Re: Application Service Providers

We are an ASP for a number of our eBusiness and Motor Vehicle
customers.  In Motor Vehicle some relationships have been as long as 10
years (outsourced ==> ASP)..

For our ASP operations, we support only our own software.

If the customer is willing to give up the "security blanket" of being able
to see their server, we have been able to offer significant economies of
scale.  Our 10-year customer (a brand name that you would all recognize and
most of your sons would crave for you to own), is in their fourth agreement
with us until 2007.  Their MIS Manager says that we are "the best thing
that has ever happened to their systems".

We have been successful because we aren't trying to be all things to
everyone, just something special to a few!

Remember that the Internet is a centralizing strategy and removes the
classic justification for decentralization.  It also enables the economies
of scale that occur with centralization!

Please contact me at my private phone number / eMail account below if you
would like to continue this offline.

Sincerely,

John Myers
Strategic Business Systems, Inc.
17 S. Franklin Turnpike, Ramsey, NJ 07446  USA
E-mail: mailto:jmyers@sbsusa.com   Phone: +1 (201) EASY 400   x131
Web:    http://www.sbsusa.com      Fax:   +1 (201) 327-6984

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At 09:20 AM 6/6/2002, you wrote:
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>Does anyone have any experiences to share? Good, bad, otherwise? I'm
>interested in hearing from both sides of the fence, as I've got one client
>thinking about becoming one, and another thinking about eliminating his
>data center operation and having his application hosted by another company.
>
>Thanks
>
>Paul Nelson
>Braxton-Reed, Inc.
>630-327-8665 Cell
>708-923-7354 Home
>pnelson@braxton-reed.com
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