The ability to deliver innovative new applications is increasingly critical to service provider competitiveness, especially in the mobile marketplace. But how do service providers, competing in an increasingly complex and consumer-driven marketplace, effectively transform their application “supply chains” to best align their operational capabilities with the needs of their customers?

A powerful tool for transforming the application development and delivery process is the ability to turn to hosted application solution partners who can leverage integrated supplier ecosystems analogous to the integrated supply chains that have transformed the retail consumer goods sector.

Developed with sponsorship from Alcatel-Lucent, this white paper defines the capabilities of hosted application solution providers, explores the value propositions for service providers, and describes the characteristics that service providers should look for in the solution providers that they partner with to deliver these applications.

Table of Contents:

• Understanding Hosted Application Solutions
  • Defining Hosted Application Solutions
  • Components of a Hosted Application Solution
• The Hosted Application Solution Business Model
  • Role of the Service Provider
• Hosted Application Solution Value Proposition
• Application Selection
  • Hosted Application Solution Market Enablers
  • Attractive Applications
• Selecting a Hosted Application Solution Partner

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