, storage, or processing services. Although ServiceProvider can refer to organizational sub units the term ... serviceprovider Telecommunications providers TSP , Application serviceprovider Application service providers ASP , Storage serviceprovider Storage service providers SSP , and Internet serviceprovider Internet service providers ISP . ref Cite web url http www.thedotnetfactory.com IdPSPSTS.php title Service providers SP , Identity providers IdP , and Security Token Services STS ref IT professionals sometimes differentiate between Service Providers by categorizing them as Type I, II or III ... serviceprovider Type II Shared serviceprovider Type III External serviceprovider Type III SP s provide IT services to external customers and subsequently can be referred to as External Service Providers ESP ref Cite web url http www.knowledgetransfer.net dictionary ITIL en External Service Provider.htm title Type III service providers External Service Providers ESP ref which range from a full IT organization service outsource via MSP s Managed Services ManagedServiceProvider to limited product feature deliver via ASP s Application serviceprovider Application Service Providers . ref Cite web url http answers.uchicago.edu policies page.php?id 19367 title External Service Providers ref Types of service providers Application serviceprovider ASP Network serviceprovider NSP Internet serviceprovider ISP Managed services Managedserviceprovider MSP Storage serviceprovider SSP Telecommunications serviceprovider TSP Security Assertion Markup Language SAML serviceproviderMastermanagedserviceprovider MMSP Managed Internet serviceprovider MISP References reflist Further reading ... service Identity management SAML 2.0 Identity provider Category Business models Category Services management ...Service Providers SP in the information technology industry IT industry are entities that provide organizations ... Glossary ref The three service types are recognized by the IT industry although specifically ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 In computing , Managed VoIP Services MVS are, simply put, VoIP services that have been outsourcing outsource d. A company providing such a service is a Managed VoIP ServiceProvider . Managed VoIP services can provide enterprises with the necessary skills and expertise to assure that voice quality meets expectations. With managed VoIP services, the equipment and software are included, along with network operations centers and technical resources. Usage based pricing can be replaced with fixed, flat rate billing based on the number of users, the number of network elements managed or other criteria most relevant to a given business, making ongoing costs more predictable and manageable. ref name Trout cite web author Paul Trout title An alternative Managed VoIP services month May year 2007 publisher Comnews url http www.comnews.com stories articles 0507 0507an alternative.htm ref References references comp stub Category Computer network security Category Outsourcing ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2009 A telecommunications serviceprovider or TSP is a type of communications serviceprovider that has traditionally provided telephone and similar services. This category includes incumbent local exchange carrier s, competitive local exchange carrier s, and mobile wireless communication companies. While some people use the terms telecom serviceprovider and communications serviceprovider interchangeably, the term TSP generally excludes Internet serviceprovider s ISP s , cable companies, satellite TV , and managedserviceprovider s. TSPs provide access to telephone and related communications services. In the past, most TSPs were government owned and operated in most countries, due to the nature of Capital economics capital expenditure involved in it. But today there are many private players in most regions of the world, and even most of the government owned companies have been privatized. The deregulation or privatization of telecom service providers first happened in the United States with the breakup of the Bell System . See also Telephone company Telecommunications Industry Association Telecommunications Category Telecommunications ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2007 A communications serviceprovider or CSP is a serviceprovider that transports information electronically. The term encompasses public and private companies in the telecommunications serviceprovider telecom landline and mobile telephone wireless , Internet serviceprovider Internet , cable television cable , communication satellite satellite , and managedservice s businesses. The market in which a communication serviceprovider specializes is often a function of the industry served. These industries can be divided into three categories telecommunications, entertainment and media, and Internet Web services. Some communication service providers have branched into multiple areas. Others provide communication services across all major categories. The term CSP came into vogue in the late 1990s. Prior to this time, communications businesses were highly specialized, with little overlap between traditional telecom, cellular, cable, and Internet companies. In the 1990s, deregulation in the US, the Telecom Act of 1996 and technology Technological convergence convergence began to cause massive upheaval in the industry. As companies began to offer broader portfolios of communications services, traditional categories were inadequate to describe service providers. The term communications serviceprovider is now widely accepted as a broad category encompassing all of these businesses. Telecommunications Category Telecommunications companies telecomm stub pl Przedsi biorca telekomunikacyjny ... more details
