Surveys by Gartner also support this optimism. "Over a year ago, weasked if people would use ASPs. The companies surveyed were in theAsia Pacific region. Thirty-six percent said they would use an ASP todeliver their applications, and would be happy to consider such anoffer. That's a huge market, and the companies surveyed were not smallcompanies. So the demand is there, but latent," says Jester.

"The ASP and MSP market will evolve, but it will be two or three yearsbefore we see it develop as a sizeable market in the Asia Pacificregion," he predicts.