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Annual Service Agreement - Exhibit B
Annual Service Agreement - Exhibit B
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1. Scope:
The agreement is valid for Business Partners that pay the annual
maintenance fee. Tiers of highly experienced product and service
engineers support the Tadiran Assistance Center (TAC) which, in turn,
supports your needs.
By having this ASA you will receive the highest level of Technical Support
available.Tadiran’s comprehensive software support program delivers
assurance that your systems are up-to-date and backed by Tadiran.
TAC is Only available for trained technicians of business partners that are
under a valid support agreement, Tadiran Assistance Center will provide
the following services:
4. Support Program
Remarks
Customer and Partner issues and problems are tracked and reported using
Tadiran’s ticket management system. Each ticket is assigned a unique
number and severity when the ticket is opened. This severity level is the
basis for the ASA and response times to Tadiran’s Business partner.
* To get listed response time for Critical & System Down severities a report
should be opened by phone. Otherwise, Initial Response time may take 2
working days.
** For opening Critical & System Down severities reports please read
section 13 for emergency cases
*** The terms above are indicative only, shall no commit the compliance
for any damages payments.
System Down - The Tadiran System is not available (e.g. Crash, etc.), and
users are unable to use the Tadiran system for any purpose.
Ticket Response - When all the relevant tiers of investigation have been
exhausted and a conclusion / resolution by-pass / decrease in level of
severity have been established for the issue/question.
Final Fix Response- When the final solution/ Fix /Update/ Version is
provided to the Business partner.
Software Update Packs and Bug Fixes and New Software Upgrade
Releases - As part of the TADIRAN TELECOM Maintenance Program,
TADIRAN TELECOM provides the latest software upgrades, patches and
fixes to ensure that your system stays current with the latest industry-
leading TADIRAN TELECOM technology. The Program provides software
upgrades and updates for TADIRAN TELECOM partners at no additional
cost, which are delivered based on your specific software package and can
be easily downloaded from the TADIRAN TELECOM Software Delivery
Center (SDC).
Every business partner should select as part of agreement with Tadiran his own
support time zone
Support time zone TAC working hours
USA 8:30 AM-5:30 PM MON-FRI (NY TIME)
China 8:30 AM-5:30 PM MON-FRI (CHINA TIME)
Israel 8:30 AM-5:30 PM SUN-THUR (IL TIME)
It is specifically agreed that Tadiran and/or anyone on its behalf will not be
responsible, and the client exonerates them from any responsibility and/or liability
in respect of any damage and/or loss, in case of one or more of the cases below
takes place:
Client is not using the equipment in accordance with the instructions of use
provided to the client and/or using the equipment negligently or misuses
the equipment in contrary to its scope and specifications.
The Client integrated software within the product that was not supplied
and/or produced or certified by Tadiran.
TADIRAN will not be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from delay or
failure to perform any of its contractual obligations as a result of causes
reasonably beyond its control (“Force Majeure”). In the event of a Force Majeure,
TADIRAN will be excused from performance during the existence of the Force
Majeure and the date of performance shall be extended for a period of time equal
to the impact of the delay on the schedule. When a Force Majeure occurs,
TADIRAN will attempt to mitigate the effect of the Force Majeure as much as
possible.
12. Limitation of Liability
For customer emergency cases with Critical and System Down severities, Tadiran
will supply 24/7 365 DAYS* support. Such support will be supplied only if the issue
was reported by phone to the appropriate Technical Assistance Center (TAC).
*24/7 365 DAYS means twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week,
and three hundred sixty-five (365) days per year. The Call Back and On Site
Response Times are in clock hours.