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YOU MAY NOT ACCESS THE SERVICES IF YOU ARE OUR COMPETITOR, EXCEPT WITH OUR PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT. IN ADDITION, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS THE SERVICES FOR PURPOSES OF BENCHMARKING OR OTHER COMPETITIVE PURPOSES.
EXHIBIT II
Support Service Level Requirements
Severity Level 1
Definition: The Cloud Services are unavailable or degraded to a degree where the service is substantially unusable or a non-dealership issue prevents You from using the Cloud Services to execute Critical Business Functions.
For purposes of this Agreement, “Critical Business Functions” means the following only:
- Selling a car;
- Writing a repair order estimate;
- Selling a part;
- Providing vehicle service at the service lane;
- Actions related to month-end close;
- Scheduling an appointment.
Our Response Commitment: We will respond within thirty (30) minutes of receipt of case and shall remain accessible for troubleshooting from the time a Severity 1 issue is logged until such time as it is Resolved.
Resolution: We will work to resolve the problem until the Cloud Service is returned to normal operation. You will be notified of status changes.
Escalation: If the problem has not been resolved within one (1) hour, We will escalate the problem to Our appropriate internal team. The escalated problem will have higher priority than ongoing support, development or operations initiatives.
Your Response Commitment: You shall remain accessible for troubleshooting from the time a Severity 1 issue is logged until such time as it is resolved. If the issue is not resolvable solely due to Your availability, the downtime will cease to count towards "Availability".
Severity Level 2
Definition: The Cloud Services contain an issue that prevents You from executing one or more Critical Business Functions (defined above) and a workaround exists but is not optimal.
Our Response Commitment: We will respond within one (1) hour of receipt of case and shall remain accessible for troubleshooting from the time a Severity 2 issue is logged until such time as it is resolved.
Resolution: We will work to resolve the problem until the Cloud Service is returned to normal operation. You will be notified of status changes.
Escalation: If the problem has not been resolved within four (4) hours, You may request that We escalate the problem to Our appropriate internal team where the escalated problem will have higher priority than ongoing development or operations initiatives.
Your Response Commitment: You shall remain accessible for troubleshooting from the time a Severity 2 issue is logged until such time as it is resolved.
Severity Level 3
Definition: The Cloud Services contain an issue that may disrupt non-Critical Business Functions and a workaround is not available. to the dealership.
Our Response Commitment: We will respond within four (4) hours of receipt of case.
Resolution: We will work to resolve the problem until the Cloud Service is returned to normal operation. You will be notified of status changes.
Escalation: If progress is not being made Your satisfaction, You may request that We escalate the problem to Our appropriate internal team.
Your Response Commitment: You will respond to Our requests for additional information and implement recommended solutions in a timely manner.
Severity Level 4
Definition: The Cloud Services contain an issue that may disrupt non-Critical Business Functions and a workaround is available to the dealership but is not optimal.
Our Response Commitment: We will respond within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of case.
Resolution: If resolution requires Us to do an issue fix, We will add the issue fix to Our development queue for future updates and suggest potential workarounds until the problem is resolved in a future update. You will be notified of status changes.
Escalation: If progress is not being made Your satisfaction, You may request that We escalate the problem to Our appropriate internal team.
Your Response Commitment: You will respond to Our requests for additional information and implement recommended solutions in a timely manner.
Severity Level 5
Definition: Non-system issues such as named support contact change, configuration questions, new feature requests, existing feature modification requests or understanding of a functionality.
Our Response Commitment: We will respond within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of the case.
Resolution Commitment: We will respond to the request. You will be notified of status changes.
Escalation: If progress is not being made Your satisfaction, You may request that We escalate the problem to Our appropriate internal team.
Your Response Commitment: You will respond to Our requests for additional information and implement recommended solutions in a timely manner.
Severity Level Determination: You shall reasonably self-diagnose each support issue and recommend to Us an appropriate Severity Level designation. We shall validate Your Severity Level designation or notify You of a proposed change in the Severity Level designation to a higher or lower level with justification for the proposal. In the event of a conflict regarding the appropriate Severity Level designation, each party shall promptly escalate such conflict to its management team for resolution through consultation between the parties' management, during which time the parties shall continue to handle the support issue in accordance with Our Severity Level designation. In the rare case a conflict requires a management discussion, both parties shall be available within one hour of the escalation.