Application Service Providers: Market and Adoption Decisions.

The article presents a discussion of application service providers (ASMs). These firms specialize in providing software applications over the internet to firms which choose to outsource such functions. An overview of the industry's development is presented, and ASMs are distinguished from independen...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 53; no. 7; pp. 113 - 118
Autores principales: YURONG YAO, WATSON, EDWARD, KAHN, BEVERLY K.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Jul2010
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          Associate professor of Information Systems and Operations Management, Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University, Boston, MA.
          Professor of Business Analysis, Director of Flores MBA Programs and Interim Associate Dean of Graduate Programs, E. J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
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