ASP99: Microsoft to offer Office suite to rent over the Net
News ASP99 began Thursday morning in London's Park Lane hotel with many a pre-conference coffee chat turning to Microsoft's groundbreaking announcement that they will offer the Office suite to rent over the Internet.
[September 30, 1999, 11:54]
ASP99: Microsoft says ASPs are 'key'
News Microsoft added its clout to the ASP revolution Thursday, with network solutions manager Richard Tooth claiming application service providers were "fundamental to the future of our company". Speaking at ASP99, Tooth claimed ASPs would be key to its...
[September 30, 1999, 15:37]
ASP99: Giving small firms big boys' toys
News Netstore's chief technology officer, Jeff Maynard, Thursday afternoon summed up the value proposition of the ASP (application service provider) to small- and medium-sized firms (SMEs) as being all about "giving small firms the big boys' toys".
[September 30, 1999, 15:31]
ASP99: BT's Peter Cochrane sees info-chaos
News In a well-received keynote at ASP99 Thursday morning, BT's Chief Technologist, Peter Cochrane OBE, outlined a vision of the future in which 95 percent of global communications will be machine-to-machine, as the world shrinks and distance and...
[September 30, 1999, 14:10]
ASP99: Bringing IT to the schoolroom
News Application service providers (ASPs) can provide effective outsourcing, particularly for schools, according to Gartner Group analyst Ben Pring. Speaking at ASP99 Thursday, Pring claimed ASPs will play an increasing role in education.
[September 30, 1999, 12:34]
ASP99: Web applications for dummies
News Doctors communicating with each other and accessing a database of information from experts and drug companies is just one of the applications ASPs will be able to provide to users, according to Lucent vice president of marketing Mark de Simone.
[September 30, 1999, 15:45]
ASP99: Shift to network computing enabling the ASP boom
News Scott McNealy's vision that the world of IT is shifting to a network model was endorsed today by Traver Gruen-Kennedy, Chairman of the ASP Consortium, an international grouping that now has 160 members around the world including giants like Cisco...
[September 30, 1999, 12:01]
