White Papers, Periodical Reprints, Reports and other valuable information to aid in your understanding of the emerging ASP market. They are PDF files, you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print these files. Click here, or on the icon below, if you need the Free Adobe Reader. Since these are complete articles and not merely excerpts, some are quite large and may take several moments to view. (You may also Right-Click on the article title and select "download" to save each article locally if you wish.)
- "APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER… A definition and Rationale", Edward C. Heere, President & CEO, AMSYS, Inc., Ridgefield, CT, February, 2001 - An overview and history of the development of the technology and business environment that has led to the emergence of the ASP Information Model. (7 pages, 160KB)
- "Application Serving White Paper", Citrix Systems, Inc., 2000, - An overview of the design and function of the Application Serving infrastructure. (14 pages, 788KB)
- "Achieving Business Transformation Through Application Service Providers", Citrix Systems, Inc. 2000, Integrating your business into the ASP Model. (30 pages, 465KB)
- "Total Cost of Application Ownership (TCA)", Atul Kapoor, The Tolly Group, 1999, - A White Paper discussing the logical evolution of the ASP Model when viewed from the prospective of Total Cost of Ownership of computer applications.(12 pages, 177KB)
- "The ASPs' Impact on the IT Industry: An IDC-Wide Opinion", Gillan, Graham, Levitt, McArthur, Murray, Turner, Villars, Whalen, International Data Corporation, 1999 - A key group of IT Industry analysts voice their learned opinions in an IDC Bulletin. (16 pages, 170KB)
- "Citrix Nfuse and Corporate Yahoo! White Paper", Citrix Systems, Inc. 2000, - A description of how the Citrix Thin Client ASP Technology has allowed Yahoo! To seamlessly integrate a remote applications environment into their Internet portal. (13 pages, 675KB)
- "e-sourcing the corporation: harnessing the power of web-based application service providers", Edited by James S. Harrison and Joris Stuyck for FORTUNEŇ Magazine, 2000 - A compendium of articles dealing with the development and integration of the ASP Model into the world of corporate e-Business. (27 pages, 2.1MB)
- "Understanding the ASP Market", Sound Consulting, LLC for SIIA, the Software & Information Industry Association, 1999, - An Independent Software Vendor's Guide to Transitioning from Packaged Products to Online Service. (19 pages, 2.75MB)
- "Application Service Providers", David Sovie & Jogn Hanson, Mercer Management Consulting, 2000, A commentary on the financial implications of the ASP model on the various players in the marketplace. (12 pages, 214KB)
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