Chapter 2 Joins Growing International ASP Industry Consortium; More Than 720 Leading Companies Among Membership.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2000 Chapter 2, the ASP infrastructure company(TM), has joined the fast-growing Application Service Provider (ASP) Industry Consortium, an international advocacy group formed to promote the application service provider industry by sponsoring research, promoting best practices, and articulating the measurable benefits of the ASP delivery model of computing. Launched in May 1999 with 25 founding members, 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. has grown to more than 720 members in 29 countries. Its goals include educating the marketplace, developing common definitions for the industry, serving as a forum for discussion, sponsoring research and supporting adoption of the ASP model on a global basis. The Consortium's work is carried out through six committees: Education; Best Practices; Technology; Membership; Research; and an End Users Committee. Through these committees, the Consortium is promoting a number of key initiatives, including custom market research, an awards program to highlight the best of the ASP industry, and an alliance with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO World Intellectual Piracy Organization (satire website) WIPO Write in Poll Option WIPO Wing Information Protection Office (USAF) ) to develop a dispute avoidance and resolution mechanism for ASPs and their customers. In addition, three regional committees, operating in Europe, the Americas and the Asia/Pacific region, have been formed to address issues that are more local in nature. Chapter 2 joined the ASP Consortium as an executive member. Providing a business application hosting infrastructure, comprehensive managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality and end-user support for ASPs, Chapter 2 adds to the Consortium a solid understanding of ASPs' technical and operations needs. The company also shares the desire to educate and broaden the ASP market. "We are pleased to join the Consortium at this time when we bring a level of expertise and experience in the ASP infrastructure environment," said Ritu Raj raj also Raj n. Dominion or rule, especially the British rule over India (1757-1947). [Hindi r , Chapter 2 CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and founder. "The ASP Industry Consortium, recognizes the significance of study and collaboration in the ASP sector, and we are pleased to be part of this organization." About the ASP Industry 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. 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 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., USA 01880; Tel: 781-246-9321; Fax: 781-224-1239; e-mail info@aspindustry.org About Chapter 2 Chapter 2 e-services, Inc. is the first company built specifically to provide an enterprise-class infrastructure, managed operations and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services to meet the unique requirements of ASPs. The management team behind the Chapter 2(TM) infrastructure offers more than 200 years of collective experience managing business applications and other software technologies. Their vision extends beyond "power, pipe and ping (1) See also PNG and ping service. (2) See blog ping. (3) (Packet INternet Groper) An Internet utility used to determine whether a particular IP address is reachable online by sending out a packet and waiting for a response. " to offer a global platform with Fortune 50-grade security, stability and scalability. Founded in October 1999, Chapter 2 is based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and has secured financing from Convergence Partners, Sand Hill Capital and Hewlett-Packard Company. Call 415/956-8000; or visit online at http://www.chapter2.net. |
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