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  What is managed service provider? - a definition from Whatis.com
Managed service providers can be hosting companies or access providers that offer services that can include fully outsourced network management arrangements, including advanced features like IP telephony, messaging and call center, virtual private network (VPNs), managed firewalls, and monitoring/reporting of network servers.
Managed service providers sometimes are referred to as management service providers, which also manage information technology services for companies.
Management service providers typically deliver infrastructure management services on a subscription basis, similar to the model used by application service providers (ASPs).
searchcio.techtarget.com /sDefinition/0,,sid19_gci522393,00.html   (530 words)

  
  Wi-Fi Service Provider
Backhaul providers are naturally positioned to be facility providers, as they have control over the last mile, which represents the single largest recurring cost of operating a hotspot.
Given their high propensity towards managed services in general, and the likelihood of adopting a managed WLAN, manufacturers appear to be a significant first market for such a service.
Service providers may, however, need to spend some time educating segments of this market regarding the benefits of wireless LAN in the manufacturing environment, in order to gain traction with those companies that don't see the need for a wireless LAN.
www.icancommunicate.com /wi-fi_service_provider.htm   (1840 words)

  
 Managed Service Provider
Someone still has to be a liaison between the service provider and a business's network--but many of the IT responsibilities can be handled by the service provider rather than in-house.
With a managed service provider, the IT manager can be freed up to work on other issues.
What makes Load.com's services particularly effective is that they combine both DNS management and email management with the same service provider.
www.load.com /loadmail/ref-lm-managed-service-provider.aspx   (294 words)

  
 Pointivity - San Diego's Application Service Provider, Managed Service Provider, Managed Services and Citrix Provider   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Pointivity’s MSP and ASP solutions enable our clients to quickly deploy enterprise-class applications without the associated cost and burden of owning, managing or supporting the applications or the underlying technical infrastructure.
Application service providers (ASPs) present an ideal opportunity for emerging businesses to gain access to applications and expertise that were once available only to Fortune 500 companies.
Pointivity's Level of Service is a clear cut above the traditional managed services, and is overwhelmingly better than the standard of service in the industry.
www.pointivity.com /application_service_provider.asp   (561 words)

  
 Entrust Professional Services: Managed Security Services: Frequently Asked Questions
Generally, a managed service arrangement is suitable for organizations that lack internal IT expertise, have time, budget and personnel constraints, and desire rapid time to market.
Entrust-based managed services and an internally operated infrastructure use the same security infrastructure software, which means organizations are not locked in to a service model.
Managed services customers may utilize their own security policy for the initial and on-going definition of various security parameters-for example, key length, certificate lifetime, expiry, revocation, and recovery procedures.
www.entrust.com /managed_services/faqs.htm   (411 words)

  
 Managed Service Provider
is a comprehensive remote IT managed service provider which manages desktops, servers, applications and network devices at your site(s) via the Internet in a highly secure fashion without making changes to firewall configurations or setting up VPNs.
Managing and troubleshooting desktops, networks, servers and IT security is rarely seen as a core activity by SMBs.
The managed service provider infrastructure is an integrated combination of Desktop and Server management & Monitoring and Proactive Maintenance.
www.teksonline.com   (344 words)

  
 RSA, The Security Division of EMC - Find a Managed Security Service Provider
CSC’s mission is to provide customers in industry and government with solutions crafted to meet their specific challenges and enable them to profit from the advanced use of technology.
Log management is an integral part of the Cyberklix managed services offering, giving providing effective log management via a centralized system which analyzes data and distributes the relevant information to the client securely.
Managed by ISIS (Integralis® Security Information Service) portal software your personalised dashboard provides an instant status view and reports and vies tailored by you for you ensure the exact information is available to view or automatically delivered.
www.rsa.com /node.aspx?id=1295   (3798 words)

  
 Managed Service Provider Accreditation Announced   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The program provides managed services customers with a baseline comparison that considers financial stability, facilities, managed services practices, and customer satisfaction.
By covering buying and service delivery criteria that matter to customers, the MSAP certification program tracks and measures a satisfactory level of professional and business practices, helping MSPs to consistently deliver superior services to their clients.
In addition, the MSPAlliance collects data on the practice of managed services on behalf of its members, to help them increase the value delivery of IT to the organizations they serve.
www.thehostingnews.com /news-managed-service-provider-accreditation-announced-1673.html   (543 words)

  
 Virtela Announces Managed Ethernet Service - News - Network Computing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Managed service provider Virtela Communications said Tuesday (Feb. 8) that it can now provide native Ethernet wide-area networking services to 200 cities in 50 different countries.
While some network managers or CIOs might be hesitant to trust their communications to a relatively small (about 125 employees) company that resells wholesale services from larger providers, Goel said Virtela may offer a more-dependable partner in the wake of the current consolidation wave of major telecom service providers.
Virtela also said its ability to partner and offer services from many different suppliers gives it a service footprint larger than that of even the biggest service providers.
www.networkcomputing.com /channels/networkinfrastructure/59301949   (436 words)