www.inc.com magazine 20000401 18093.html. See also Business serviceprovider Communication as a service Hosted serviceproviderMastermanagedserviceprovider Multitenancy Outsourcing Secure virtual office Service level agreement Software as a service Utility computing References Reflist External links ...refimprove date April 2007 Internet hosting An application serviceprovider ASP is a business that provides ... on the provider to provide a critical business function, thus limiting their control of that function and instead relying on the provider Changes in the ASP market may result in changes in the type or level of service available to clients Integration with the client s non ASP systems may be problematic Evaluating an Application ServiceProvider security when moving to an ASP infrastructure can ... de Application ServiceProvider es Proveedor de servicios de aplicaci n fr Fournisseur de services d applications ko id Penyedia layanan aplikasi it Application serviceprovider he Application ServiceProvider nl Application serviceprovider ja pl Application ServiceProvider pt Application ServiceProvider sv Application ServiceProvider zh ... sometimes called On demand software or software as a service Software as a Service SaaS . The most ..., government organizations, non profits, and membership organizations. Provider types There are several ... staff Key software systems are kept up to date, available, and managed for performance by experts Improved reliability, availability, scalability and security of internal IT systems A provider s service level agreement guarantees a certain level of service Access to product and technology experts ... evaluation guideline. This guideline includes evaluating the scope of the ASP s service, the security ... indicate the importance of performing audits on the ASP with respect to Port Network service Application ... on their Core competency core competencies , ASPs may be regarded as the indirect descendant of the service ... more details
, managed security services MSS are network security services that have been outsourcing outsource d to a serviceprovider. A company providing such a service is a managed security serviceprovider ... Managed security services MSS is a systematic approach to managing an organization s security needs. The services may be conducted in house or outsourced to a serviceprovider that oversees other companies network and information system security. Functions of a managed security service include round ... of the customer. Product resale Clearly not a managedservice by itself, product resale is a major ... or offering it as an extension to their managed IT service solutions. SMBs are increasingly turning ... security serviceprovider for the SMB has arisen. Services providers in this category tend to offer ... isbn13 9781580535311 DEFAULTSORT Managed Security Service Category Computer network security Category ..., away from administrators. Six Categories of Managed Security Services On site consulting This is customized ... perimeter management This service installs and upgrades the firewall, Virtual Private Network ... for a variety of security related tasks. Managed security monitoring This is the day to day monitoring ..., malicious hacks and denial of service denials of service DoS , anomalies and trend analysis .... This service will identify changes to a system that violate a formal security policy for example ... solutions, focus upon core competencies, need for round the clock service, and ease of remaining ... depends are not securely configured and managed resulting in asset compromise due to violations of confidentiality ... requirements can be achieved by using managed security services. ref http www.sei.cmu.edu library abstracts reports 03sim012.cfm Outsourcing Managed Security Services ref Industry Terms Asset A resource ... information, i.e. fact, used to correlate an incident. Managed Security Services for Mid Sized and Smaller Businesses The business model behind managed security services was commonplace among enterprise ... more details
