full circle asps new big blue network world fusion focus mike jude nancy meachim application service providers today focus full circle asps new big blue 03 15 00 dear wincenty kaminski today focus full circle asps new big blue mike jude nancy meachim terms asp 8 ibm 8 may common three letter acronyms remember big blue early 60 vision centralized computing mainframe computers hosted complex expensive applications end users accessed via dumb terminals infrastructure especially memory expensive needed controlled computing resources centralized ibm reasoned easier maintain course ibm got wrong computers became cheap commodity users happy simply using dumb terminals wanted bigger share technology offered memory prices fell idea central control dumb terminals transformed intelligent desktop machines could store applications data glass house populated white smocked technicians went fashion looking back times many us would shake heads wonder ibm could wrong maybe big blue far thanks advent application service providers centralized computing making comeback asps offer centralized application management market started way offer benefits server advertisement protocol complex enterprise resource planning software small companies companies less technical savvy asps host kinds applications including small multilicensed programs whose images downloaded end users demand principle remains central control makes support much efficient usually cheaper ibm fair dynamics asp different old centralized mainframe operations asp host support application general distribution house proprietary network unlike ibm vision asp dependent network service also sensitive service levels 60 mainframe let ended twiddling thumbs hour recourse white smocked fellow nowadays users start scream service interrupted even minute woe asp brings customer operation world asp much complex old 60 shop however one could magically transport computer user 60 wonderful new 2000 would seem different ideal asp world la scott mcnealy vision users would sit semidumb terminal download application du jour start working 60 user kind thing probably wondering point ibm problem leaving customer equation look happened customers rebelled buy ibm spiel became 8 thing hate ibm guys white smocks spell service care customers successful asps need learn past need tattoo service forehead employees many choices today customers put inferior service one big difference 60 customers literally choose service provider world big cut days contact mike jude nancy meachim senior consultant michael jude research director nancy meachim enterprise management associates boulder colo http www com leading analyst market research firm focusing exclusively aspects enterprise management jude 18 years experience telecommunications industry recently us west manager public policy mike reached mailto jude com meachim focuses e business management currently conducting research study asp management due released april nancy email address mailto meachim com related links click network world home page http www nwfusion com buzz application otsourcing network world fusion 09 27 99 asp research page network world asps information center application service providers customers delivery partners includes resources events news asp industry consortium http www aspindustry org subscription services subscribe unsubscribe network world e mail newsletters go change email address go subscription questions contact customer service replying message questions comments editorial comments write jeff caruso newsletter editor mailto jcaruso nww com advertising information write jamie kalbach account executive mailto jkalbach nww com network world fusion part idg net idg online network starts http www idg com copyright network world inc 2000