Chapter 8. Service Assurance

Upon completing this chapter, you should be able to understand the following:

• Cloud service assurance tasks using Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) processes

• Cloud assurance (fault and performance) architecture and solutions

• Key performance indicators (KPI) and the relationship between KPIs, key quality indicators (KQI), and service-level agreements (SLA)

• Use cases for fault and performance management

Chapter 7, “Service Fulfillment,” covered cloud service fulfillment using ITIL V3 phases, and this chapter will provide details on cloud service assurance using ITIL V3, addressing some key areas such as availability management, demand/capacity management, KPIs, and service-level management. ...

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