  
 The Industry Insiders : MOM - a solution for the SME Managed Service Provider   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The increased demands of managing IT systems and ensuring that the network is secure means that smaller companies are increasingly turning to support providers, and outsourcing of IT services and support is now a commercial proposition in the small corporate and SME sectors.
This pro-active rather than re-active approach to server management ensures that the servers and applications always run to their maximum capacity and ensures high availability and reliability of business operations which is essential to the growth of smaller companies moving forward.
This whole framework approach using Microsoft remote management technology coupled with documented guidelines and procedures gives todays service providers a great foundation on which to expand their existing support operation and ensures that the existing operation is ran more efficiently and effectively giving maximum ROI to customers.
blogs.technet.com /industry_insiders/archive/2005/04/12/MOM_SME.aspx   (1275 words)

  
 Managed service provider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A managed service provider (MSP), also called a management service provider, is a company that manages information technology services for other companies via the Internet.
Managed services give small business and medium sized businesses an option to have their IT needs taken care of instead of paying an on-site staff.
While the platform is provided by vendors, a managed service provider is a company who utilizes these platforms to provide IT Services to end-users in the small business and medium-sized market sector.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Managed_service_provider   (521 words)

  
 CRN | Level Platform, Asigra, Terian, MSP, Backup | Level Platform, Asigra, Terian Team For SMB Managed Backups
Level Platforms, the Ottawa-based supplier of technology for helping solution providers centrally monitor and manage multiple networks and devices, is adding a hook to allow monitoring of data backups using software from Asigra, the Toronto-based developer of agentless backup and restore solutions for remote offices.
The two are also working with Terian, a Houston-based builder of custom servers and storage appliances and a managed backup service provider, to provide such services to smaller solution providers.
The three-way partnership is only the latest in a series of moves by MSPs to provide backup as a service to smaller business customers.
www.crn.com /sections/managedserv/managedserv.jhtml?articleId=191600132   (432 words)

  
 MANAGED HOSTING : Managed web hosting, Managed Dedicated Servers, Managed Service Provider   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
FWHN has managed services to provide the essential resources to make your Web presence a success, enabling you to focus on your core business.
Managed hosting is the outsourcing of a particular critical responsibility to a service provider who has demonstrated expertise in and reliability at providing this service.
The main benefits of managed hosting are, (1) faster and more reliable deployment of IT solutions and services; (2) better allocation of the client’s internal resources, resulting in improved efficiency and effectiveness, and (3) reduced overall- and predictable regular costs.
www.frontpages-web-hosting.net /managed.hosting.htm   (689 words)

  
 CDS: Managed Service Provider (MSP)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A managed Service Provider (MSP/MSSP), also called Management Service Provider, is a company that manages information technology services for other companies via the Web.
Covenant Data Systems, Inc. provides MSP service by providing delivery and management of network-based services, applications, and equipment, or other service providers.
That's why Covenant Data Systems MSP takes a comprehensive approach by providing you the industry's most potent security tools and techniques that are designed, built, and maintained specifically for MSP.
www.covenantdata.com /managedserviceprovider.aspx   (566 words)

  
 RSA Security - Managed Security Services Providers
CSC’s mission is to provide customers in industry and government with solutions crafted to meet their specific challenges and enable them to profit from the advanced use of technology.
SADA achieves IT goals by delivering centralized management of IT resources, with an emphasis on Hosted and Managed services which require little or no on-site hardware for customers, and are designed to support a Flat Fee billing structure.
Secure Network is actively engaged in providing an array of services to help our clients protect their computer systems and networks against outside intrusions, internal abuse and criminal behavior.
www.rsasecurity.com /node.asp?id=1295   (3307 words)

  
 Advanced Network Products | Managed Service Provider
Many enterprise organizations are finding that out-tasking critical network functions to ANP is a less expensive alternative than hiring their own network experts and deploying expensive best of breed network monitoring tools.
Gartner, a leading data communications consultancy firm, expects the MSP industry revenue to grow at a Compounded Average Growth Rate (CAGR) of 22.4 percent over the next three years from US $15.3 billion to US $31.5 billion.
ANP has been providing managed out-tasked services for four years and we are seeing the market momentum increasing as demonstrated in ANP's increased out-tasked service revenue growth.
www.anp.net /managed/managedservprov.htm   (194 words)

  
 Managed Services with Kaseya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Kaseya provides a unique opportunity for the IT Managed Service Provider (MSP) to affect a fundamental and meaningful economic change in the way they provision and deliver IT services.
Not surprising, these are the benefits that our IT MSP partners realize when they implement Kaseya as their managed service framework.
To find out more about the Kaseya IT Managed Services Edition and how our partners are changing their businesses, click here.
www.kaseya.com /msp1   (153 words)

