Internet hosting provides computer-based services to customers over a network. Software offered using an ASP model is also sometimes called on-demand software or software as a service (SaaS). The most limited sense of this business is that of providing access to a particular application program (such as customer relationship management) using a standard protocol such as HTTP.

What does it take to thrive in today’s fast-moving business climate? We believe it’s a combination of global, forward-thinking strategies and high-impact technology solutions to support them.

Every company, every day relies on robust, agile business applications to run their front offices—to reach new customers, get into new markets, and sell products and services. They rely on business applications in the back office—to maintain records, manage inventory, process analytics, and coordinate general administrative functions. Forward-facing business applications are at the heart of ongoing transformation—and if they are to truly support the business, they must be simultaneously a foundation for success and flexible enough to promote agility to enable organizations to quickly respond to inevitable change.