Features
Hosting Services: Now Accepting Applications (DataCommunications)
Managed application providers say they can outsource your company's apps. Are they really up to the job?

Leave The Apps To Us (InformationWeek)
There's no doubt that application service providers will be a significant factor in the evolving IT landscape. But how significant? Is the ASP model of rentable software and services the next wave--or just a niche play?

Front-Office Play (InformationWeek)
Application service providers are racing to meet businesses' demands by adding customer-relationship management apps to their ERP offerings.

Application Outsourcing: Web Host Appeal (InformationWeek)
A few companies--mostly the small and the new--follow as vendors rush to offer Web-based application outsourcing.

Research
Exclusive Outsourcing Research (InternetWeek)

ASPs Make A Strong Impression (InformationWeek)

Chart Of Selected Application Service Providers And Their Offerings (InformationWeek) (Adobe Acrobat file)

Opinions
ASPs Must Be Sensitive To The Comfort Factor (InternetWeek)

Application Hosting: The Next Big Thing? (InformationWeek)

How Do You Manage The Support Gap? (InternetWeek)

Ground Rules For Selecting An Application Service Provider (InternetWeek)