SLAs and benchmarks

Companies that sign SLA-backed contracts should also establish a standard way of benchmarking CSP performance. SLA should not only specify minimum requirement and variability expectations, but it should also specify appropriate remedies to the consumer should the CSP fail to meet a service level or restore services to the appropriate level within a specified period. Service definitions and metrics should be unambiguous.

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