Application Service Providers (ASP) are leading the way towards the next big trend in computing - Internet application outsourcing and services. With Internet and Intranet applications and the systems they run on becoming increasingly more complex and maintenance intensive, most companies are finding that it is far cheaper and less traumatic to outsource the development, maintenance and service associated with their e-business needs.



Here's what we believe any ASP should provide:

• Scalable, world-class and highly reliable infrastructure tuned specifically for Web-based applications.
• Hosting, monitoring and management of a variety of well-known Internet applications at its own data center facilities.
• Pro-active problem-detection and resolution management of internet connectivity, hardware, operating system, database, application servers and select internet applications, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• Providing guaranteed Service Level Agreements at service levels up to 99.99% with pro-active reimbursement.
• Providing flexible pricing models tailored to customers' unique needs.

As an ASP, DB|Wired offers customers all of the base level services as defined above plus the following:

• A wide array of choices through flexible products, services, and partnerships to build cost-effective solutions tailored for specific business requirements.
• High performance options for Web applications with demanding business-critical requirements.
• Data centers monitored 24x7 providing hosting, monitoring, and management of a broad range of e-business applications.
• DB|Wired uses leading edge monitoring tools to closely monitor and manage your network, systems, and applications around the clock.
• DB|Wired's world class data center infrastructure includes disaster recovery mechanisms, multi-level security, high availability solutions such as load balancing and mirroring.