Capturing more than 40 percent of the vote, Emergent OnLine scored its second Best Application Service Provider award in 2 years. Hosting.com (formerly Invotion) took second, earning a respectable 25 percent of the vote. According to our readers, outstanding reliability and knowledgeable personnel keep Emergent OnLine customers coming back.

Leveraging expertise in server-based computing, application and network management, deployment, security, and telecommunications, Emergent OnLine provides access to centrally hosted applications, ranging from applications necessary for daily office productivity to applications that target mission-critical tasks. Emergent OnLine features a Cisco-powered Tier 1 Internet backbone and offers a variety of e-commerce solutions, security services, VPNs, connectivity services, and hosting solutions to businesses of any size. Emergent OnLine's Internet Packaged Application Deployment (iPAD) services enable clients to outsource the tasks of application deployment, hosting, monitoring, and management so that they can concentrate their internal IT resources on new strategic initiatives.