ASP Tools

ASP is not one single "product," there are many tools in the market that can help you create ASP applications. We present here the products that are exclusively built for ASP application development. You can also check the following categories for other tools that can help you in your ASP projects.

ASP Tools

What is an Applications Services Provider?

The ASP model was presented at the end of last century as a major trend in the software market. This situation is evident when you research on the Net about ASPs. You will find a lot of material dated from the years 2000 and 2001 with impressive growth rate predictions from the traditional research firms. In 1999, Dataquest predicted that ASP revenues would top $22 billion by 2003. In 2001, the Gartner Group estimated ASP revenues at $2.1 billion and predicted that this number would climb to $7.3 billion in 2003. These were the halcyon days in the business-to-business (B2B) segment, before the burst of the Internet bubble reduced the anticipated growth rate. Many companies operating in this area have been watched closely as their survival capability was questioned. You can find out more by visiting our blog here. We are also listed in the Australian Blog Directory.

ASP Tools

ASP tools for software development target current functions that request collaboration or centralization of data, like project management and bug tracking. We can expect that in the near future more external services could be available for activities like code validation, code refactoring or language translation. These are the kinds of activities than could use a tool on a rental basis.

ASP Tools

In the business functions market, ASPs can offer third-party "branded" solutions like Oracle, Peoplesoft or SAP products, Office Telephone Systems but in the software development segment, companies offer mainly their own solutions. Some tools are provided only on a web-hosted basis. Other companies have developed web-based tools and offer hosting. Hosting is either managed by the tool vendor or by another firm specializing in web hosting. There are commercial services offered on a monthly/project/user fee, but you will also find some services available for free, either completely or on a limited functionality basis. In this article we will mainly focus on companies that offer externally hosted software development tools on a commercial basis.