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Packaged Software Rental: The Net's Killer App is the report that first defined the full extent of the ASP phenomenon, at the birth of the industry back in November 1998.
Now in an updated edition, it examines the factors which have brought about the emergence of application services and the underlying engine of online packaged software rental, analysing the opportunities and threats presented by this powerful new phenomenon. See a full contents listing below.Read the remarkable introduction to the original November 1998 edition .. click here This 43-page, 18,500-word report argues that the arrival of online application services marks the most significant development in the history of computing since the advent of the PC. With an all-new chapter describing the forthcoming revolution in network-resident application architectures, the Jan 2000 edition is essential reading if you want to understand the origins, mechanics and consequences of this momentous new trend.
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Packaged Software Rental: The Net's Killer App, Edition 1.2
Introduction
Heading for e-services- Application outsourcing
- IT outsourcing evolves
- Packaged solutions outsourcing
- Business process outsourcing
- Application hosting
- Hosting mirrors outsourcing
- Web server hosting
- Infrastructure hosting
- Application server hosting
- False comfort from co-location
- Application rental
- Subscription services
- Browser-based apps
- Business portals
- Towards a common destiny
Online rental computing- Why rental?
- Why packaged?
- Renting shrinkwrapped packages
- Renting enterprise packages
- Renting service packages
- Renting packaged components
- Software breaks out of the box
Converging undercurrents- Technology enablers
- IP networking and the Internet
- Server-based computing
- Thin clients
- Distributed systems management
- Component standards
- Structural enablers
- E-business
- Mid-market vendor strategies
- Skill shortage
- Benefits
- For vendors and service providers
- For users
The new providers- Application service providers
- Software applications
- Complementary services
- Rental payment
- Technical infrastructure
- Sharing for success
- Layering the ASP channel
- ASP classifications
- Obstacles to overcome
- Trust
- Security
- Licensing
- Billing
- Integration
- The zero footprint debate
- Resistance to change
It's a killer- The real killers
- In the wake of the PC
- Short-term struggles
- IT service providers dive in
- Telcos suffer culture clash
- Business consultants show muscle
- Internet impact
- Portals gain new revenues
- ISPs add value
- E-payments get a kickstart
- Vendor futures
- ASPs turbocharge component apps
- Packaging gets personal
- Bloatware goes bust
- Resuscitate the NC
- Vendors in hock
- Utility monopolists
Applications break free- Towards a new architecture
- Net-centric collaboration
- Multi-tier aggregation
- Breaking out of the box
- Unlocking business logic
- Process, policy and profile
- Process on demand
- Application auto-assembly
- The point of presence
- Digital repositories
- Invisible assets
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