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WOW check out the market. I found this while doing DD on MGC. INTERNET RESEARCH GROUP RELEASES MARKET SHARE NUMBERS FOR APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS NUMBERS INDICATE EARLY WINNERS IN RAPIDLY-CHANGING Market LOS ALTOS, Calif., Feb 14, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Internet Research Group, the leading research and consulting firm focused exclusively on Internet infrastructure markets, today released its first market share assessment for the Application Service Provider (ASP) market. The assessment is part of a white paper entitled "Application Service Providers: A Market Overview," which is available for download from IRG's Web site at ----->>>>>>>>>>>> www.irgintl.com/publications.shtml. <<<<<<<<<<<<<---- "The ASP market is exploding with new company and partnership announcements coming almost daily," said John Katsaros, president of IRG. "We think that every software company has to be looking at the ASP model, and that in five years, a lot of companies will outsource most of their applications." The study shows that today's market share leader is USinternetworking (with 36% of live contracts), followed by Breakaway Solutions (16%), and Corio and Oracle (9% each). Other market leaders included in the study were AppliCast, Corio, FutureLink, Interpath and Qwest. In addition to market share numbers for the top vendors in the ASP market, the paper examines how the market is segmenting into four distinct categories: Web Software Vendors (WSVs), Service Aggregators (SAs), Application Infrastructure Providers (AIPs) and Full Service Providers (FSPs). Companies such as USinternetworking, an FSP, were built from the ground up to enter the ASP market, while other existing firms are scrambling to reposition themselves for one category or another. Internet Research Group intends to follow the ASP market closely, and will release other forecasts and analyses of it during the coming months. About Internet Research Group Internet Research Group is the leading consulting, market research, and information services firm focused exclusively on Internet infrastructure technologies for e-business and e-commerce. IRG's mission is to help major Internet technology vendors and key startups make faster and better decisions about their product, market entry, and market development strategies. IRG provides technical product and market analyses, develops authoritative reports on specific markets (such as Internet content distribution, traffic management, and Web caching products and services), produces informational Web sites focused on specific technologies, and creates white papers and other information products. IRG's consulting division helps companies develop successful market entry and development strategies for new products in early adopter markets. Please visit their Web site at www.irgintl.com. Internet Research Group is privately held and is based in Los Altos, California. SOURCE Internet Research Group (C) 2000 PR Newswire. All rights reserved. https://www.prnewswire.com -0- CONTACT: John Katsaros, President of Internet Research Group, 650-559-2106, or [e-mail] WEB PAGE: https://www.irgintl.com