  
 Dynamic Net launches new Managed Service Provider division
Industry analysts define an MSP as a class of service provider that sells subscription services to manage information technology infrastructure and applications over the Internet.
www.wemanageservers.comprovides managed services that allow companies to outsource many functions of their Internet-based offerings such as Internet infrastructure management, 24x7 server monitoring, server management, data migration, and electronic commerce network design.
By using these services rather than building and managing their own, appliance vendors, application service providers (ASPs), content providers, portals, and other e-companies can improve their time to market, response times and service quality, reduce both their initial investment and ongoing costs, and focus on the core elements of their business.
www.dynamicnet.net /news/releases/wemanageservers.htm   (297 words)

  
 Ohio's Leading Managed Service Provider
Netwave Corporation’s complete “managed services” packages means that you will see increased performance, security, and reliability – immediately, and at an affordable price.
Our monitoring and maintenance services will save you money by preventing expensive network or systems disasters from ever happening in the first place.
Netwave managed services are offered for desktops, servers, network and security devices.
www.netwavecorp.com /managed/managed.htm   (128 words)

  
 Farm9 Managed Security Service Provider, MSSP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Lincolnshire, IL, and Emeryville, CA -- May 16, 2006 — SecurePipe and Farm9, both leading providers of managed network security services, today announced they have combined their businesses in a strategic move to meet the growing needs of financial institutions and global public companies for comprehensive “best of breed” managed network security solutions.
Under their recent agreement, Farm9 is providing Poway USD with protection against computer hackers and 'malware' by installing, maintaining and providing security analysis of server and network intrusion detection systems (IDS) throughout the district's schools and central data center.
The financial services industry is under an all-out assault from intrusive "spyware." In a single month recently, more than 50 major banks -- including Citibank and Deutsche bank -- were targeted by criminals employing spyware-base scams to perpetrate identity theft and access highly sensitive information such as passwords.
farm9.com /about_news.html   (860 words)

  
 Outsourcing - Managed Service Provider Makes Growth Easy for easyCar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The managed service provider (MSP) that had been servicing easyCar was not up to the task of keeping its over-taxed Web site running efficiently.
According to Stephen Lane, research vice president, IT services at Boston, Massachusetts-based Aberdeen Group, "Infrastructure operations and application maintenance costs, which typically consume more than 80 percent of corporate IT budgets, are an obvious target for outsourcing, especially in the current economy.
Outsourcing to an experienced service provider is crucial when a business is growing rapidly.
www.outsourcing-journal.com /mar2003-easycar.html   (987 words)

  
 ISP Planet - Technology - Managed Security Service Provider Survey (December 2004)
Today, there are hundreds of Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), with offerings that range from managed firewall and virtual private network (VPN) services, to managed intrusion detection (IDS) and anti-spam/virus e-mail filtering.
Purchasing a managed security service means entering into a close and trusted partnership with your chosen provider.
By presenting example services in this fashion, we hope to help readers better understand the kinds of security services that are commercially available and some common attributes that should be considered when shopping for such services.
www.isp-planet.com /technology/2004/mssp1.html   (518 words)

  
 Service provider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A service provider is an entity that provides services to other entities.
Usually this refers to a business that provides subscription or web service to other businesses or individuals.
In other contexts, the service may be a more abstract service, for example when using modelling techniques to analyze a problem, it may be useful to divide the system into modules, each of which may both provide services to other moudules and itself consume services from other modules.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Service_provider   (123 words)

  
 Managed Services Australia — Managed Service Provider, Managed Internet Service — Pacific Internet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Upgrade your business to a fully managed and maintained enterprise grade, future proof network, without the high costs.
A hosted AVAS solution, suitable for businesses who maintain their own mail server, but who do not want to manage and administer the AVAS service themselves.
Monitoring of services at a deeper network level with the added assurance of a 3-tier escalation process.
www.pacific.net.au /managed_services   (247 words)

  
 Cervalis: Managed Hosting Service provider, Managed Enterprise Hosting
Managed Hosting solution frees you from the day-to-day management of your IT environment and provides the expertise you need to move your e-business to a higher level.
Managed Hosting eliminates many of the activities that can slow your time to market, including equipment purchase, telecom provisioning, staffing and training.
Managed Hosting solution, Cervalis will help you select the configuration, services and bandwidth that fit your business needs.
www.cervalis.com /solutions/managedhosting_recovery.html   (283 words)

  
 Managed Dedicated Servers - Managed Services
Enterprise Network Monitoring provides you with the comfort of knowing your servers and equipment is being monitored automatically 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 60 second intervals.
The security update service makes sure your dedicated server has the most up to date security fixes.
If you provide us with the license and software, installations are included as part of your monthly service.
www.manageddedicatedservers.com /managed_services/managed_services.html   (224 words)

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