opportunity.

Service Agreements
Sally Goodsell offers a checklist for companies worried about pinning down their ASP service level agreements.

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CONSPECTUS February 2001
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