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ALSO CALLED: Service Providers, External Service Providers, Services Providers, MSO (Multiple Service Operators), Information Technology Service Providers, Offshore Providers, Multiple Service Operators (MSO), IT Service Providers, IT Services Providers, and Information Technology Services Providers
DEFINITION: xSP is a generic term for any kind of service provider on the Internet. The two main kinds of service provider are the Internet service provider (ISP), which provides users with connection to the Internet and sometimes offers hosting and other services, and the application service provider (ASP), which provides remote access to one or more computer applications.

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Building Triple-Play Services
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
EGUIDE: This SearchTelecom.com workshop looks at how to build business and technical plans to make sure all of the bases are covered for delivering highquality services that can be efficiently and consistently managed.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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Get Personal: Capitalize on Your Subscriber Data with a Unified User Profile
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This IDC white paper discusses the role of user profile management in the telecom industry. Service providers' (SPs) efforts to manage, capitalize on, and provision user information across multiple databases are critical to fuel applications-led services.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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Managing Complex Applications
sponsored by BlueStripe Software
PODCAST: Listen to the Podcast, "Managing Complex Applications with Intelligence" for a quick overview of the challenges virtualization has brought to managing applications.
Posted: 18 Nov 2008 | Premiered: 18 Nov 2008
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The Enterprise Network Partner - Management and Transformation
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
WHITE PAPER: This paper addresses the benefits of working with a managed service provider with the right experience to handle the management and transformation of enterprise voice and data networks and bring powerful strategic advantages to today's businesses.
Posted: 17 Nov 2008 | Published: 17 Nov 2008
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Case Study: Wind, Italy - Transforming The Business to Deliver Triple Play Services To Customers
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
CASE STUDY: Alcatel-Lucent introduced a business transformation program, enabling the delivery of a turnkey integrated triple play solution, for which it provided the design, testing, integration, deployment and maintenance.
Posted: 13 Nov 2008 | Published: 13 Nov 2008
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Is Now the Time to Migrate to IP Telephony? Re-evaluating the Risks and Rewards
sponsored by Avaya Inc.
WHITE PAPER: As companies with aging voice infrastructures face end of life considerations, there has been a tendency to delay migration planning based upon un-examined fears and exaggerated risks associated with the current capabilities of IP Telephony.
Posted: 13 Nov 2008 | Published: 13 Nov 2008
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Channel Expert Podcast: Server virtualization services part one
sponsored by BlueStripe Software
PODCAST: This is part one of a two-part Channel Expert Podcast series on server virtualization. In this podcast, Toby J. Velte discusses the pros and cons of server virtualization.
Posted: 12 Nov 2008 | Premiered: 12 Nov 2008
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Channel Expert Podcast: Server virtualization services part two
sponsored by BlueStripe Software
PODCAST: This is part two of a two-part Channel Expert Podcast series on server virtualization. In this podcast, Jason Kappel discusses how to manage processing workloads.
Posted: 12 Nov 2008 | Premiered: 12 Nov 2008
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Presentation Transcript: The Service Delivery Platform - E Unum Pluribus or, in English, "Out of One, Many"
sponsored by Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software
WHITE PAPER: Based on a Pitney Bowes Group 1/TechTarget Webcast, this white paper describes how service providers have been deploying overlay networks to launch new services and rolling out "Overlay OSS" to manage them, which creates a multiplicity of networks.
Posted: 12 Nov 2008 | Published: 12 Nov 2008
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The Benefits of Carrier-Grade On-Device Network Management Systems in Telecommunications
sponsored by Tail-f Systems
WHITE PAPER: Telecommunications industry personnel will find this paper useful for understanding the requirements for on-device network management systems in the context of the business and technical expectations of network operators that drive these requirements.
Posted: 12 Nov 2008 | Published: 12 Nov 2008
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Top 3 Systems Technology Certifications
sponsored by Channel Media Group
WHITE PAPER: Get a quick review of the top three systems technology certifications and learn how they can help you and your business today.
Posted: 11 Nov 2008 | Published: 06 Nov 2008
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SharePoint Implementation Best Practices
sponsored by Channel Media Group
WHITE PAPER: Find out what issues need to be addressed before embarking on a SharePoint implementation project and how you should address them now.
Posted: 11 Nov 2008 | Published: 06 Nov 2008
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Study Guide: Access Control
sponsored by Channel Media Group
WHITE PAPER: Find out how much you know about access control technologies and what you need to study up on with this quiz on access controls.
