What Is A Service-Level Agreement (SLA)? A service-level agreement (SLA) is a formal agreement between a service provider and a customer that outlines the expected level of service. It is a contract ...

Establishing agreed upon services levels for database applications is of the utmost importance for assuring that performance meets required criteria. Without pre-determined, negotiated service level ...

Before you sign on the dotted line and commit to an ASP, be sure you know exactly what kind of service you'll be guaranteed You've heard the application service provider (ASP) hype, and you're finally ...

Service-level agreements (SLAs): The key components project managers should know Your email has been sent Almost every project requires vendor services; after the project is complete, those services ...

You were quite critical of Service Level Agreements in your recent column, “ Run, IT run … but not as a business,” (Keep the Joint Running, 1/28/2008), describing them as formal contracts between IT ...

Microsoft recently published a new version of its service-level agreement (SLA) for Azure SQL Database, adding uptime perks for organizations that use the "Business Critical" tier. If organizations ...

Though service level agreements (SLAs) have proved their importance for business reputation and project success, many IT vendors still doubt that SLAs have any relevance for them. Meanwhile, IT ...

Outsourcing can be critical to running an effective IT department, particularly in a tight tech economy. But both the proliferation of outsourcing services and the shakeout of service providers in ...

G20 publishes recommendations on service level agreements for cross-border payments Service level agreements used in cross-border payment arrangements define minimum service levels for correspondent ...

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.