In the United Kingdom , a form of company structure has evolved known as a ManagedService Company MSC . Largely born from the IR35 legislation in 1999 which came into force in 2000, this form of corporate structure places workers and contractors typically into a group of between 5 and 8 people as shareholders in a limited company owned and run by the serviceprovider. Sometimes the workers will be appointed as Directors but always shareholders. As shareholders they can then receive minimum salary payments and the balance of income as dividends . Usually the serviceprovider would perform administrative and company secretary duties and offer basic taxation advice. These forms became popular with independent contractors and were used as a way of earning high net returns up to 85 of gross Citation needed date January 2011 compared to PAYE , with little corporate responsibilities. In return, the providers charge a fee for delivering the service. To work within this form, workers must usually pass IR35 tests to ensure they are able to take dividend payments. In December 2006 the UK Treasury HMRC introduced draft legislation Tackling ManagedService Legislation which sought to address the use of composite structures to avoid Income Tax and National Insurance on forms of trading that the Treasury deemed as being akin to employed . After a period of consultation and re draft, the new legislation became law in April 2007 with additional aspects coming into force in August 2007 and fully ... or sought to become seen as true Accountants rather than scheme promoters. ManagedService Companies MSC differ from Personal Service Companies PSC as it s the MSC that manages and controls the affairs ... several varieties of a ManagedService Company. One of the most common forms was Composite ... seeks to pass the possible burden of unpaid debt should a provider collapse a structure to interested ... the responsibility of a MSC provider to correctly operate PAYE and deduct the necessary tax ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 A Hosted ServiceProvider xSP is a business that delivers a combination of traditional IT functions such as infrastructure, applications Software as a Service , security, monitoring, storage, Web development, website hosting and email, over the Internet or other wide area network s WAN . An xSP combines the abilities of an application serviceprovider ASP and an Internet serviceprovider ISP . This approach enables customers to consolidate and outsource much of their IT needs for a predictable recurring fee. xSPs that integrate Web publishing give customers a central repository to rapidly and efficiently distribute information and resources among employees, customers, partners and the general public. Hosted Service Providers benefit from economies of scale and operate on a one to many business model, delivering the same software and services to many customers at once. Customers are charged on a subscription basis. Services Offered As defined by analyst Ovum. Repeatable business process led services shared among several clients Remotely delivered application services using shared resources Infrastructure services both remotely managed and or hosted services spanning data centre services, managed servers & databases, performance monitoring, security services, storage services and business continuity Web hosting the provision of infrastructure and application services to support the hosting of Web sites. See also Secure Virtual Office DEFAULTSORT Hosted ServiceProvider Category Internet access ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Unreferenced date June 2007 A Storage ServiceProvider SSP is any company that provides computer storage space and related management services. SSPs also offer periodic backup and archiving. Advantages of managed storage are that more space can be ordered as required. Depending upon your SSP, backups may also be managed. Faster data access can be ordered as required. Also, maintenance costs may be reduced, particularly for larger organizations who store a large or increasing volumes of data. Another advantage is that best practices are likely to be followed. Disadvantages are that the cost may be prohibitive, for small organizations or individuals who deal with smaller amounts or static volumes of data and that there s less control of data systems. Types of Managed Storage Managed storage, is normally accessed via a network LAN , or a series of networks Internet . However, managed storage may be directly attached to a workstation or server, which is not managed by SSP. Managed Storage generally falls into one of the following categories Locally Managed Storage Remotely Managed Storage Locally Managed Storage Advantages of this type of storage are a high speed access to data and greater control over data availability . A disadvantage is that additional space is required at local site to store the data. Remotely Managed Storage Advantages of this type of storage are that it may be used an off site backup , it offers global access depending upon configuration and adding storage will not require additional space at the local site. However, if the network providing connectivity to the remote data is interrupted, there will be data availiibility issues, unless distributed file system s are in use. See also Application serviceprovider Internet serviceprovider Image hosting service Data Processing Providers References Reflist Category Web hosting Category Computer storage compu company stub compu storage stub ... more details
Adult serviceprovider may refer to a caregiver for adults, an individual or organization providing health care provider health care or personal care to adults a business or individual in the sex industry disambig ... more details
