Companies host Microsoft's Business Solutions apps The market for enterprise software outsourcing shrunk a bit Monday as ASP (application service provider) Surebridge purchased rival ManagedOps.com. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Surebridge, in Lexington, Mass., will keep ManagedOps.com’sBedford, N.H., headquarters running as the new center of Surebridge’s business of hosting Microsoft software, said Surebridge Chairman and CEO Peter Boni.Both Surebridge and ManagedOps.com focus on midmarket customers and both specialize in hosting software from Microsoft’s Business Solutions unit. Microsoft selected ManagedOps.com as its first ASP partner to offer a hosted version of its new Microsoft CRM package. Combining the two companies will leave Surebridge with a market share of more than 50 percent in the market for hosted Microsoft Business Solutions applications, according to the company. Surebridge, which is privately held and claims to be operating profitably, will have about 250 employees after merging its operations with ManagedOps.com, Boni said.For customers of both companies, the merger should not involve service disruptions, he said.“What they will have now is a stronger, more resourceful, more financially viable vendor,” he said. Software DevelopmentCloud ComputingTechnology IndustrySmall and Medium Business