]> http://www.iw.com/taxonomy/term/8/0 en http://www.iw.com/node/313 <p> The on-demand delivery model for enterprise software -- managed hosting, software as service, whatever you want to call it -- is a big deal right now. Ever since Salesforce.com broke out with its wildly successful IPO last June, investors and industry watchers have been bullish on the promise of hosted applications.<br /> Sure, application service providers (ASPs) have been around for years, but after the dot-com hype faded, it became clear that the "rented software" model only made sense for small businesses that didn't require true enterprise functionality. Not anymore. Flash forward to 2005, and ASPs are once again the darlings of Silicon Valley. </p> Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:58:29 -0600 http://www.iw.com/node/312 <div class="poll"><form action="poll/vote/312" method="post"> <div class="vote-form"><div class="choices"><div class="form-item"> <label>Where is your company with respect to adopting on-demand software?:</label><br /> <label class="option"><input type="radio" class="form-radio" name="edit[choice]" value="0" /> We don't use it – we're still using client/server software.</label><br /><label class="option"><input type="radio" class="form-radio" name="edit[choice]" value="1" /> We use a combination of hosted applications and legacy systems running client/server apps.</label><br /><label class="option"><input type="radio" class="form-radio" name="edit[choice]" value="2" /> We run most of our critical business processes using application service providers.</label><br /> </div> </div><input type="hidden" name="edit[nid]" value="312" /> <input type="submit" class="form-submit" name="vote" value="Vote" /> </div> </form> </div> Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:47:29 -0600