Given the broad use and relative importance of service-level agreements (SLAs) in a variety of contexts, in this blog post, we provide an overview of the basics of SLAs and what they should address.

When it comes to cost savings, discounts and credits for poor service most people operate on a “more is better” principle. Is this really the best approach for service-level agreement credits? Most ...

According to Wikipedia, a Service Level Agreement, or SLA, is “a commitment between a service provider and a customer. Particular aspects of the service — quality, availability, certifications, ...

If you’re like many CIOs, the chances are your company compensates third-party IT service providers for something they didn’t do or pays them twice for something. Technology leader Nipa Chakravarti ...

Make sure you manage user expectations when you create a service level agreement for disaster recovery operations. One difficult aspect of disaster planning that will probably be the first thing you ...

As digital infrastructure becomes more interconnected and performance-sensitive, protecting against SLA breaches is no longer optional, it’s part of prudent investment management In the data center ...

Three years ago, I wrote some blogs stating that Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are dead. Unfortunately for businesses, SLAs are still around – they’re like zombies. Companies realized for many years ...

Service-level agreements need to not only look good on paper, the must deliver business results in real life. Here’s how to create more effective SLAs for application development and maintenance.

At the end of the Microsoft keynote at Enterprise Connect, there was an announcement that, effective April 1, the Teams Phone Service Level Agreement (SLA) will be for 99.999% uptime – or “five 9s” as ...

For investors, lenders, operators, and sellers alike, SLA insurance for data centers has quickly become a baseline requirement to make hyperscale assets investable, financeable, and tradable ...