Hosted service provider
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A hosted service provider (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 networks (WAN).[1] An xSP combines the abilities of an application service provider (ASP) and an Internet service provider (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
[edit]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 and 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.
History
[edit]Hard Corps, Inc., formed in December 1999 claimed the moniker 'xSP' and began using it in commerce prior to others.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The 3-step plan to make your website harder to hack". Pcworld.com. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Hard Corps, Inc. on the Wayback Machine". archive.org. Archived from the original on 20 November 2002. Retrieved 20 Nov 2002.