What is this?
ASP stands for Application Service Provider, a company that houses your applications (eg. Membership System) and lets you run them remotely via the internet. In some people's minds, this is the way forward and eventually all of us will simply get onto the internet to run our favourite computer software.
There is no need to install software on your computers, because the ASP company has it installed. Likewise, ASPs handle upgrades at their end and you avoid the interruption.
This allows you to spend your time on your core business and reduces the total cost of ownership of the system.
Below is a schematic of the system for a multi-site solution.
The decision on whether to install, or host the system locally on your PCs or have it delivered over the internet, ASP, will probably be depend on the following reasons;
If you want to check out this new way of working by connecting to our server, simply call us for your logon details. We will give you free access to the system for 7 days.
