Dan Muse

Web service vendor Atomz today announced that market research firm IDC has listd it as an ASP that is poised to move to the forefront of the ASP market. In its recent report “IDC’s ASP Leadership Grid: Who is Positioned to Win?” IDC named the San Bruno, Calif.-based Atomz as an “Up and Comer.”

Application infrastructure provider Peakstone announced late last week that Microsoft will feature its eAssurance capacity management solution in the newly opened Chicago-based Microsoft Technology Center (MTC). The Chicago facility is the latest of five MTCs, which are spread across the United States and Canada. The centers are designed by Microsoft to support the planning, development […]

Looking to extend its presence in China and tap the growing IT market there, infrastructure software giant Citrix Systems (NASDAQ: CTXS) today announced that Vadas Asia, a Hong Kong-based IT distribution company, is now an authorized distributor for Citrix in China. Under terms of the agreement, Vadas will provide Citrix’s application-serving and portal solutions to […]

Earlier this month, Dataquest reported that healthcare organizations now recognize the value of ASP proposition (see Prognosis Good for Healthcare ASPs). Today, two industry heavyweights validated that finding with a strong second opinion. As part of a five-year technology agreement, GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, a clinical information management unit of General Electric (NYSE: GE), […]

ASPs are hearing two words more and more these days: “Prove it.” Naturally, potential customers want assurances that an ASP can deliver what it says it can. But they also want proof that a service provider can deliver reliably, predictably and consistently. USinternetworking (NASDAQ: USIX), a leading enterprise ASP and application infrastructure provider (AIP), now […]

On April 30, small business ASP NetLedger announced that it was releasing a box version of its Accounting Pro service through retail channels. At first glance, a shrinkwrapped version of an ASP-delivered application seemed a bit of an oxymoron. But, NetLedger explained, small businesspeople buy their software at Staples, Office Depot, OfficeMax and other office […]

The Progress Company, a business unit of Bedford, Mass.-based Progress Software (NASDAQ:PRGS), today announced that it is continuing in its efforts to make the road from packaged applications to software-as-a-service a smooth one. In a keynote presentation at the xSP World & Channel Conference in Boston, company president Dave Ireland said Progress’ ASPen Program is […]

Looking to tap a market of companies eager to move to XML-based Web services, Fort Lauderdale-based TeleComputing (Oslo Stock Exchange: TCO), a veteran ASP and ASP-enabler, announced today a strategic alliance with Wayne, Pa-based Safeguard Scientfics (NYSE:SFE) and its technology management practice subsidiary aligne, inc. The companies say the alliance will help independent software vendors […]

Calling it a renewal of its commitment to service providers, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it is renaming its ASP Prime program xSP Prime. IBM says the expanded Prime program will target Web hosters, Internet data centers (IDCs), storage service provider (SSP) markets and other providers that use IBM hardware, software and services. To […]

Looking for a sign to indicate that the future of the ASP market is healthy? Look no further than the healthcare industry, according to Dataquest, a market research firm and unit of Gartner. According to Dataquest findings, the U.S. healthcare ASP market will grow from $125 million in 2000 to more than $500 million by […]

Just two weeks after striking a deal with Hewlett-Packard, two months after announcing a joint Web services project with IBM and less than six months after selling off its enterprise business for $18 million, Web service platform vendor NetObjects (NASDAQ:NETO) announced yesterday that it does not have sufficient cash to continue operation through the end […]

In late July, ASP Interliant (Nasdaq:INIT) launched INIT Report, its Web-based reporting tool designed to allow customers to access performance measures for their hosted IT infrastructure (see Interliant Offers Web-based Reporting). Today, the Purchase, N.Y. company took its monitoring capabilities for Lotus Domino services a step further, adding Candle Corp‘s IntelliWatch Pinnacle software tool to […]