Posted: 11 Nov 2008 | Published: 06 Nov 2008
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Top 5 Data Migration Tools
sponsored by Channel Media Group
WHITE PAPER: Get a quick review of the top 5 data migration tools in the market.
Posted: 11 Nov 2008 | Published: 06 Nov 2008
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Top 20 Reseller Resources
sponsored by Channel Media Group
WHITE PAPER: Access the most popular guides, tutorials, chapter downloads and in-depth technical articles across our network of sites today.
Posted: 11 Nov 2008 | Published: 06 Nov 2008
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Podcast: Service Delivery Best Practices: Translating Customer Needs into Network Services
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
PODCAST: This podcast will look at the methodology associated with creating optimally profitable services while also optimizing infrastructure and operations investments.
Posted: 11 Nov 2008 | Premiered: 05 Nov 2008
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Partner Program Directory: Archiving Vendors
sponsored by Channel Media Group
WHITE PAPER: Get to know the benefits of 11 archiving vendors to determine which would be the most compatible with you and your customers' retention needs.
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 | Published: 06 Nov 2008
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Partner Program Directory: Virtual Private Network Vendors
sponsored by Channel Media Group
WHITE PAPER: To identify a VPN manufacturer that meets your clients' technical needs and meets your needs as a partner, peruse our Partner Program Directory of VPN vendors.
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 | Published: 06 Nov 2008
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Partner Program Directory: Network IDS/IPS Vendors
sponsored by Channel Media Group
WHITE PAPER: Access this Partner Program Directory to find out which Network IDS/IPS vendor will best meet the needs of you and your customers.
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 | Published: 06 Nov 2008
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Network Design Checklist: 6 Factors to Consider When Designing LANs
sponsored by Channel Media Group
WHITE PAPER: Learn the 6 factors you should consider before you begin a LAN design project in order to help you ensure success.
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 | Published: 06 Nov 2008
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FAQs: Managed Services
sponsored by Channel Media Group
WHITE PAPER: Learn what should be included in a managed services agreement, popular pricing models for managed services providers, how to market managed services and more.
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 | Published: 06 Nov 2008
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Webcast: Service Delivery Best Practices: Translating Customer Needs into Network Services
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
WEBCAST: This webcast will look at the methodology associated with creating optimally profitable services while also optimizing infrastructure and operations investments.
Posted: 05 Nov 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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IT Briefing: Service Delivery Best Practices: Translating Customer Needs into Network Services
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
TRANSCRIPT: In this transcript from a SearchTelecom.com videocast, telecom expert Tom Nolle discusses what carriers need to embrace in order to save themselves from being marginalized due to drastically reduced "revenue per bit" pricing.
Posted: 04 Nov 2008 | Published: 04 Nov 2008
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CA SPECTRUM® Redefining Network Fault Management
sponsored by CA
PRODUCT LITERATURE: CA SPECTRUM® Network Fault Manager software delivers fault and configuration management across diverse, multi-technology networks to assure the availability of critical network services that are essential for your business applications.
Posted: 31 Oct 2008 | Published: 30 Oct 2008
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Multi-factor Authentication in Managed Security Services and SaaS Deployments
sponsored by Arcot Systems, Inc.
WEBCAST: Check out this webcast and learn about current trends in multi-factor authentication strategies, such as Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP) and software-as-a-service (SaaS) deployments.
Posted: 30 Oct 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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New Service Delivery Platforms
sponsored by Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software
WEBCAST: This webcast will discuss what SDPs are, what they can do, why they are important and how some service providers are starting to deploy them.
Posted: 29 Oct 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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XSP DEFINITION (continued): … xSP is a generic term for any kind of service provider on the Internet. The two main kinds of service provider are the Internet service provider (ISP), which provides users with connection to the Internet and sometimes offers hosting and other services, and the application service provider (ASP), which provides remote access to one or more computer applications.

An application service provider may be one of these kinds of xSP:

  • A storage service provider (SSP)
  • A management service provider (MSP)
  • A business service provider (BSP)
  • A security application service provider (SASP)
  • A wireless application service provider (WASP)
  • And so forth

xSP definition sponsored by SearchSOA.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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