ref See also Wireless local loop ConnectKentucky Geekcorps Neighbourhood InternetServiceProvider Neighbourhood InternetServiceProvider NISP Satellite Internet access Motorola Canopy Mikrotik References ... equipment CPE installed on a residence. WirelessInternetService Providers WISPs are Internetserviceprovider s with networks built around wireless network ing. Technology may include commonplace Wi Fi wireless mesh networking , or proprietary equipment designed to operate over open 33 centimeter ... Wirelessinternetservice providers Category Wireless networking ca WISP es WISP fa ... get Internet access. Due to the immaturity of wireless technology, security issues and being forced constantly by Telkom SA Then the government Telco in South Africa to cease its service, the company ... info czech.html publisher volweb.cz accessdate 2008 03 17 ref The providing of wirelessInternet has ... in rural areas only with satellite or wireless network Internet access. Overview Unreferenced ... buildings. Since it is difficult for a single serviceprovider to build an infrastructure that offers ...File Tyler1.JPG thumb right Aspen Communication s wireless access point in Tyler, Texas File RouterBoard ... band for terrestrial wireless broadband operations. ref citeweb title FCC Wireless Services 3650 3700 MHz Radio Service url http wireless.fcc.gov services index.htm?job service home&id 3650 3700 publisher ... released Public Notice DA 07 4605 in which the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau announced the start .... LARIAT was taken private in 2003 and continues to exist as a for profit wireless ISP. Another early WISP was a company called Internet Office Parks in Johannesburg, South Africa that was founded ..., Telkom could not keep up with the demand for dedicated Internet links for business use. Fact date November 2008 Using what was one of the first wireless LAN products available for wireless barcode scanning in stores, called Aironet Wireless Communications Aironet now owned by Cisco , they worked ... 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
Unreferenced date November 2007 A neighborhood internetserviceprovider NISP is a small scale broadband internetserviceprovider 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 Internetservice providers internet stub ... 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
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
company KCOM four Bundles that provide both an internet and telephone connection. ref http www.kc.co.uk home bundles ref All bundles include free local to other KCOM users calls, with an 24Mbit s internet ... home broadband ref In September 2011, the company began a six month trial of a 100 Mbit s service ... Riding area under the Eclipse Internet brand name. As of February 2008 Karoo Broadband had approximately ... Unofficial Karoo Forums KCOM Group Brands Category KCOM Group brands Category Internetservice providers of the United Kingdom ... more details
serviceprovider Telecommunications providers TSP , Application serviceprovider Application service providers ASP , Storage serviceprovider Storage service providers SSP , and InternetserviceproviderInternetservice 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 ..., storage, or processing services. Although ServiceProvider can refer to organizational sub units the term ... 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 Managed ServiceProvider 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 Internetserviceprovider ISP Managed services Managed serviceprovider MSP Storage serviceprovider SSP Telecommunications serviceprovider TSP Security Assertion Markup Language SAML serviceprovider Master managed serviceprovider MMSP Managed Internetserviceprovider 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
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 Internetserviceprovider s ISP s , cable companies, satellite TV , and managed serviceprovider 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 , InternetserviceproviderInternet , cable television cable , communication satellite satellite , and managed service 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
InternetProvider Security IPS tags are used by InternetService Providers ISPs &mdash specifically, domain registrar registrars &mdash to administer a domain name domain domain registration registration service and related Domain Name System DNS services. An IPS tag is the case sensitive label that applies to each ISP and is required to transfer domain names from one registrar to another. ehow is blocked ref name ehow cite web url http www.ehow.com facts 7589047 internetprovider security.html title What Is InternetProvider Security? eHow.com first Colin last Cronin publisher Demand Media accessdate 2012 01 13 ref All ISPs are allocated these tags when they apply to become an ISP. Citation needed date January 2012 The original expansion of IPS tag was created and lost with Nominet UK s predecessor, the Naming Committee however it is widely accepted that it probably stands for InternetProvider Security tag . Citation needed date January 2012 The term IPS tag itself is now considered obsolete by Nominet, and has since been replaced by the term registrar tag . Citation needed date January 2012 Transferring your domain name from one registrar to another requires the original registrar to change the IPS tag to that of the new registrar. Domain name owners typcally can t change this tag themselves, only the registrar hence delays often occur when transferring to a new registrar as the old one has no reason to rush the process through. References references External links http www.powernet.co.uk client general glossary.shtml Powernet Glossary http www.nominet.org.uk registrars becomeregistrar taglist List of Registrars and their Tags at Nominet Category Domain name system Internet stub ... 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, Internetserviceprovider 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 Internetserviceprovider DEFAULTSORT Network ServiceProvider Category Telecommunications Compu network stub ... 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
incoherent date January 2012 Refimprove date December 2006 An online serviceprovider can for example be an internetserviceprovider , email provider, news provider press , entertainment provider music ... were able to make the transition to the Internet centric world. A new class of online serviceprovider arose to provide access to the Internet, the internetserviceprovider or ISP. Internet only service ... a , the term serviceprovider means an entity offering the transmission, routing, or providing .... br B As used in this section, other than subsection a , the term serviceprovider means a provider ... entities. The first online service to offer Internet access was DELPHI, which had developed ... that statement, neither service provided the back bone for the Internet, nor did either start the Internet. Online service interfaces The first online service utilized a simple text based interface ... areas within the online serviceprovider s network. Prior to the advent of the web, such support had ... Provider Category Online service providers de Online Dienst eo Komputilreta servo ky ... it referred only to a commercial computer communication service in which paid members could dial via a computer modem the service s private computer network and access various services and information ... , Newsgroup news articles , chat room s, and E mail electronic mail services. The term online service was also used in references to these dial up services. The traditional dial up online service differed from the modern Internetserviceprovider in that they provided a large degree of content that was only accessible by those who subscribed to the online service, while ISP mostly serves to provide access to the internet and generally provides little if any exclusive content of its own. In the U.S. ... U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act has expanded the legal definition of online service in two different ... and The Source online service The Source for a time owned by The Reader s Digest are considered the first ... 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
