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SLA vs SLI vs SLO: Know the differences between them.

SLA basically means a Service Level Agreement. It’s a formal agreement between you and your customer. It basically describes the reliability of your product/service so you can have a formal agreement which basically says our product will be online 99 percent of the time annually and if we fail to achieve that objective we will give 30% of your annual license fee back. SLA’s also include penalties in the contract.

The U.S. COVID Vaccine Distribution Plan: Challenges and Solutions

As coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread and new virus strains emerge, the public is frantically looking for answers regarding the U.S. government’s vaccine distribution plan. A sound vaccine distribution plan is especially crucial in times like these. All U.S. states, stretching from both coasts, are experiencing a vast number of COVID-related deaths and hospitalizations. The dire situation underscores the importance of having an effective, accelerated vaccine delivery process.

New Feature: Incident types

Incidents are inevitable, and the reality is some of them are inevitably going to repeat themselves. FireHydrant has always strived to make the entire incident response lifecycle smooth, but up until today, common incident types were slightly burdensome for our customers. We decided it was time to help people make it easy to declare incidents using easy-to-use templates, which we’re deeming Incident types.

OnPage Corporation Continues To Grow Despite the 2020 Pandemic

WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 25, 2021 — OnPage Corporation, a Boston-based incident management and pager replacement company, today unveiled its fiscal 2020 year in review. OnPage delivered another year of strong results considering the uncertain situation brought upon the world with COVID-19. Past year results were driven by current customers that rely on OnPage for critical notifications and had to enlarge their deployment.

How to build your own incident management process

IT incident management is a fundamental operational process designed to ensure rapid service restoration. This process is typically assigned to the help desk but is also very much entrenched in the day-to-day of DevOps. When incident management goes right, service is restored quickly and the impact on productivity, continuity, and customer satisfaction is minimal.