How it started
History
Hard Corps, Inc., formed in December 1999 claimed the moniker 'xSP' and began using it in commerce prior to others.
From Wikipedia’s article on hosted service provider, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
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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). An xSP combines the abilities of an application service provider (ASP) and an Internet service provider (ISP).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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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). An xSP combines the abilities of an application service provider (ASP) and an Internet service provider (ISP).2
Links
- WikipediaHosted service provider
- WikidataQ5909349
Sources
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- 2Wikipediahosted service provider on Wikipedia