Taking A Flexible Approach to ASPs.
The article presents the results of a study which investigated the market for internet-based computer software applications among small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Application service providers (ASPs) are said to have achieved considerable success with big business, but less in the SME market. A...
| Publicado en: | Communications of the ACM Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 139 - 144 |
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