JUNE 1999

Storagetek backs utility model
June 29th 1999: Enterprise storage systems vendor Storagetek launched a pay-as-you-go storage utility service ... more>>

IBM offers lease-to-buy hosting
June 25th 1999: IBM announced hosted apps from Saleslogix, Ultimate Software and Great Plains ... more>>

Sequent unveils ASP incubator
June 15th 1999: Sequent today unveiled its programme to help ISVs ready apps for ASP delivery ... more>>

Quicken product takes ASP route
June 1st 1999: On The Go Software launched its midmarket version of Quicken ExpensAble as an online ... more>>

06/25: ASP puts global logistics online ..read>>
06/21: Qwest, KPMG create ASP gorilla ..read>>
06/19: ASPs emerge in Australia, UK ..read>>
06/17: ASP to demo Office 2000 online ..read>>
06/09: Baan readies rental launch ..read>>
06/03: Futurelink buys US reseller ..read>>
06/03: Oracle recruits Qwest for BOL ..read>>

MAY 1999

Qwest rebuffs USi critique
May 28th 1999: EXCLUSIVE! Qwest revealed an imminent alliance with a big five consulting firm ... more>>

Progress schools ISVs for ASP
May 24th 1999: Application server vendor Progress Software backed the ASP model today with ... more>>

Healthcare ASPs in $10bn merger
May 22nd 1999: Web-based ASPs Healtheon and WebMD agreed to merge in a bid to dominate ... more>>

HP fuels surge to 'apps-on-tap'
May 19th 1999: Hewlett-Packard yesterday announced measures to boost emerging app services and unveiled e-Speak ... more>>

ASPs grab spotlight at N+I
May 11th 1999: Leading ASPs joined to launch an industry consortium today, while two major telcos ... more>>

Sun bets on service providers
May 6th 1999: Sun Microsystems yesterday positioned application services as the future of computing ... more>>

SAP confirms hosting strategy
May 5th 1999: Leading enterprise software vendor SAP confirmed application hosting as a key part of ... more>>

05/26: MS begins app rental pilots ..read>>
05/25: MS adds to Exchange hosting ..read>>
05/19: USi rents app hosting to ISVs ..read>>
05/18: Interpath gets rights to rent R/3 ..read>>
05/07: Oracle launches Business OnLine ..read>>

APRIL 1999

JDE takes ERP rental to Europe
Apr 29th 1999: JD Edwards yesterday began the global roll-out of its ERP outsourcing strategy ... more>>

Cisco champions app hosting
Apr 26th 1999: Internetworking giant Cisco Systems has swung its full weight behind the ASP industry with the announcement ... more>>

Revenue worries hamper rental
Apr 21st 1999: The prospect of a short-term dip in revenues has led established vendors to put off moves to rental ... more>>

Peoplesoft invests in ASP
Apr 14th 1999: Peoplesoft today made Corio a preferred partner and revealed it is making an equity investment ... more>>

Onyx embraces ASP channel
Apr 10th 1999: Enterprise software vendor Onyx will announce a new ASP-led strategy next week to bring its ... more>>

Aussie plan to rent SAP over Web
Apr 1st 1999: SAP has approved an Australian vendor's plan to market a Web-based rental version of its R/3 software ... more>>

04/26: HP funds hosting for the masses ..read>>
04/19: Citrix forms ASP division ..read>>
04/16: Cisco brews up ASP offering ..read>>
04/09: USi in $2.9bn Nasdaq debut ..read>>
04/07: BEA puts components on sale ..read>>

MARCH 1999

Corio hosts Flextronics supply chain
Mar 29th 1999: Bringing the virtual corporation a step closer to reality, Silicon Valley ASP Corio revealed today it will host ... more>>

BT packages SAP for SMEs
Mar 18th 1999: British Telecom today announced a $200 per user per month SAP rental package with a 10-day implementation process ... more>>

HP commits to app services
Mar 11th 1999: Hewlett-Packard put online application services at the centre of its business strategy this week ... more>>

03/31: IDC projects $2bn ASP market ..read>>
03/30: HP hosts ecommerce package ..read>>
03/26: App service touts server buyback ..read>>
03/18: Sage Networks nabs Interliant ..read>>
03/16: NCD tilts at Citrix monopoly ..read>>
03/11: Sun coins portal computing ..read>>
03/05: MS to put FrontPage online ..read>>
03/04: Interpath challenges ASP model ..read>>

FEBRUARY 1999

USWeb claims ASP leadership
Feb 25th 1999: Web solutions provider USWeb/CKS positioned itself as the world's top ASP when it unveiled ... more>>

Startup ships ASP-ready ERP
Feb 22nd 1999: The first modules of an ERP suite designed from the ground up for delivery by application service providers ... more>>

Free access reaches new users
Feb 20th 1999: The gathering momentum towards free Internet access is set to boost online application services, but only as ... more>>

SAP and EDS outsource apps
Feb 12th 1999: SAP America and EDS announced Tuesday (Feb 9th) an alliance to offer SAP applications ... more>>

Siebel to rent its apps direct
Feb 5th 1999: Siebel Systems announced Wednesday (Feb 3rd) a new outsourced application service for customers ... more>>

Microsoft to allow apps rental
Feb 1st 1999: Microsoft plans to apply a rental licensing model across all its products ... more>>

Marimba nails colours to ASP mast
Feb 1st 1999: App management vendor Marimba today proclaimed its intent to become a dominant technology provider to ASPs ... more>>

02/26: France Telecom ramps hosting ..read>>
02/25: Marimba tunes Castanet for ASPs ..read>>
02/23: Citrix beef for server farms ..read>>
02/18: Startup Aristasoft picks JDE ..read>>
02/15: AOL joins Lotus QuickPlace ASPs ..read>>
02/03: CNet joins store builder spree ..read>>

JANUARY 1999