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 Internetserviceprovider 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
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
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 InternetServiceProvider Access ISPs InternetServiceProvider 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 ... possible delivery rates, with no messages blocked as spam. Some ESPs work with InternetService ... 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 ... more details
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 ... www.inc.com magazine 20000401 18093.html. See also Business serviceprovider Communication as a service Hosted serviceprovider Master managed serviceprovider Multitenancy Outsourcing Secure virtual office Service level agreement Software as a service Utility computing References Reflist External links ... 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 ... that support the software ASP makes information available to customers via the Internet or a thin ... 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
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 place between the Internet and the applications that are accessing the Internet such as a web browser ... 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 ... IFS LSPs modify the Internet socket socket handle to a non valid Windows IFS handle and therefore ... exploited by spyware and adware programs in order to intercept the communication across the Internet ... more details
internetserviceprovider . Of these eight, Atlanta based EarthLink and Minnetonka, Minnesota ... of the network, and from Qwest , another internetserviceprovider who had placed a bid to build and run the network, about the city s plan to be involved in the wirelessinternet business at all. ref .... Most of the city was covered by the network by 2010, and USI Wireless, the subsidiary of US Internet responsible for the system, set up numerous free internet access points at public locations around ... poles around the city. The initiative to construct a citywide wirelessinternet network, initiated ... Brandt ref USI Wireless, a wholly owned subsidiary of US Internet, ref name strib2010 was tasked with building ... the network, plans existed for the wirelessservice to be available to residents for a subscription ... comparable to the speeds being offered by other internetservice providers in the area at the time, but which cost as little as half as much. ref name 2006mpr USI Wireless has been marketing the service ... 1.25 million annually for the wirelessservice but using only six percent of the capacity ... public safety service. ref name strib2010 About 200 free wireless access points were set up around ... in charge of the rescue operations. ref name CNET2007 The wirelessservice was integral in sending ..., and was found to be the fastest metro wirelessinternet network in America. ref name buswire cite news ... links http www.usiwireless.com service minneapolis overview.htm Wireless Minneapolis overview from ... hotspots http www.usiwireless.com service minneapolis schedule.htm Map of current updated wireless ...good article File Wireless Minneapolis.gif thumb right The logo of Wireless Minneapolis The city of Minneapolis , Minnesota is covered by a citywide broadband wirelessinternet network , sometimes called Wireless Minneapolis . The network was first proposed in 2003, at which point only a few other cities nationwide had such systems in place. Local firm US Internet beat out EarthLink to build and operate ... 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 serviceproviderInternetserviceprovider Image hosting service Data Processing Providers References Reflist Category Web hosting Category Computer storage compu company stub compu storage stub ... more details
Mobile Commerce ServiceProvider mCSP An organization or company that provides any combination of consulting, software and computer systems for mobile e commerce platforms, mobile devices cellular phones, smartphones , mobile commerce, mobile content or mobile web sites. mCSPs supply businesses with the tools and services they need to distribute and sell products and services over both the Internet and Mobile Internet and manage their online enterprises. Specifically, these firms specialize in all aspects of mobile commerce, including for all digital goods games, video, ringtones, wallpapers and applications that are downloaded to mobile devices. mCSPs provide service in areas such as mobile device databases billing systems text messaging services hardware software design mobile payments brand recognition distribution control Web site development and hosting Web site performance monitoring fulfillment management online marketing order processing and delivery Category Electronic commerce ru ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2009 A Credential ServiceProvider CSP is a trusted entity that issues electronic credentials to subscribers or register subscriber tokens ref name CSRC http csrc.nist.gov publications nistpubs 800 63 SP800 63V1 0 2.pdf ref . CSP forms part of an authentication system, most typically identified as a separate entity in a Federated authentication system. A CSP maybe an independent third party, or may issue credentials for its own use. ref name CSRC http csrc.nist.gov publications nistpubs 800 63 SP800 63V1 0 2.pdf ref The term CSP is used frequently in the context of the Federal government of the United States US government s EGovernment eGov and eauthentication initiatives. An example of a CSP would be an online site whose primary purpose may be, for example, internet banking but whose users may be subsequently authenticated to other sites, applications or services without further action on their part. Motivation In any authentication system, some entity is required to authenticate the user on behalf of the target software application application or service. For many years there was poor understanding of the impact of computer security security and the multiplicity of services and applications that would ultimately require authentication. Therefore many services and applications were built embedding the CSP function. The result of this is that not only are users burdened with many credential s that they must remember or carry around with them, but also ... of those users. A CSP decouples those functions from the application or service and typically provides trust to that application or service over a network such as the Internet . Overview The CSP ... ServiceProvider Subscriber 2,000 2,000 4,000 9,000 16,500 21,500 Credential ServiceProvider Renewal ... wordpress programs assurance ref Importance Credential ServiceProvider allows for the verification ... package called Credential Security ServiceProvider CredSSP was introduces. CredSSP uses the client ... 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
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