Service provider

<h2 id="types">Types</h2>

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Application_service_provider/72Vs5gQU">Application service provider</a> (ASP)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Cloud_service_provider/guhg0FGV">Cloud service provider</a> (CSP) - Software, platform, infrastructure service provider in <a href="/facts/Cloud_computing/guhg0FGV">cloud computing</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Network_service_provider/EUH6z0rc">Network service provider</a> (NSP)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Internet_service_provider/dUacAxef">Internet service provider</a> (ISP)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Managed_services/xuV6Cn1L">Managed service provider</a> (MSP)</li>
<li>Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Storage_service_provider/1TQ5fd3N">Storage service provider</a> (SSP)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Telecommunications_service_provider/jrWc1YHE">Telecommunications service provider</a> (TSP)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Service_provider_(SAML)/4Iyat1Ic">SAML service provider</a></li>
<li>Master managed service provider (MMSP)</li>
<li>Managed Internet service provider (MISP)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Online_service_provider/MSe2Ta87">Online service provider</a> (OSP)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Payment_service_provider/AWLhhTCg">Payment service provider</a> (PSP)</li>
<li>Cleaning service provider</li>
<li>Gardening service provider</li>
<li>Pest control service provider</li>
<li>Oilfield service provider</li>
<li>Application software service provider in a <a href="/facts/Service-oriented_architecture/g8krR0dk">service-oriented architecture</a> (ASSP)</li>
<li>Cable television service provider</li></ul>

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Identity_management/D4Ukft0T">Identity management</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Identity_provider/JlMowYjF">Identity provider</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/IP_address/z9V22Sw9">IP address</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/SAML_2.0/SqVb9HtH">SAML 2.0</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Service_bureau/cBHMQqFe">Service bureau</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Service_system/556pbtGE">Service system</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Outline_of_consulting/rG6Y1Gk7">Outline of consulting</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Web_service/qxrwqB3D">Web service</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<ul><li>Hall, Mark (7 February 2000). "Service Providers Give Users More IT Options". <i>Computerworld</i>: 40.</li>
<li>"Mapping the xSP world". <i>CIO</i>: S8 – S10. 15 September 2001.</li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li> Media related to Service companies at Wikimedia Commons</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Stuart Rance and Ashley Hanna (30 May 2007). "Glossary of Terms, Definitions and Acronyms" (PDF). ITIL - IT Service Management. Office of Government Commerce. Retrieved 3 June 2012. <a href="http://www.best-management-practice.com/gempdf/ITIL_Glossary_V3_1_24.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.best-management-practice.com/gempdf/ITIL_Glossary_V3_1_24.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Staff (2011). "External Service Provider (ITILv3)". Knowledge Transfer. Knowledge Transfer. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120525024100/http://www.knowledgetransfer.net/dictionary/ITIL/en/External_Service_Provider.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120525024100/http://www.knowledgetransfer.net/dictionary/ITIL/en/External_Service_Provider.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Barry J. (23 January 2012). "IT Policies - Policy on Use of External Services". The University of Chicago. The University of Chicago. Retrieved 3 June 2012. <a href="http://answers.uchicago.edu/policies/page.php?id=19367" target="_blank">http://answers.uchicago.edu/policies/page.php?id=19367</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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