The ASP Hosting Advantage
The benefits of hosted software or Application Server Provider (ASP) application delivery are clear and simple. Under the ASP model, you rent access to an Internet-based suite of applications. All a healthcare facility manager needs is Internet access, a Web browser and high-speed bandwidth. We do the rest.
This saves money. Instead of spending large outlays of cash for hardware and complex enterprise level software applications and annual maintenance fees, our customers gain more for just a monthly fee: a suite of complimentary applications that most healthcare facilities arguably cannot afford to perform themselves.
We are responsible for providing the software applications, the computing infrastructure, disaster prevention and recovery planning, support and daily database backup. With FTG as your ASP technology partner, facilities no longer have to directly invest in technology, but still gain the benefits of the latest software. This main advantage is the reason why ASPs are growing in use throughout the marketplace.
Forrester Research says ASPs can have companies up and running in one-third to one-half the time required for conventional enterprise software implementations. Not to mention the complexity of distributed software upgrades of conventional implementations. And an industry consultant says “ASPs offer a way to keep your business strategy from getting hung up on your own IT department’s priorities to install and maintain new software.”
In addition, FTG provides more than an economical method of affording computer hardware. We provide capabilities that healthcare facilities managers cannot easily duplicate without significant “invisible” costs outside the facility budget:
- State of-the-art data centers with almost unlimited Internet access
- 24X7 expert operational and technical support
- Applications that can be accesses anytime, anywhere using a simple browser
- Daily and weekly database updates
Beyond providing measurable savings in capital and time to application implementation, ASPs deliver reduced overall Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) – the bottom line for any healthcare facility manager.
