25-Member International Consortium Formed to Advance Application Service Provider Market.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 1999-- ASP Industry Consortium (Application Service Provider Industry Consortium, Wakefield, MA) A now disbanded trade organization founded in 1999 dedicated to research and standards in the application service provider (ASP) industry. To Foster Understanding Of and Guidelines For New Multi-Billion Dollar Market At a press conference held today at Networld+Interop, 25 leading technology companies announced that they have formed an international advocacy group dedicated to promoting greater understanding of and guidelines for the fast-emerging application service provider industry. Based in Massachusetts, the Application Service Provider Industry Consortium (ASP Industry Consortium) will sponsor research, foster standards and work to articulate the measurable benefits of the evolving ASP delivery model. The 25 founding members of the ASP Industry Consortium include AT&T (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : T); AristaSoft Corp., Boundless Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BDLS BDLS Basic Disaster Life Support BDLS Brachmann-De Lange Syndrome BDLS Battery Data Link System BDLS Bidirectional Loop Switching ); Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO); Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS); Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. (NYSE: CPQ); Cylex Systems, Inc., Ernst & Young LLP; Exodus, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXDS); FutureLink Distribution Corp. (NASDAQ: FLNK); GTE (NYSE: GTE); Great Plains Software (NASDAQ: GPSI); IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM); Interpath Communications, Inc.; JAWS Technologies Inc. (NASD NASD See: National Association of Securities Dealers NASD See National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB: JAWZ); Marimba, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRBA); Onyx Software Corp. (NASDAQ: ONXS); SaskTel; Sharp Electronics Corp.; Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW); The Taylor Group; Telecomputing TeleComputing (OSE: TCO) is an international information technology operation and outsourcing company that provides services in Norway, Sweden and Russia, including IT on demand and software as a service services. In addition it owns the system development company Kentor. ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and ; UUNET (UUNET Technologies, Inc., Fairfax, VA, www.uunet.net) Founded in 1987, UUNET was the first commercial Internet service provider. Originally offering e-mail and news, it became a full Internet service organization providing dial-up and leased line accounts as well as archive space for (an MCIWorldCom Company, NASDAQ: WCOM); Verio, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRIO); and Wyse Technology. Representatives from the 25 founding member companies held their first face-to-face organizational meeting earlier this month. Officers have been elected: Traver Gruen-Kennedy of Citrix, Chairman and spokesperson for the group; Cameron Chell of FutureLink, President; Paula Hunter of Compaq Computer Corporation, Vice President; and Chad Corneil of Great Plains, Secretary-Treasurer. Representatives of the 25 ASP Industry Consortium founders hold seats on the ASP Industry Consortium, Inc. Board of Directors. An application service provider manages and delivers application capabilities to multiple entities from data centers across a wide area network. ASPs give customers a viable alternative to procuring and implementing complex systems themselves. In some cases, ASPs even provide customers with a comprehensive alternative to building and managing internal information technology operations Information technology operations, or IT operations, are the superset of all processes and services that are both provisioned by an IT staff to their internal or external and used by themselves, to run themselves as a business. . ASP customers also are able to control more precisely the total cost of technology ownership through scheduled payment schemes. Though the ASP market is relatively new, computer industry analysts foresee rapid growth and multi-billion dollar annual sales within the next few years. Companies interested in furthering awareness and growth of the ASP industry are invited to join the ASP Industry Consortium. There are three levels of consortium participation - Founding, Executive and Associate membership - with varying annual dues and privileges. Membership and other information about the ASP Industry Consortium is available on the consortium's Web site at www.aspindustry.org or by calling the consortium at 781-246-9321. About the ASP Industry Consortium Founded in May of 1999, the Application Service Provider Industry Consortium is an international advocacy group of companies formed to promote the application service provider industry by sponsoring research, fostering standards, and articulating the measurable benefits of this evolving delivery model. Founding members of the ASP Industry Consortium include AT&T; AristaSoft Corp.; Boundless Technologies, Inc.; Cisco Systems, Inc.; Citrix Systems, Inc.; Compaq Computer Corporation; Cylex Systems, Inc.; Ernst & Young LLP; Exodus Communications, Inc.; FutureLink Distribution Corp.; GTE; Great Plains Software; IBM Corp.; Interpath Communications, Inc.; JAWS Technologies Inc.; Marimba, Inc.; Onyx Software Corp.; SaskTel; Sharp Electronics Corp.; Sun Microsystems, Inc.; The Taylor Group; Telecomputing ASA; UUNET; Verio, Inc.; and Wyse Technology. Information on the ASP Industry Consortium is available on the World Wide Web at www.aspindustry.org or by contacting consortium headquarters at: ASP Industry Consortium, Inc., 401 Edgewater Place, Suite 500, Wakefield, Mass. 01880; Tel: 781-246-9321. |
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