Also known as application service provider (ASP) or hosting service

• Offers you the most advanced products without the responsibility for keeping them operational
• Safeguards your data in a separate and secure location
• Gets your system up quickly serving users again in the event of a downed system due to natural emergencies or power outage
• Saves you the time and effort of devising your own unproven disaster recovery plan
• Offers an ASP option in case of long-term hardware unavailability