Who Should Use an ASP

ASP's are offering a wide variety of online applications. Corporations of all sizes may use an ASP to access special purpose software that they don't currently have in-house. However, the normal ASP user is a small to medium sized business wishing to upgrade to more robust and full-featured applications. It might also include businesses looking to install a certain type of application for the first time.

A business may choose to use an ASP for several reasons. These include the following:

• To gain access to best of breed, superior programs.
• To gain the tax advantage of being able to expense their entire IT outlay.
• To avoid the full cost of ownership.
• To avoid the problems of supporting an in-house system.
• To avoid the constant threat of obsolescence or need to upgrade in-house solutions.
• To experience the comfort of knowing their data is secure and being backed up and maintained professionally.