About the Microsoft API for telephony Internet PSTN gateway and VoIP companies Internet telephony serviceprovider A telephony serviceprovider , as defined in Microsoft s Telephony Application Programming Interface TAPI specification, is a software interface to a physical telephony device such as a modem that can be accessed programmatically to perform actions such as dialing a phone number or logging a call. TSPs can be thought of as a TAPI specific driver for a telephony device. External links http msdn2.microsoft.com en us library ms725516.aspx Microsoft Telephony ServiceProvider Documentation telecomm stub Category Telephony Category Microsoft application programming interfaces de Telephony ServiceProvider ... more details
about a type of service company the type of so called wave two software as a serviceprovider that business consultants sometimes call business serviceprovider sfn Wilkinson 2005 p 53 application serviceprovider TOCright A business serviceprovider BSP is one of several categories of serviceprovider in the business world. As opposed to an application serviceprovider which provides application components over a computer network , the services provided by a BSP are more in the area of infrastructure mail delivery, building security, finance, administration, and human resources. sfn Umar 2003 p 8&mdash 15 Unlike an ASP, a BSP provides business process es as services, providing partial or full business process outsourcing . sfn Seidl 2007 p 14 They are often subdivided into two types back office and front office BSPs. sfn Seidl 2007 p 13 References Reflist cite book ref harv title Business process outsourcing relationships in Swiss banking an exploratory study first Roman last Seidl publisher Cuvillier Verlag year 2007 isbn 9783867273640 cite book ref harv title Information Security and Auditing in the Digital Age A Practical and Managerial Perspective first Amjad last Umar publisher nge solutions, inc. year 2003 isbn 9780972741477 cite book ref harv title Construction collaboration technologies the extranet evolution first Paul last Wilkinson publisher Taylor & Francis year 2005 isbn 9780415358583 Further reading cite book ref harv title Companies buy services &mdash don t they? first1 Bj rn last1 Axelsson first2 Finn last2 Wynstra location Chichester publisher Wiley year ... harv journal The Service Industries Journal volume 22 issue 2 year 2002 title The International Competitiveness of Business Service Firms The Case of Germany doi 10.1080 714005075 first W. last Ochel pages 1&ndash 16 DEFAULTSORT Business ServiceProvider Category Services management and marketing business stub pt Business ServiceProvider ... more details
A wireless application serviceprovider WASP is the generic name for a firm that provides remote services, typically to handheld devices that connect to wireless data networks such as cellphones or PDAs. WASPs are a specific category of application serviceprovider s ASPs , though the latter term may more often be associated with standard web services. They can also be used for wireless Bridging networking bridging between different types of network Network topology topologies . Category Wireless networking Wireless stub ... more details
Multiple issues wikify March 2012 orphan February 2009 unreferenced July 2007 A media serviceprovider is an organization that complements its regular business by adding a set of media services including but not limited to Access to the Internet Access to music and video Access to value added services only available while at the place of business For example, a subway system can turn into a Media ServiceProvider by providing access to the networked services for transit users. Category Telecommunications companies Telecomm stub ... more details
Notability date September 2009 ServiceProvider Interface SPI is a software mechanism to support replaceable components. It is the implementer side equivalent of an Application programming interface API a set of hooks that can or must be overridden. From Java official documentation A service is a well known set of interfaces and usually abstract classes. A serviceprovider is a specific implementation of a service. The classes in a provider typically implement the interfaces and subclass the classes defined in the service itself. Service providers can be installed in an implementation of the Java platform in the form of extensions, that is, jar files placed into any of the usual extension directories. Providers can also be made available by adding them to the application s class path or by some other platform specific means. The concept can be easily extended to any other platform using the corresponding tools. In the Java Runtime Environment , SPIs are used in Java Database Connectivity JDBC , Java Cryptography Extension JCE , Java Naming and Directory Interface JNDI , Java API for XML Processing JAXP , Java Business Integration JBI , Java Sound and Java Image I O . See also Official Java API documentation http download.oracle.com javase 6 docs api java util ServiceLoader.html java.util.ServiceLoader class and http download.oracle.com javase 6 docs api java util spi package summary.html java.util.spi package http www.sei.cmu.edu library abstracts reports 02tn009.cfm Replaceable Components and the ServiceProvider Interface http www.developer.com java article.php 3848881 ServiceProvider Interface Creating Extensible Java Applications.htm ServiceProvider Interface Creating Extensible Java Applications Plug in computing Comp sci stub Category Technical