ASP Industry Consortium Holds First Americas Committee Regional Event; Networking Reception Also Part of Chicago Gathering.Business/Technology Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2000 Putting into action its new international membership structure, the Application Service Provider Industry Consortium held its first regional meeting for the Americas here today, capping the day's activities with a networking reception attended by some 250 ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). , telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , Internet and software professionals. To reflect its growing international membership base, the Consortium announced earlier this year that it was forming three regional committees, in Europe, the Americas and the Asia/Pacific region, each headed by a regional vice-chair who is part of the global Consortium's executive committee. With members now in 21 different countries, the new committees will reflect the group's global nature while still being able to address regional issues, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Traver Gruen-Kennedy, chairman of the 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. . Tuesday's day-long meeting included a members-only networking breakfast and lunch; and updates on both the ASP industry and the Consortium, presented by Gruen-Kennedy, Paula Hunter, the group's president; and John Frazier, the Consortium's regional vice-chairman of the Americas. In addition, two roundtable discussions on "Life in the ASP Trenches" focused on strategies and challenges in today's ASP marketplace. Break-out sessions were also held by four of the Consortium's working committees, Research, Best Practices, Education and End User. Finally, the Consortium's Board of Directors concluded the meeting portion of the activities prior to the Regional Networking Reception. Similar regional meetings and networking events are being planned for London later this month and for Tokyo in September. "Just as ASPs represent a truly international business model, the ASP Industry Consortium has become a truly international organization," explained Gruen-Kennedy. "These regional meetings and receptions afford our members the opportunity to meet more frequently and conveniently, as well as help affiliate ASPs with the IT industry in the various regions where these events are being held." The Chicago networking reception was sponsored by: Lucent Technologies (www.lucent.com) SilverBack Technologies (www.silverbacktech.com) Xcert (www.xcert.com) ASPEC ASPEC Academy of Senior Professionals at Eckerd College ASPEC Advanced Spectre Entropy Coding (MPEG) ASPEC Adaptive Spectral Entropy Coding 2000 (www.aspec2000.com) Xevo (www.xevo.com) MCG mcg microgram. mcg abbr. microgram mcg microgram. mcg Microgram, see there; the preferred written abbreviation is µg Credit Corporation (www.mcgcredit.com) Argus Systems Group (www.argus-systems.com) Spacedisk (www.spacedisk.com) Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony (www.nortelnetworks.com) About the ASP Industry An application service provider manages and delivers application capabilities to multiple entities from data centers across a wide area network, giving customers a viable alternative to procuring Procuring, in general, is the act of acquiring goods or services, usually by contract. It may refer to:
Though the ASP market is relatively new, computer industry analysts foresee fore·see tr.v. fore·saw , fore·seen , fore·see·ing, fore·sees To see or know beforehand: foresaw the rapid increase in unemployment. rapid growth and multi-billion-dollar annual sales within the next few years. End users cross industry lines and include anyone from the small office/home office See SOHO. (SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. ) client to large corporations and from complex businesses to specific verticals. About the ASP Industry Consortium Founded in May 1999, the Application Service Provider Industry Consortium is an international advocacy group of more than 540 companies formed to promote the application service provider industry by sponsoring research, promoting best practices, and articulating the measurable benefits of the ASP delivery model. Its goals include educating the marketplace, developing common definitions for the industry, as well as serving as a forum for discussion and sponsoring research. Among the technology sectors represented among the membership are Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), Network Service Providers (NSPs), Application Service Providers (ASPs), as well as emerging business models and other sectors supporting the industry. Information on the ASP Industry Consortium - including a full list of member companies - is available at www.allaboutasp.org or by contacting the Consortium's headquarters at: ASP Industry Consortium, Inc., 401 Edgewater Place, Suite 500, Wakefield, Mass. 01880; Tel: 781-246-9321; Fax: 781-224-1239; e-mail info@aspindustry.org. |
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