Industry leader Internet Solutions (IS) has redefined ASP services with the ongoing innovations of its ever-developing Business Gateway division.
Offering a collaborative application infrastructure service that provides ASP services as well as ASP infrastructure services, Business Gateway delivers business solution functionality together with a networked environment that can be accessed by multiple customers.
"We offer a secure, managed infrastructure with focused value-added services that will ultimately provide a cost-effective option for corporates to expand into collaborative commerce that enhances profitability and growth," says Angus MacRobert, CEO of IS.
The move by IS up the value chain, away from pure networking and into the application layer where solutions are less commoditised, falls in line with Dimension Data`s positioning as global leader in the delivery of application networks. Indeed, as MacRobert explains, the benefits to the customer are numerous. "Our customers will have the benefit of a managed outsourced application infrastructure married with best-of-breed partners such as Microsoft. Overall time to market will also be considerably reduced."
Collaboration is the key to this initiative and IS has partnered with industry leaders such as Microsoft, Global Micro Solutions and Grapevine Interactive to bring this offering to the market. The result is highly sophisticated outsourced applications, where the customer has the benefit of a single point of contact from networking through to customised development, hardware, software and monitoring. All solutions use international standards-based technology from security through to application deployment.
Applications offered are dependant on the nature of the customer`s business and include PipedDreams, an outsourced desktop solution, Hosted Exchange, an ASP messaging service, Grapevine, a multi-channel messaging solution, and Mail Distributor, a bulk mail solution.
"We are constantly developing innovative and effective applications to meet our customers` needs. This in turn enables customers to focus on their core business. Our objective is to ideally create ASP infrastructure services that are cost-effective, scalable and manageable," explains Alison Vorster, GM of Business Gateway.
Vorster`s enthusiasm for Business Gateway is well founded. A number of state-of-the-art ASP services are literally in the "pipeline" as IS once again reinforces its culture of creativity and technological innovation.
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