Standard Support* Service Level Agreement
CloudAccess.net, LLC response times and actions taken to resolve client support requests are based on an assessment of the impact of the reported technical issue on your business. The more serious the business impact, the higher the assigned priority. In responding to a customer's Joomla! support request, the following priority levels have been established.
Definition of priority levels
- CRITICAL (Priority 1) — the problem results in extremely serious interruptions to a production system. It has affected, or could affect, the entire user community. Tasks that should be executed immediately cannot be executed because of a complete crash of the system or interruptions in main functions of the production system. Data integrity is compromised and the service request requires immediate processing as the issue can result in financial losses.
- URGENT (Priority 2) — the problem results in serious interruptions to normal operations, will negatively impact an enterprise-wide installation. In a production system, important tasks cannot be performed, but the error does not impair essential operations. Processing can still continue in a restricted manner, and data integrity may be at risk. In a pre-production environment, the problem hinders deployment of an enterprise installation. The service request requires timely processing, because the malfunction could cause serious interruptions to critical processes or negatively impact business.
- IMPORTANT (Priority 3) — the problem causes interruptions in normal operations. It does not prevent operation of a production system, or there could be minor degradation in performance. The error is attributed to malfunctioning or incorrect behavior of the software.
- MINOR (Priority 4) — the problem results in minimal or no interruptions to normal operations (no business impact). The issue consists of "how to" questions including issues related to APIs and integration, installation and configuration inquiries, enhancement requests, or documentation questions.
Standard Support Response time
All standard support requests submitted following customer requirements listed below will receive a response from a tier 1 support engineer within 4 hours.
Tier 1 Support
- Standard Joomla! setup and questions, including
- help adding logo
- help configuring menus
- help configuring basic Joomla! contact form
- help configuring rotating flash banner (RokSlideshow)
- help configuring new users
- help configuring basic blog
- set up of Google Analytics
- set up of Google Webmaster Tools
- set up of Google Apps
- help installing template (no configuration)
- help installing components (no configuration)
- Diagnosing basic Joomla! site issues
- Identify and disable conflicting software
Tier 1 Engineers
- Advanced Joomla! engineers
Tier 2 & 3 Support
- Site outages
- Software conflicts that need diagnosis
- Server related issues
- Automated heal actions not working
- Sites that have been hacked
- Basic Java Script issues (Tier 2)
- Access to our servers via SSH (Tier 3)
Tier 2 Engineers
- Advanced PHP coders
- Basic Java Script coders
Tier 3 Engineers
- Python and PHP coders
- Network administrators
Hours of availability
Monday - Friday: 24 hours a day
Weekends: 10am to 5pm EST
Excludes major holidays, listed below.
Holidays
Standard support unavailable. Emergency network support available.
- New Year’s Day, January 1
- Christmas, December 25th
- New Year’s Eve, December 31st
Limited standard support available. 10am-5pm EST. Emergency network support available.
- Easter (Dates flexible)
- May 1st
- December 26th
Customer Requirements
- Customer must have an active CloudAccess.net account
- Requests must be submitted by support ticket through My Cloud Panel (http://www.cloudaccess.net/my-cloud-panel.html)
- Tickets must be submitted in the appropriate department
- Ticket must include: screen shot, URL, explanation of how to arrive at problem
- One request per ticket: Excessive requests in one ticket will be closed immediately
- Anything outside of standard support will be handled by Professional Services. Professional Services hourly rates apply. See more information below.
Auto Close of Support TicketsTickets with priority "Waiting for Reply" will be held in the system for up to 7 days before the ticket is closed. We will assume since the ticket was not responded to that the issue has been resolved. If assistance is still needed, client can reopen or create a new ticket.
*Customers who have chosen to own their files are not entitled to Standard Support.