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How can your business benefit from adopting an ASP IT strategy?

There are many reasons why companies of many differing types are choosing ASP. The following list describes the factors that we at e-know.net believe make ASP the IT strategy for the future.

ASP relieves you of the day-to-day responsibility of managing your IT systems, freeing time to concentrate on business critical issues.

• No capital investment is required, the ASP service is paid for on a monthly basis.
• ASP delivers comprehensive security levels.
• Comprehensive back-up routines are managed for you.
• The IT infrastructure is completely scalable – ideal for a growing business.
• Disaster recovery provisions are inherent in the ASP infrastructure - no separate contingency plans are required.
• Applications can be implemented quickly with minimal disruption to business.

ASP can give businesses access to complex applications that they have not previously had. E-business, in its many forms, is an obvious example of this, with an ASP partner any size of company can achieve a constructive business presence in the world of e-commerce.

What type of business will benefit from ASP?

An ASP solution delivers benefits to many differing types of organisation. Some examples of our current users include:

A multi-national group with offices in five countries chose ASP as an alternative to setting up a centralised IT function. They benefit greatly from the ease of sharing information across the group.

A new company formed on the back of a Management Buy-In deal. The new management team had three weeks to get an existing production line moved to new premises and running again, ASP provided the ideal IT solution to get the company operational on a new ERP system as quickly as possible. As a fast-growing company the scalability of the ASP solution is another key benefit, they simply add on new users as the need arises.

An accountancy services business was spending a huge amount of their time backing-up large volumes of data on behalf of their clients. Management of this task alone was taking up significant levels of resource. Moving to an ASP solution relieved them of this management burden releasing resource to concentrate on their core business activity. 12 months on and the employees are enjoying the flexibility ASP offers, allowing people to work from home when required.