In this book, one of the ASP marketplace's most experienced consultants presents a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the ASP marketplace. Alexander Factor covers everything entrepreneurs and service providers need to know to build successful ASPs-and offers invaluable insights for enterprises seeking to use ASP services for competitive advantage. Analyzing Application Service Providers presents a complete analytical framework for ASPs and their customers. Sun consultant Alexander Factor introduces customer value propositions, the economics of the ASP model, ASP service definitions and descriptions, key ASP technologies and architectures, guidance on ASP investment decision-making, and more. He concludes with a detailed review of the ASP "ecosystem," and the evolving impact of ASPs on the business models of each participant in that ecosystem-provider, supplier, and customer. This book is for every participant in the ASP value chain: entrepreneurs, providers of technology to ASPs, system integrators, VARs, investors, and decision-makers considering using ASPs.
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
The pragmatic analysis of ASP phenomenon and up-to-the-minute decision-making guide for ASP entrepreneurs, leaders, and customers.
ASP business models, designs, architectures, methodologies, enabling technologies, economics, and more.
The ASP revolution is on the way. Now, there's a complete guide to profiting from it.
In Analyzing Application Service Providers, one of the ASP marketplace's most experienced consultants presents a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the ASP marketplace. Alexander L. Factor covers everything entrepreneurs and service providers need to know to build successful ASPs — and offers invaluable insights for enterprises seeking to use ASP services for competitive advantage.
Factor presents a complete analytical framework for ASPs and their customers, encompassing customer value propositions, the economics of the ASP model, ASP service definitions and descriptions, key ASP technologies and architectures, guidance on ASP investment decision-making, and more. He concludes with a detailed review of the ASP "ecosystem," and the evolving impact of ASPs on each participant in that ecosystem — provider, supplier, and customer.
SUN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
- CHAPTER 1
- The History and Evolution of Outsourcing and ASP introduces the ASP phenomenon, presents clear definitions, and introduces the challenges faced by today's service providers.
- CHAPTER 2
- Why Companies Outsource explains why enterprises are increasingly finding compelling value in outsourcing.
- CHAPTER 3
- Understanding ASP analyzes the ASP phenomenon: business drivers, technical enablers, and key barriers to success.
- CHAPTER 4
- Taxonomy for ASP Economies reviews the economic factors that make ASPs so compelling -- and develops a comprehensive classification of ASP economies.
- CHAPTER 5
- Network Computing and ASP Architectures presents a complete framework for architecting ASPs for maximum accessibility, reliability, availability, scalability, flexibility, security, and manageability.
- CHAPTER 6
- ASP Types and Services introduces ASP data centers and offers up-to-date definitions of ASP types, their designs, and services offerings.
- CHAPTER 7
- Managing ASPs reviews the key business and technical issues associated with day-to-day ASP management, including monitoring, operations, customer care, and service management.
- CHAPTER 8
- ASP Security Services addresses every aspect of securing ASP applications, focusing especially on security architectures, policies, and management.
- CHAPTER 9
- Strategic Analysis of ASP Types focuses on the value propositions, economies, and potential competitive advantages available to providers of co-location, managed hosting, application infrastructure, and to pure-play ASPs.
- CHAPTER 10
- ASP Enabling: Requirements and Fulfillment identifies and reviews strategic ASP networking, platform, application, integration, and service management technologies.
- CHAPTER 11
- The Future of ASP looks ahead, drawing upon the extraordinary knowledge Sun Microsystems has on ASP markets, technologies, and customers.
About the Author
ALEXANDER L. FACTOR, a Sun Professional Services consultant based in the Chicago area, has over 25 years' experience in business, technology, and consulting management. He has created and led groups of consultants specializing in enterprise-wide Internet strategies (e.g., ISP, CSP, ASP), Internet/Intranet architectures, network design, and network/systems management. He has served as Consulting Practice Leader at Sun Professional Services, and was formerly Chief Scientist for SHL Systemhouse, a $1 billion systems integrator.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
ASP's best communicator!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Analyzing Application Service Providers (Sun Microsystems Press) (Paperback)
A wonderfully thorough examination on one of the most important themes facing tech-companies today! This book has it all; economics, strategic marketing processes, lucid observations and an incredibly learned analysis. I am stunned. Factor is hands down the world leader in ASP knowledge and a prophet in sizing up its future importance in the tech world. Read it!
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book on hosted applications,
By Patric Chang (Sunnyvale, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Analyzing Application Service Providers (Sun Microsystems Press) (Paperback)
Well structured and excellent all round book on hosted applications covering: the motivations for outsourcing; what application service providers (ASPs) are all about; ASP types, services and techologies used. Also good sections on ASP security and strategic analysis of ASP types. Writing quality is good. The author knows his subject and text is well edited. Overall, a very useful guide to what the ASPs are all about and a comprehensive introduction into the challenging world of the ASPs.
9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Packed with information for a wide range of readers,
By Mike Tarrani "www.tarrani.com" (Deltona, FL USA) - See all my reviews (COMMUNITY FORUM 04) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Analyzing Application Service Providers (Sun Microsystems Press) (Paperback)
This book is essential reading for all stakeholders in an ASP scenario: providers, clients, and investors/venture capitalists. The reasons for this bold statement are:- PROVIDERS: Chapters 3 (Understanding ASP), 5 (Network Computing and ASP Architectures), 8 (ASP Security Services), and 10 (ASP Enabling: Requirements and Fulfillment) cover the critical success factors that the ASP needs to ensure, as well as gives a good overview of what it takes to frame a value proposition to potential clients. - CLIENTS: Chapters 2 (Why Companies Outsource), 3 (Understanding ASP), 6 (ASP Types and Services), and 7 (Managing ASPs) show what to expect from an ASP, how to determine if outsourcing to one makes business sense, and how to effectively manage an ASP after the contract is signed. - INVESTORS/VCs: Chapters 1 (The History and Evolution of Outsourcing and ASP), 2 (Why Companies Outsource), 4 (Taxonomy for ASP Economies), 9 (Strategic Analysis of ASP Types), and 11 (The Future of ASP) make a compelling case in favor of investing in an ASP, and how to properly evaluate proposed business models. To be sure there is a lot of overlap of material that will be of interest between and among the stakeholders cited above, but the chapters I cited will be the ones that each should read first. What makes this book so valuable is the panoramic view of the ASP industry, and the level of detail that each topic is given. The author knows his stuff, and, more importantly, knows how to clearly communicate it. If you are among the stakeholder groups cited above this is the single most informative book on the topic to date.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
