Sales wants 99.99 percent in the contract and your data says 99.9 on a good month. Handle the SLA conversation.

An SLA is a price list for failure signed before the failures. Bring the measured distribution, negotiate methodology and exclusions harder than the headline number, and phase targets with dates.

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An SLA is a price list for failure signed before the failures. Bring the measured distribution, negotiate methodology and exclusions harder than the headline number, and phase targets with dates.

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