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Service level agreements of paramount importance to software-as-a-service adoption
Software-as-a-service has been the buzzword that promises to provide prompt services while keeping companies shielded from the problems of implementation and maintenance of software. However, with enterprises offloading the physical control of software, service level agreements need to define very precisely how customers are compensated for downtimes. ...
Tags: Software, SLA, Software-as-a-service, Service Level Management, Software As A Service (SaaS), It Operations, It service Management, Emerging Technologies, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2008-02-29
Service level agreements and disaster recovery
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 have to tackle and will determine everything else that you include in your plan is the...
Tags: SLA, Mike Talon, Service level management, Recovery Point Objectives, Recovery Time Objectives, disaster recovery, Disaster Recovery Newsletter, Recovery Time Objective, Recovery Point Objective, It Operations, It service Management, Data Management
Technical articles 2006-03-13
Get up to speed on service level management with this Cisco Press sample chapter
Learn about Service Level Management SLM, which is a key for delivering the services that are necessary to remain competitive in the Internet environment.This sample chapter, taken from Cisco Press' Practical Service Level Management: Delivering High-Quality Web-Based Services, explains the basics of SLM and lays part of the groundwork for...
Tags: groundwork, validation, Cisco Press, granularity, business process, Internet, Service Level Management, SLA, Cisco Systems Inc.
Download resources 2005-09-01
Developing a data communications strategy
Any data communications proposal can look good on paper until you dissect it by evaluating its reliability, expandability, and complexity. Whether your organization has two sites or two hundred sites, figuring out how to manage the data communications between those sites can be a real challenge. With...
Tags: Manufacturing, Robert L. Bogue, Service level management, outage, power outage, SLA, scalability, bandwidth, SMB Strategies Newsletter, Strategy, Complexity, Hardware, Reliability, Data Communication, Network Technology, Frame Relay, Networking, It Operations, It service Management
Technical articles 2005-08-29
Remain productive by honoring commitments
Meeting commitments is the heart of every organization. Failing to meet commitments can cause huge ripple effects that are felt throughout the organization, no matter what its size. Have you ever wondered what happened to that high performing team that you had just a few months ago? Have...
Tags: Manufacturing, Robert L. Bogue, Sales strategy, Sales force management, Operational accounting, SMB Strategies Newsletter, Commitment, Organization, Payroll Department, Accounting Department, Sales Team, E-mail, Service Level Management, Team Management, Sales, Online Communications, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Finance
Technical articles 2005-06-13
Measuring for service level management
SLA levels in the Healthcare environmentHi allI read the article about Measuring for service level agreements with great interest. I am Infrastructure manager for a multi-disciplinary health board in south west Scotland. We have never had a formal means of defining which applications or services are more important...
Tags: andy1turner, information technology, it management, Measuring, Service Level Management
Discussion threads 2004-11-17
Measuring for service level management
ByHarris KernProviding the basis for managingrelationships between the IT service organization and its customers, servicelevel management deals with how user service requirements are understood andmanaged. Service level management covers a variety of activities related toplanning, monitoring, and reporting. In this article, I describe the minimumset of data and measurements required...
Tags: information technology, Service Level Management, SLA
Technical articles 2004-10-05
Arranging the pieces of the service level management puzzle
How do you hammer out a reasonable service level agreement? Learn about the importance of service level objectives in ensuring that your IT department is correctly interpreting business needs.By Rocky KostickNegotiating service level agreements SLAs with the business units you serve is one large piece of the service level management...
Tags: Service management, Strategy, Guest Contributor, SLA, service level objective, information technology, Service Level Management
Technical articles 2000-07-03
Key elements within service level management
When businesses depend on IT services for mission-critical applications, downtime is too expensive. As a result, effective service level management is becoming increasingly important. Learn to improve your overall approach to SLM.By Matt ArnoldBefore organizations can effectively implement service level management SLM, they must have a clear understanding of the...
Tags: Service management, Guest Contributor, Service Level Management, IT Organizations, SLA, information technology
Technical articles 2000-05-22
Bridging IT to the business: Service-level management
Service-level management, or SLM, uses end user response time to measure a system's performance level. As many companies turn to this new benchmark, they are finding few tools to help them.Service-Level Management SLM is exploding into the application arena to meet new end user availability and response time needs. Although...
