Business function owner is typically the business function department manager or an application support team. Business function owners do NOT dictate architectures. Business function owner does NOT own the hardware or infrastructure. Service provider is typically the information technology department. Service providers determine the infrastructure and architecture to fulfill the requirements of each instance of an SLA. Service providers own and manage the hardware and infrastructure.
Should NOT be adversarial. But it should be by-the-book.
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