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DuLaw Service Level Commitments and Support Services
Last Modified: 11/05/2022 14:11
Exhibit A
Dudumizi Service Level Commitments and Support Services
Commencing on the date the Service to the Subscriber commences (the “Subscription Term”), Dudumizi will provide Service Level Commitments (“SLC”) Credits (defined in Section 3 below) and Support Services in accordance with the SLC and Support Services Terms as defined herein. In the event of any conflict between the Agreement and the Service Level Commitment and Support Services Terms, the SLC and Support Services Terms will prevail. The SLC and Support Services incorporate the definitions set forth in Section 1 of the Dulaw User License Agreement.
1. Exhibit Definitions
“Subscriber Core Group” means Subscriber’s employees who have been trained on the Service and who are familiar with Subscriber’s business practices.
“Subscriber User Community” means all users who input, extract or view data in the Service, including all Registered Clients.
“Downtime” means any period, greater than ten minutes, within the Scheduled Available Time during which the Subscriber is unable to access or use the Service because of an Error (as defined below), excluding (i) any such period that occurs during any Scheduled Downtime and/or Recurring Downtime (as defined below), or (ii) document preview, search, FTP or sync functions of the Service.
“Error(s)” means the material failure of the Service to conform to its published functional specifications.
“Procedural Issues” means those issues that are to be addressed by Subscriber through adjustment of a specific business process to accomplish work in the Service.
“Recurring Downtime” means 4 hours per month on the third Saturday of the month from 12:00 A.M. to 4:00 A.M. EAT.
“Request” means a modification to the Service outside of the scope of the functional specifications.
“Scheduled Available Time” means 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
“Scheduled Downtime” means the time period identified by Dudumizi in which it intends to perform any planned upgrades and/or maintenance on the Service or related systems and any overrun beyond the planned completion time.
“Uptime Percentage” means the total number of minutes of Scheduled Available Time for a calendar month minus the number of minutes of Downtime suffered in such calendar month, divided by the total number of minutes of Scheduled Available Time in such calendar month. Uptime Percentage will be calculated by Dudumizi solely using records and tools available to Dudumizi.
“User Administration Support” means issues that impact the usability of the Service and are addressable through the adjustment of Registered Client’s access privileges, processes or procedures.
2. Scope of Service Level Commitments
Dudumizi’s obligations do not extend to Errors or other issues caused by:
- any modification of the Service made by any person other than Dudumizi;
- any third-party hardware or software used by Subscriber or any Registered Clients except as otherwise provided in the then current Documentation;
- the improper operation of the Service by Subscriber or Registered Clients;
- the accidental or deliberate damage to, or intrusion or interference with the Service;
- the use of the Service other than in accordance with any user Documentation or the reasonable instructions of Dudumizi;
- ongoing test or training instances of the Service provided to Subscriber; or
- services, circumstances or events beyond the reasonable control of Dudumizi, including, without limitation, any force majeure events, the performance and/or availability of local ISPs employed by Subscriber, or any network beyond the demarcation or control of Dudumizi.
3. Scheduled Downtime and Guaranteed Uptime
Dudumizi will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide at least 24 hours’ prior notice before undertaking any Scheduled Downtime. Commencing on the effective date of the applicable Subscription Term, in the event the Service experiences an Uptime Percentage of less than 99.9% in any calendar month.
Dudumizi reserves the right to temporarily suspend Subscriber’s or a Registered Client’s access to the Clio Service as set out in the User License Agreement. Any such suspensions based on repairs, technical problems, outages or maintenance services will be subject to the Service Level Commitments.
5. Support Services
Dudumizi will provide support services to assist Subscriber in resolving Errors (“Support Services”). Support Services do not include (a) physical installation or removal of the API and any Documentation; (b) visits to Subscriber’s site; (c) any electrical, mechanical or other work with hardware, accessories or other devices associated with the use of the Service; (d) any work with any third party equipment, software or services; (e) any professional services (“Professional Services”) associated with the Service, including, without limitation, any custom development, or data modeling.
Dudumizi will provide email, online support ticketing and/or phone support, excluding Dudumizi corporate holidays and national Tanzania holidays except where noted.