Managed Cloud SLA
Sitecore® Managed Cloud Service Level Agreement
These terms (the “SLA”) constitute Sitecore’s service level agreement for the Hosted Services set forth in Customer’s Order and are incorporated by reference into the Agreement.
If Sitecore does not achieve and maintain the Service Levels (defined below) for the Hosted Services as described in this SLA, then Customer may be eligible for a credit towards a portion of the fees paid for the Hosted Services (“Fees”). Sitecore may reasonably update this SLA, from time to time, which updates will first be made applicable to Customer sixty (60) days after notice of the update is provided at http://dev.sitecore.net.
Definitions
“Accrual Period” means any of the consecutive 12-month period(s) that make up a Subscription Term (e.g., if the Subscription Term is 36 months then there are three Accrual Periods in such Subscription Term).*
“Applicable Monthly Period” means the month in an Accrual Period in which a Service Credit may be earned.
“Applicable Monthly Fees” means the pro-rated amount of the Fees paid by Customer for the applicable Production Set (as defined in the Order) in the relevant Accrual Period in which the Service Credit was earned, which amount is then divided by twelve.*
“Downtime” is the total accumulated minutes in a given Production Set during which Customer Data is unable to be stored or retrieved using the Hosted Services. Downtime does not include unavailability of the Hosted Services due to limitations described below.
“Maximum Available Minutes” is the total accumulated minutes for a given Production Set during an Applicable Monthly Period in which the Hosted Services are able to store and retrieve Customer Data.
“Monthly Uptime Commitment” means, with respect to a Production Set, the provision of the Hosted Services with a Monthly Uptime Percentage of at least 99.90%.
“Monthly Uptime Percentage” is calculated using the following formula (for a given Production Set):
|
Maximum Available Minutes – Downtime |
X 100 |
|
Maximum Available Minutes |
“Service Credit” is the percentage of the Applicable Monthly Fees credited to Customer following Sitecore’s claim approval as set forth below:
|
Monthly Uptime Percentage |
Service Credit |
|
Above or equal to 99.90% |
None |
|
<99.90% but above or equal to 98% |
10% |
|
<98% |
20% |
“Service Level” means the performance metric(s) set forth in this SLA that Sitecore agrees to meet in the delivery of the Hosted Services.
* Where the Subscription Term is not evenly divisible by 12, then the Accrual Period will be equal to the number of months in the applicable invoice period, and the Applicable Monthly Fees will be calculated by dividing by the number of months in that invoice period (e.g., if the Subscription Term is 42 months, then there are three Accrual Periods equal to 12 months and one Accrual Period equal to 6 months in such Subscription Term).
Service Credit
In the event Sitecore does not meet a Monthly Uptime Commitment, Customer has the right to claim a Service Credit. In order for Sitecore to consider a claim, Customer must submit the claim by emailing Sitecore at the relevant email address below and citing the applicable invoice number the Service Credit is claimed against. The Service Credit shall be deemed waived unless Sitecore receives the foregoing email request claiming a Service Credit within ten (10) days of the end of the Applicable Monthly Period.
Europe, Middle East, Africa: AR-EMEA@sitecore.net
Asia Pacific and Australia: APACAR@sitecore.net
United States and Canada: AR-americas@sitecore.com
Sitecore will evaluate all information reasonably available to it and make a good faith determination of whether any Service Credit is owed. Customer must be in compliance with the Agreement and current on all payments at the time the reported Service Credit occurred in order to be eligible for a Service Credit. If Sitecore determines that a Service Credit is owed to Customer, Sitecore will apply such Service Credit to any future payment of Fees occurring after the Accrual Period in which the Service Credit was earned.
Service Credits will be limited to 20% of the Fees paid in each Accrual Period. Service Credits are Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy for any availability issues with the Hosted Services, and will not entitle Customer to any refund or other payment from Sitecore. Customer may not unilaterally offset its Fees for any availability issues.
Limitations
This SLA and any applicable Service Levels do not apply to any availability issues:
- Due to factors outside Sitecore’s reasonable control, including, without limitation, force majeure events (as defined in the Agreement) and network, Internet, or other access or availability problems beyond the demarcation point of Sitecore;
- That result from Customer’s unauthorized access, action or inaction;
- That result from Customer’s failure to properly configure system components, modify its use as advised by Sitecore, comply with the Documentation, or follow the Sitecore Usage Policy;
- Due to Customer’s overburdening or impairing of the Hosted Services;
- With respect to features or functionality marked as “beta” in the Order and/or Documentation**;
- Regarding Non-Production Usage (where applicable to Hosted Services under an Order and as defined therein);
- Due to a fault in Customer’s input or actions to, or customization(s) of, the Hosted Services environment;
- That result from the provision of Support, including any actions arising out of Support as requested or performed by Customer;
- That result from customization or configuration of the Software;
- That result from any additional components outside of the applicable Configuration Detail (as set forth in the Order); and
- That fail to materially impact Customer’s actual use of the Hosted Services.
Additionally, upon Sitecore’s request, Customer shall reasonably cooperate with Sitecore in finding solutions to any Downtime that may arise in relation to Customer’s use of the Hosted Services, which shall include providing reasonably detailed descriptions of issues and updates on performance of the Hosted Services.
** At such point in time in which features or functionality marked as “beta” cease to be “beta”, such change in status will be reflected in the Documentation and, where possible, in electronic notice to the Customer.
If Customer purchases Sitecore® Managed Cloud Premium (MCP) Cloud Services, the additional terms and conditions will apply:
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