communication ca ServiceProvider Interface fr Interface de prestation de service ja ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2010 A network serviceprovider NSP is a business or organization that sells Bandwidth computing bandwidth or network access by providing direct Internet backbone backbone access to the Internet and usually access to its network access point s NAPs Citation needed date April 2010 . For such a reason, network service providers are sometimes referred to as backbone providers or internet providers . Network service providers may consist of telecommunications companies, data carriers, wireless communications providers, Internet serviceprovider s, and cable television operators offering high speed Internet access. Gartner listed the world s top NSPs in 2004 as AT&T based in the USA Verizon based in the USA BT Group plc BT based in the UK NTT Communications Corp based in Japan Singapore Telecommunications SingTel based in Singapore Within the United States , major network service providers include AT&T , Verizon , Sprint Corporation Sprint , and Level 3 Communications . A few information technology companies are also emerging into the NSP market, notably IBM , Electronic Data Systems EDS , Computer Sciences Corporation CSC , Vanco and Atos Origin . This is due to the convergence of information technology and communications technology into one Information and Communications Technology Information and Communications Technology ICT . See also Internet serviceprovider DEFAULTSORT Network ServiceProvider Category Telecommunications Compu network stub ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2007 A neighborhood internet serviceprovider NISP is a small scale broadband internet serviceprovider targeted at a single subdivision or neighborhood. They are built in a neighborhood to provide internet access to residents in the community, often using rooftop antennas in a hub and spoke arrangement to bridge the last few hundred feet to the residences or possibly businesses . With the right number of subscribers a NISP can easily cost less than the traditional DSL and cable internet cable lines. Such a network requires a local network engineer often a volunteer to maintain network integrity and monitor the quality of service . There are firms that will install and maintain such a network, but there are other options. For instance, a loosely knit community might use mesh networking WiFi mesh to connect collectively owned access points. See also Wireless community network Wireless mesh network Category Internet service providers internet stub ... more details
orphan date December 2007 An Integrated ServiceProvider ISP is a for hire firm that performs a variety of logistics service activities such as warehousing, transportation, and other functional activities that constitute a total service package, as defined by the American Marketing Association . Firms that provide such services typically have a good understanding of their customers needs and are responsible for executing services in accordance with contract documents. Normally the scope of work SOW and the ISP contract are finalized only after an extensive due diligence period. As a service The ISP provider may be contracted to perform a function or consolidate any number of activities required to support the customer s needs. In any case, normally the primary goal of the ISP is to achieve an overall cost savings for the customer. ISP providers normally work closely with the customer s management team within a facility to provide strategic sourcing to cut costs. In addition, the ISP and the customer normally will use key performance indicators that provide constant feedback on the performance of the ISP program. Management of an ISP contract is typically a joint effort with both sides designating an ISP Manager. These managers will normally have quarterly review meetings to review performance and feedback with the customer s facility management team. Managers will also develop and review strategies related to spend management . ISP firms may be required to hold certain permits or licenses in order to perform services. To obtain information on state requirements, a firm may check with the Contractor s License Reference website as well as the National Contractor s website. ISP provider example An organization would start an ISP program in order to achieve a specific cost savings for its manufacturing facility. An ISP provider is selected at the owner s facility to conduct .... At this point the ISP provider has made all the appropriate preparations to provide agreed services ... more details
Image CoolidgeCorner.jpg thumb 200px right The S.S. Pierce Building, original headquarters of The World. The World is an internet service provider originally headquartered in Brookline, Massachusetts Brookline , Massachusetts . It was the first internet service provider offering dial up access to the general public, ref http tools.ietf.org html rfc2235 tools.ietf.org ref doing so since 1989. ref http world.std.com world.std.com ref The World is operated by Software Tool & Die and used to use the domain name world.std.com it now uses mainly TheWorld.com, though world.std.com is also used for certain things. References Reflist External links http www.TheWorld.com The World home page http www.usenix.org publications login 1999 2 isp.html the first ISP 1999 USENIX article on the beginning of The World. DEFAULTSORT World, The Category Brookline, Massachusetts Category Companies based in Massachusetts Category Internet service providers of the United States Category Communications in Massachusetts Category History of the Internet US internet company stub ... more details
