Renting business software can sound like a great deal, but it’s not always the cheapest, or most effective, answer to your software needs. Hosted applications — renting the use of business software ...

BT and Microsoft on Wednesday launched a web-based applications platform for SMEs. As revealed on ZDNet UK two months ago, BT Applications Marketplace is a service that allows independent software ...

But while on one hand there's nothing new about hosted applications, on the other hand everything is new as enterprises of all sizes begin migrating more and more mission-critical technology to the ...

Hosted systems such as salesforce.com and UpShot have seen staggering growth. Salesforce.com made it into AMR Research’s Customer Management Application Spending Report, debuting at number 29 in the ...

Although Steve Ballmer claims that within 10 years all software will be delivered as a service, current application service providers struggle to make their businesses work. Heavy maintenance and ...

With appropriately drafted SLAs (service-level agreements), health-care company The Schumacher Group has used hosted applications successfully for over two years. Unlike many of his peers who remain ...

The beauty of hosted applications is that they free IT from so much. But when those services go down, it is IT that takes the direct hit. The allure of a hosted application is clear. No servers to buy ...