Service level agreements (SLAs), long a staple of telco service contracts, specify agreed service targets between provider and customer and spell out penalties for non-compliance. In recent SLAs years have morphed, adapting to fit emerging technologies and the new services they enable. Although just beginning to take shape, guaranteed service levels for VPN and other manged security services will become vitally important in the emerging application services market.
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