These Service Levels apply only where a Customer has entered into a Contract for access to and use of Central.
These Services Levels do not apply to Desktop Products. Seequent has separate support offerings for Desktop Products. Learn more about Desktop Product support here.
Seequent may update these Service Levels at any time by publishing a new version on its Website, which new versions will become effective from the date of publication.
1. SUPPORT REQUESTS
1.1. The Customer may request Support Services by emailing [email protected] (a Support Request).
1.2. Each Support Request shall include:
a. description of the issue;
b. the number of Authorised Users effected by the issue;
c. the time the Customer first became aware of the issue; and
d. the start time of the issue (if known by the Customer).
1.3. The Customer shall provide Seequent with:
a. prompt notice of any issues; and
b. such output and other data, documents, access, information, assistance as are reasonably necessary to assist Seequent to reproduce conditions similar to those present when the Customer detected the relevant issue and to respond to the relevant Support Request.
1.4. The Customer acknowledges that in order to properly assess and resolve Support Requests, it may be necessary to permit Seequent access to the Customer’s system, files, equipment and personnel. The Customer shall provide such access promptly, provided that Seequent complies with all the Customer’s security requirements and other policies and procedures notified to Seequent.
1.5. Seequent is not obliged to provide support services in relation to matters it reasonable determines to be a Customer Issue. In the event that Seequent provides Support Services in relation to a Customer Issue, Seequent shall be entitled to charge the Customer for the time spent investigating and resolving the Customer Issue in accordance with Seequent’s then current rates.
2. SEVERITY CLASSIFICATION
2.1. Seequent shall:
a. prioritise all Support Requests based on its reasonable assessment of the severity level of the issue reported; and
b. respond to all Support Requests in accordance with the response times specified in the table set out below:
Level | Description | Example | Response Time Inside Normal Business Hours | Response Time Outside Normal Business Hours |
L1 – Critical | An issue that results in total loss of functionality of Central affecting all Authorised Users. | Users are unable to open or access Central or Central has significant loss of data. | 1 Hour | 8 Hours |
L2 – Major | An issue that results in a considerable loss of functionality to Central. | Major Performance degradation affecting a small number of Authorised Users. | 2 Hours | 8 Hours |
L3 – Medium | An issue that results in a partial loss of functionality affecting Authorised Users. | Minor performance degradation affecting a small number of Authorised Users. | 24 Hours | 24 Hours |
L4 – Low | General non-impacting enquiry. | Unusual behaviour that does not impact usability. | 24 Hours | 24 Hours |
3. AVAILABILITY OF CENTRAL
3.1. Seequent’s target uptime for Central is 99% (Target Uptime). For the purpose of this clause, Target Uptime means that Central will not be interrupted by an outage classified as L1 for more than 1% of any calendar quarter. Uptime is measured over a calendar quarter and includes access to Central from supported Seequent Products.
3.2. Below are a list of events and activities that are excluded from measurement of Target Uptime:
a. scheduled Maintenance notified to the Customer;
b. Customer Issues;
c. Failures of the Customer’s internet connectivity;
d. Factors outside Seequent’s reasonable control, including internet access related problems, a force majeure event (as described at clause 16 of the Product Terms), and third-party services or technology; and
e. Failures arising because of the Customer’s equipment, services, or technology not provided by Seequent.
4. PATCHING AND UPDATES
4.1. Seequent will perform the following updates in relation to Central:
a. Operating System patching will be completed every four weeks in coordination with the Microsoft Windows patch distribution. Patches are applied automatically, and the typical outage duration is between 30 seconds to 2 minutes, depending on the content of the update. If a critical security patch is released by Microsoft then an emergency patch will be deployed within 48 hours. If any publishing events are interrupted during an update, users will be able to resume the publishing after the update has been completed.
b. Some Central updates may require coordination with the Customer’s applications (including supported Seequent Products). When performing a major upgrade of Central, Seequent may co-ordinate with the Customer’s IT contact notified to Seequent in writing.
5. GENERAL
5.1. Capitalised terms used in these Services shall have the meanings defined below, defined within these Service Levels or as set out in the Product Terms:
Customer Issue: any of the following:
a. improper use, misuse or unauthorised alteration of Central by the Customer;
b. any use of Central by the Customer in a manner inconsistent with the then-current documentation provided by Seequent or this Agreement; or
c. the use of a non-current version of Central (including any updates or patches made available to the Customer).
Support Services: the maintenance and support of Central as set out in these Service Levels