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.

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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, ...

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 ...

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Microsoft is planning to bump up its service-level agreement (SLA) uptime assurance for users of the Azure Active Directory service to "four nines" per month, or 99.99 percent, starting on April 1.

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 ...

How much inventory is enough? How do you arbitrate across different viewpoints, weighing inventory investment against the impact of stocking out? Service Level has proven to be an objective metric ...