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Premier Support Offerings prior to April 1, 2009

BMC Premier Support Service Levels and Features

BMC Premier Support

Feature

Express

Managed

Advanced

Complete

Service Level Agreement
S1=1 clock hour
S2=4 business hours
S3=8 business hours
S4=12 business hours
S1=1 clock hour
S2=4 business hours
S3=8 business hours
S4=12 business hours
S1=1 clock hour
S2=1 business hour
S3=1 business hour
S4=1 business hour
S1=1 clock hour
S2=1 business hour
S3=1 business hour
S4=1 business hour
Shared Account Management:
(Shared Managers have an average of 4 accounts and a maximum of 5)

Shared
(12-14 Accounts)

Shared
(4-5 Accounts)

Shared
(4-5 Accounts)

Shared
(4-5 Accounts)

Customer Support Engineer:
Assigned to customer

Assigned Engineer

None

Assigned Engineer

Up to 3 accounts

Designated Engineer

Site Visits:
Visit to customer site to provide account status, support, and strategic planning

1 (Annually)

2 (Semi-Annual)

4 (Quarterly)

Up to 7 site visits per year

Conference Calls:
Strengthen customer relationship by becoming a "virtual" extension of your staff

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly or As Needed

Customer Contacts:
To maximize security and minimize confusion a limited number of customer contacts are authorized to engage with BMC support

3
(2 Technical Contacts, 1 Manager)

3
(2 Technical Contacts, 1 Manager)

4
(3 Technical Contacts, 1 Manager)

5
(4 Technical Contacts, 1 Manager)

System Mock-up:
System Mock up Lab environment provided for testing customer application support related issues. (Remedy Only)

None

None

(Not to exceed
$10,000)
(Not to exceed
$20,000)
Training:
Classes available at any worldwide BMC Training Center

None

$3,000 Credit
(Valid for 12 Months)

$6,000 Credit
(Valid for 12 Months)

$12,000 Credit
(Valid for 12 Months)

Annual Environment Check:
Analysis of overall application performance, functionality, and optimization recommendations (Remedy Only)

None

None

Performed by assigned Engineer
for Remedy Installations only

Performed by designated Engineer
for Remedy Installations only

Business runs on IT. IT runs on BMC Software.