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Technology Stocks : Qwest Communications (Q) (formerly QWST) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Techplayer who wrote (4890)	8/12/1999 8:47:00 AM
From: Craig A	Respond to of 6846

This from Briefing.com this AM on the Piper Jaffrays Telecom conference: "Qwest's (QWST) presentation focused on the coming merger of US West and Qwest, but little new information was presented. However, of more interest was Qwest's plans to develop their ASP (Application Service Provider) business. Qwest nearly admitted that the ISP (Internet Service Provider) business would one day be a commodity, by stating the ASP business is more desirable, being higher up the value chain. An ASP is conceptually equivalent to "renting" applications. Critical Path is probably the clearest example of this, as it outsources email systems for businesses. But Qwest is talking about providing a complete range of software applications. With Microsoft, Qwest is offering complete Virtual Private Network solutions. With Siebel, Qwest is offering a sales management service. With KPMG, Qwest is offering an outsourced financial package for business, although details of this deal were not provided. The evolution of the internet into a utility-style information system, where you pay only for what you use (as with electricity), has long been talked about in the abstract. Qwest is actively working on it now."