Infobox Company company name Mstar company logo company type foundation Salt Lake City, Utah 1998 location Murray, Utah key people Mark Wentzlaff , President industry Fiber Optics Media products Internet , Telephone , Television Service Provider revenue operating profit homepage http www.mstar.net Mstar.net Mstar , headquartered in Murray, Utah , is a fiber optic ip service provider in the state of Utah. Mstar provides internet, telephone VOIP , and television services IPTV via fiber optic networks. Mstar is a provider of services over municipally owned backbones, namely the Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency UTOPIA . History Launched in 1998 as Deseret Online by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints , Mstar began as a provider of value added IP based services to the Church s educational institutions around the world. In June 2002 the company was acquired by Chicago Venture Partners, L. P., CVP a private equity investment firm which specializes in buyouts, late stage growth equity investments and private investment in public equity PIPES . In June 2004, Mstar purchased Burgoyne Internet Services and nearly doubled its audience base. In March 2005, Mstar became the first company to launch services over the fiber to the premises FTTP network owned by UTOPIA. In May 2009, Mstar was acquired by Prime Time Communications, a Denver Colorado facilities based provider of IPTV, VOIP, and Internet services. Prime Time brought a much expanded HD lineup, MPEG4 video, updated IPTV middle ware platform, and in house Broadworks Voip platform. Services Internet 15 to 50 Megabits per second upload and download speed 24 7 support Television High Definition IPTV Telephone Unlimited local & long distance References http www.mstar.net Mstar Website http www.realtime unifiedcommunications.com market news and trends 2007 05 news release new global teleco 1.htm.com Realtime Community News Release http www.redorbit.com news technology 818589 mstar rated among the be ... more details
Orphan date November 2007 An authorized serviceprovider ASP is a person or company that has been cleared to work on a product that is still under warranty by another company without voiding the warranty. In order to become an ASP, they would have had to complete a product certification certification test administered by the company of the product that they would be servicing, ie. Hewlett Packard , Apple Inc. Apple , IBM , Microsoft etc. Category Business terms Business term stub ... more details
Unreferenced date September 2009 A payment serviceprovider PSP offers merchants online services for accepting electronic payments by a variety of payment methods including credit card , bank based payments such as direct debit , bank transfer , and real time bank transfer based on online banking . Some PSPs provide unique services to process other next generation methods Payment systems including cash payments, wallets such as PayPal , WebMoney , Hipay and Moneybookers , prepaid cards or vouchers, and even paper or Electronic funds transfer e check processing. Typically, a PSP can connect to multiple acquiring bank s, card, and payment networks. In many cases, the PSP will fully manage these technical connections, relationships with the external network, and bank accounts. This makes the merchant less dependent on financial institutions and free from the task of establishing these connections directly especially when operating internationally. Furthermore, a full service PSP can offer risk management services for card and bank based payments, transaction payment matching, reporting, fund remittance and fraud protection in addition to multi currency functionality and services. PSP fees are typically levied in one of two ways as a percentage of each transaction or a low fixed cost per transaction. US based on line payment service providers are supervised by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network or FinCEN , a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury that collects and analyzes information about financial transactions in order to combat money laundering , terrorist financiers, and other financial crime s. See also List of on line payment service providers DEFAULTSORT Payment ServiceProvider Category Financial services Category Payment systems finance company stub fr Prestataire de service de paiement nl Payment serviceprovider ru sv Betalv xel ... more details
