South San Francisco, Calif. - Aug. 14, 2000 - ASPstreet.com, the leading collaborative portal and online marketplace for Application Service Providers (ASPs), announced the appointment of Todd W. Carter as Editorial Director for ASPstreet.com's Web site.

The new Editorial Director will help continue and bolster ASPstreet.com's reputation for providing the most comprehensive and targeted online content, as well as offering insight and analysis on ASP industry trends and issues. Specifically, Carter will add a number of new content features to ASPstreet.com's Web site. They include conducting and publishing question-and-answer interviews with chief executive officers of ASP-related companies, publishing reviews of ASP-related products and solutions and covering ASP conferences and events throughout the world.

Based near Grand Rapids, Mich., Carter most recently was a full-time freelance journalist writing mostly about business and technology. His articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, MSNBC.com, Detroit Free Press, The Grand Rapids (Mich.) Press, Office.com, KnowledgeSpace.com and other outlets.

As a staff reporter for various publications, he has covered Congress, The White House, the Pentagon and the Michigan Legislature. "I'm looking forward to helping continue ASPstreet.com's position as the leading portal for the ASP industry by increasing the amount of original, quality content on the Web site," Carter said.

His duties include overseeing all of ASPstreet.com's editorial content, reporting and writing about the industry, adding more editorial features, recruiting and working with the best freelance journalists, and attending and covering many of the industry's conferences held throughout the world.

About ASPstreet.com
ASPstreet.com (www.aspstreet.com), a business unit of SWsoft, operates a web portal for application service provision industry (ASPs). In the rapidly expanding ASP world, ASPstreet.com is the true one-stop hub for all players, both experienced and new, interested in ASP marketplace. The largest dynamic directory of ASP companies, latest news, analyst information, daily newsletter, extended event calendar, research resources, ASP Ring, free ASP PR, RFPs and many other sections available on ASPstreet.