A strategy is emerging for software suppliers is to provide Web access to software. For previously distributed applications such as desktop applications, you may choose to develop an entirely new application or simply customize the application to be used with a web interface. Jason Konior These programs allow the user to pay a monthly or annual fee to use the application without having to install it on the user's computer. To use this strategy is called Software as a service and developing companies are called Application Service Providers (ASP for short in English), a business model that is attracting the attention of the software industry.