How to Get the Most From Working with an Outsourcing Consultant
By Steven Brown for OutsourcingJournal.com
How do you work with an outsourcing consultant to maximize your investment in their services? In this article, I will share 10 tips from the outsourcing buyer's perspective. Next month I will address this question from a supplier's viewpoint. read more...

ASP Business Design: Nine Approaches to Creating Value
By David Sovie and John Hanson for Agilebrain.com
As currently applied, the ASP label is a dangerously imprecise lumping together of an assortment of very diverse businesses- ranging from powerful incumbents to brash start-ups. Here are nine business design archetypes to help you make sense of the chaos. read more...

Should You Outsource E-Commerce Fulfillment?
By Elise Chow for ADVISOR MEDIA, Inc
E-tailers are experiencing increasing pressure to sell more products online, move a larger volume of small packages, and meet rising customer expectations. Can outsourcing help? Here's what to consider. read more...

Still ASPiring to greatness
By Elizabeth Millard for ComputerUser.com
Application Service Providers (ASPs) that survived the dot-com drain can provide value to small businesses. read more...

Managing .NET, J2EE apps
By Colleen Frye for Application Development Trends
Emerging infrastructure management tools aim to boost the user experience for .NET and J2EE apps. Network-reliant .NET is especially dependent on new toolsets. read more...

Using the ASP.NET Validation Controls with Post Away Pages
By Paul Litwin for 15 seconds
ASP.NET validation controls are very useful for validating user input that posts back to the same page. But how do you use these controls to validate input when posting to another page? read more...

Filling the Bill
By Samuel Greengard for Business Finance Magazine
Business-to-consumer e-billing and payment is coming of age, boosting operational efficiencies and enabling companies to develop strong customer relationships. read more...

How To Make E-Billing Pay
By Samuel Greengard for Business Finance Magazine
Software vendors are gradually closing the gaps in online billing and payment systems, but getting rid of paper is not as simple as it sounds. read more...

The Changing Face of Billing
By Gordon E.J. Hoke for Transform Magazine
Banks and billers face a muddled environment of electronic and paper-based processes. The latest technology merges mixed payments and streamlines conventional transactions. read more...

Cyber Checkout
By Darryl Dobin for CIO
Darryl Dobin, executive vice president and chief marketing officer of San Francisco-based Avolent, a provider of B2B and B2C Internet billing software, answers readers' questions about Internet billing standards and billing options. read more...