Layered ServiceProvider LSP is a feature of the Microsoft Windows Winsock 2 ServiceProvider Interface SPI . A Layered ServiceProvider is a Dynamic Link Library DLL that uses Winsock APIs to insert itself into the TCP IP protocol stack . Once in the stack, a Layered ServiceProvider can intercept and modify inbound and outbound Internet traffic. It allows processing all the TCP IP traffic taking ... could scan network traffic for viruses or other threats. The Winsock ServiceProvider Interface ... by network transport service providers and namespace resolution service providers. The Winsock 2 SPI can be used to extend an existing transport serviceprovider by implementing a Layered ServiceProvider. For example, Quality of Service QoS on Windows 98 and Windows 2000 is implemented as an LSP ... Layered ServiceProvider Microsoft Systems Journal http blogs.msdn.com wndp archive 2006 02 09 529031.aspx ... Windows communication and services ca Layered ServiceProvider es Layered ServiceProvider ru Layered ServiceProvider ... on a desktop. The Winsock 2 SPI allows software developers to create two different types of service .... The SPI also allows you to develop two types of transport service providers base and layered service providers. Base service providers implement the actual details of a transport protocol setting up connections, transferring data, and exercising flow control and error control. Layered service ... base provider for the actual data exchange with a remote endpoint. Winsock 2 LSPs are implemented ... . All other transport SPI functions are made accessible to ws2 32.dll or an upper chain layered provider .... Such potential loss of all network connectivity is prevented in Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and all later Windows operating systems, in which Winsock has the ability ... Layered Service Providers http www.findinternettv.com Video,item,2351599995.aspx the Dark ... more details
An Internet telephony serviceprovider ITSP offers digital telecommunications service s based on Voice over Internet Protocol VoIP that are provisioned via the Internet . ITSPs provide services to end users directly or as whole sale suppliers to other ITSPs. ITSPs use a variety of signaling and multimedia protocols, including the Session Initiation Protocol SIP , the Media Gateway Control Protocol MGCP , Media Gateway Control Protocol Megaco Megaco , and the H.323 protocol. H.323 is one of the earliest VoIP protocols, but its use is declining and it is rarely used for consumer products. ref cite web first Craig last Southeren title Keynote speech, Free Software Open Source Telephony Summit date January 2005 url http www.voxgratia.org docs geilenkirchen 2005 keynote speech.html accessdate 2009 01 23 ref Retail customers of an ITSP may use traditional analog telephone sets attached to an analog telephony adapter ATA to connect to the serviceprovider s network via a local area network , they may use an IP phone, or they may connect a private branch exchange PBX system to the service via media gateways. ITSPs are also known as VSP Voice ServiceProvider or simply VoIP Providers. History In the United States, net2Phone began offering consumer VoIP service in 1995. ref name timeline cite web url http web.net2phone.com about company timeline.asp title Timeline accessdate 2008 09 25 quote November 1995 Announces Plans to Release First PC to Phone Technology ref Before 2003, many VoIP services required customers to make and receive phone calls through a personal computer . See also SIP trunking References Reflist Telecommunications Category Voice over IP Category VoIP terminology & concepts es ITSP ... more details
refimprove date September 2011 One type of email serviceprovider ESP is an organization which provides Message transfer agent email servers to send, receive, and store email for other organizations and or End user computer science End user end users . Such an ESP may provide the service to the general public for personal email e.g. Yahoo Mail , Hotmail , Gmail , AOL Mail , Pobox and many others or it may provide the service only to its members e.g. subscribers, employees of a business, college alumni associations, professional organizations, etc. . An ESP may be a division of a much larger organization whose primary function is not email e.g. Google owns Gmail or it may be an email specialist e.g. Pobox . An Internet ServiceProvider Access ISPs Internet ServiceProvider ISP which provides Internet access to end users is almost always an ESP too. An ESP s services are typically paid for by subscription, as part of membership, or through advertising. Users may access their email via webmail , Post Office Protocol POP3 or Internet Message Access Protocol IMAP protocols depending on the policies of the ESP. This type of ESP does not generally condone the sending of bulk email through their servers, plus they frequently employ Anti spam techniques filters to prevent Email spam spam from entering their customers in boxes. The other type of email serviceprovider , a commercial ESP , is a company which offers Email marketing email marketing or bulk email services . According to Spamhaus , neither of these terms is intended to be synonymous with Email spam spam or the sending of unwanted ... References Reflist DEFAULTSORT E Mail ServiceProvider Category Email de E Mail Provider ... a service which may include the following features Ability to create templates for sending to contacts ... and relevant communications The level of service provided can be according to the above basic ... possible delivery rates, with no messages blocked as spam. Some ESPs work with Internet Service ... more details
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