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Application Infrastructure Provider Last modified: Friday, April 20, 2001
A hosting provider that offers a full set of infrastructure services for hosting online applications, or more simply, an ASP for ASPs.
The ABCs of AIPs Will "Application Infrastructure Provider" become a catch-all for managed hosting service firms? Or just another acronym wanna-be? Will Application Infrastructure Providers Displace Traditional Service Providers? The convergence of the network and IT services industries is showing the first signs of a transformation to a computing utility services model and with it, the emergence of a new type of services provider.	Related Categories Application Service Providers (ASPs) Related Terms Application Service Provider