Trafficmaster, the provider of traffic information systems, has entered into a four-year agreement with Britax, the manufacturer of in-car rearview mirrors, to display traffic information on interior mirrors in vehicles.
SLA checks and balances* Nonetheless, these tools must be used with discretion and it is essential that some basic questions be asked before SLA monitoring takes place. Some of the companies that can supply SLA monitoring tools include CA and HP...
Are you OK with your SLA? Service level agreements (SLAs) referring to business goals rather than arbitrary technical metrics should be specified - but they should be enforced more by incentives and bonuses than penalties.
Athens, which resembles Apple Computer's Cube desktop and is based on an earlier concept called Agora, is a single console that can handle telephone calls, voice mail, video streams and text messages.
Time was when outsourcing comprised shaping the deal, agreeing the commercial elements, developing and agreeing an SLA, shutting the door on the outsourced activity, paying the fees and praying that the financial savings will come.
If the infrastructure must be upgraded to meet the SLA, there is a ready-made business case tied to corporate business requirements. ITSM then takes those requirements and translates them to a series of service level agreements (SLAs).