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Top 20 Providers

This is the list of companies that, in the view of ASPnews, are the world's 20 leading service providers. For inclusion, companies must meet the following criteria:

Have the provision of network-based applications and/or services as their core business

Have a substantial and active end-user customer base for those services

Be able to demonstrate proven revenue streams

Be innovators in the online delivery of software-based services

Be recognizd as a leader by others within the industry

Company	Description	Location
Appshop	Enterprise ASP	Fremont, Calif.
Atomz	Web service vendor	San Bruno, Calif.
Avasta	Application infrastructure provider, managed hosting provider, MSP	San Francisco, Calif.
Concur	Web service vendor, enterprise ISV	Redmond, Wash.
Corio	Enterprise ASP	San Carlos, Calif.
Employease	Web service vendor, business service provider	Atlanta, Ga.
Exigen Group	Web services provider	San Francisco, Calif.
Intranets.com	Web service vendor	Woburn, Mass.
ManagedOps	ASP wholesaler	Bedford, N.H.
McAfee.com	Web service vendor, Web service aggregator	Sunnyvale, Calif.
NetLedger	Web service vendor	San Mateo, Calif.
Outtask	Enterprise ASP	Alexandria, Va.
Salesforce.com	Web service vendor	San Francisco, Calif.
Salesnet	Web service vendor	Boston, Mass.
Surebridge	Enterprise ASP	Lexington, Mass.
TriZetto Group	Vertical service provider, Web services ISV	Newport Beach, Calif.
Upshot.com	Web service vendor	Mountain View, Calif.
USinternetworking	Enterprise ASP, application infrastructure provider	Annapolis, Md.
WebEx	Web service provider	San Jose, Calif.
WebSideStory	Web service provider	San Diego, Calif.