ResponseWare Service
Level Agreement
This
Service Level Agreement applies to you if you have subscribed to the web-based
or application-based versions of ResponseWare and your account is current.
Definitions:
Site - The ResponseWare
site.
Server - The hardware used
to communicate to the Internet and the location of the Site and all supporting
tables.
Planned
Update
- Changes that need to be made to the Server or ResponseWare service that are
not urgent in nature and do not materially affect the day-to-day use of the
ResponseWare service. For example, a
“Planned Update” may enhance the user experience, improve efficiencies, address
Server needs, or possibly expand the services that are provided.
Emergency
Update
– Changes that need to be posted to the Site that are of an urgent nature. An “Emergency Update” will be defined as such
through the collaboration of Turning Technologies’ IT department, Product
Management and R&D. “Emergency
Updates” include, but are not limited to, situations that have or will cause
the Site to go down, security risks, and/or instability of the Server or the
ResponseWare service.
Policy:
Planned
Updates:
Planned
Updates will typically be performed at 1:00 AM (U.S. Eastern time) on Sunday
mornings. Many Planned Updates will not
take more than 1 hour of down time to post.
This means that the Site will be available to subscribers, in most
cases, by 2:00 AM (U.S. Eastern time). However, Turning Technologies reserves
the right to utilize as much time as necessary to apply any applicable changes.
Scheduled
maintenance and/or resetting of the Server will typically be completed at this
time.
In
the interim, the Site will display a message alerting visitors to the Site of
its unavailability. Subscribers trying
to use the ResponseWare service in connection with any of the products
supporting ResponseWare will receive a message stating "Failed to connect
with Server".
Some
examples of Planned Updates include, but are not limited to, the following:
|
Type |
Examples |
|
Scheduled |
Hardware upgrades |
Emergency
Updates:
In
the unusual case where an Emergency Update must be performed in connection with
the Server or the Site, visitors to the Site will receive a message alerting them
of its unavailability. Subscribers
trying to use the ResponseWare service in connection with any of the products
supporting ResponseWare will receive a message "Failed to connect with
Server".
As
with any emergency case, the turnaround time for the Emergency Update is
unpredictable. However, Turning
Technologies will be committed to bringing the Site to full operation in an
efficient manner.
Some
examples of situations that would be in the “Emergency Update” category
include, but are not limited to, the following:
|
Type |
Examples |
|
Failures |
Hardware failure (note that faulty hardware is rare) |
There
are situations that are out of the direct control of Turning Technologies and
must be resolved by the subscriber and the subscriber’s service provider. Some examples of situations that would be in
this category include, but are not limited to, the following:
|
Type |
Examples |
|
Network issues not within direct control of service provider |
Backbone peering point issues (for example, a router in |
|
Denial of service |
Client negligence/willful misconduct |
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