Capterra Glossary
SSP (Storage Service Provider)
A storage service provider (SSP) is a company that offers cloud-based data centers for storing and managing electronic information. SSPs provide a wide range of services, including backup and disaster recovery, data security, storage management, and archiving. Businesses use them to store large amounts of data in secure locations.
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About SSP (Storage Service Provider)
Engaging an SSP means your business can avoid buying new hardware every time there's an necessary tech upgrade because the SSP hosting your content takes care of all maintenance costs associated with maintaining infrastructure capable of handling large amounts of digital content and data. Service providers also deliver security benefits for businesses that want to protect sensitive information from unauthorized access.
Related Terms
- Synchronous
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Intranet
- Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Haptics
- WAN (Wide-Area Network)
- Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Service-Level Agreement (SLA)
- Scalability
- Data Center
- Authorization
- Multitenancy