Tags: Service management, Servers, downtime, J.E. Harvey, client-server, response time, SLM, end-user response, information technology, SLA, Service Level Management
Technical articles 1999-12-29
Storage in the cloud: Availability and SLAs
Storage and the associated planning process are critical for an organization to consider any cloud technology. In this TechRepublic blog post, IT Jedi Rick Vanover outlines one solution that may be attractive for availability. by Rick Vanover
Tags: Availability, SLA, Service Level Management, Storage, It Operations, It service Management, Hardware, Rick Vanover
Blog posts 2009-07-04
The Marriage of ROI and SLA: Software Vendors Can Meet Their Customers' Needs and Improve Their Own Revenue Potential by Utilizing a ROI SLA
Pressure is high for CIOs and IT executives to deliver rock-solid IT strategies on smaller budgets. As a result, enterprises have an extremely low tolerance for project failure or spending that falls short of expectations. This sets the stage for a closer, more fruitful, relationship with vendors in helping companies...
Tags: Software, Revenue, SLA, Information Technology, ROI, Roi/Tco, Service Level Management, Strategy, Finance, Managerial Accounting, It Operations, It service Management, Management
White papers 2005-04-11
Outsourcing and Workable SLA - The Digital Fuel
This paper has concentrated on SLA for outsourcing but similar discussions are required for SLA between internal IT insourcing and the business, as well as related concepts such as OLA, KPI and UPC. IT system management tools are not the answer as at least some, probably the key, measurements will...
Tags: SLA, Information Technology, Outsourcing, Bloor Research, IT System Management Tool, Service Level Management, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management
White papers 2004-06-28
ManageEngine SupportCenter Plus 7.0 (Windows)
SupportCenter Plus is a 100% Web-based Customer Service and Support Software that offers Trouble Ticketing, Account & Contact Management, SLA Management and Knowledge base in one low-cost, easy-to-use package. It helps you track and resolve customer issues quickly, thereby delivering superior customer support and taking customer satisfaction to the next...
Tags: AdventNet Inc., Service Level Management, Product Marketing, Microsoft Windows, It Operations, It service Management, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software
Software downloads 2008-07-24
Service Level Management: Creating a Structured Process to Improve Availability
The road to implementing good service level management has numerous potholes and other hazards. To keep people motivated it is important to realize when even moderate success is achieved. All successes should be celebrated and efforts published to the business customer. Tools that show ongoing success need to be established,...
Tags: Success, CDI, Service Level Management, Service Management, It Operations, It service Management
White papers 2008-02-21
Preparing Your Business for Upcoming Changes in ITSM/ITIL (ITILv3)
The presenter of this webcast explains the Preparation of the business for upcoming changes in ITSM/ITIL (ITILv3).
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., ITIL, Service Level Management, It Services, Process Improvement, It Operations, It service Management, Quality, Business Operations
Webcasts
Delivering Greater IT Business Value Through Innovative Support Tools
The role of IT is changing rapidly as organisations become more complex. IT teams are no longer seen as suppliers of infrastructure, but rather as people who actively support an organisation's overall business objectives. This makes the quality of IT services - and the synchronisation of these services with an...
Tags: Information Technology, Tool, IT Team, Help Desk, Service Level Management, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management
Case studies
Enabling Practical IT Service Management
Information and opinions on IT Service Management are growing in number; however, IT professionals who study this content often find goods, but struggle with how to practically implement them within their organisation. The challenge is for IT professionals to evolve how they administer IT elements.
Tags: Attachmate Corp., Information Technology, IT Professional, Service Level Management, It Services, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management
White papers 2007-05-11
HP's Adaptive Infrastructure Initiative Powers Enterprise Business Priorities
HP's Adaptive Infrastructure initiative addresses these requirements by offering customers standards-based modular systems, products, software and services, that are derived from a shared set of enablers. HP is one of the very few IT vendors that offer such a broad range of integrated infrastructure solutions encompassing blades, virtualization, SOA and...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Summit Strategies, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Service Level Management, Strategy, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Hardware
White papers 2006-09-01
HP Business Services Management Solutions for SAP Environments
The HP Manufacturing and Distribution Industries Business Services Management BSM solution powered by HP software in combination with SAP Solution Manager and applications, answers key marketplace requirements. The solution combines HP hardware and software, along with those of leading solution partners, as well as comprehensive consulting, assessment, solution design and...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Environment, Business Service, SAP AG, ITIL, Service Level Management, It Services, It Operations, It service Management
White papers 2007-04-01


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