Storing Information for Profit - New York Times

"The three entrepreneurial firms see opportunity in changing smaller companies’ perceptions about computers. Rather than keeping all corporate data, confidential and otherwise, in software programs within the organization, the three firms would hold it online.

“We will take all the payment and receivable accounts, invoices, payroll, employee health insurance documents and keep them up to date in our servers,” said Patrick Dolan, founder and chairman of BPO Management (the initials stand for business process outsourcing)."