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© 2007 Avaya Inc. All rights reserved. Avaya – Proprietary & Confidential. Under NDA
Software Support and Hardware Maintenance Software Support and Hardware Maintenance
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The Value in Business Communications Technology Is Clearly Shifting Towards Software…
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Increased end-user effectiveness and empowerment
Tight integration between communication applications and core business processes
Application customization and verticalization
Personalization of end-user applications
Decreasing hardware costs
Increased end-user effectiveness and empowerment
Tight integration between communication applications and core business processes
Application customization and verticalization
Personalization of end-user applications
Decreasing hardware costs
Software is fundamental to Intelligent Communications
“The hardware-centric view of the telephony world today is likely to metamorphosize into a software-centric view over the next decade”
IDC, June 2006
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Why Are Avaya Maintenance Support Offers Changing?
Provide improved investment protection for customers’ critical software applications, together with substantial savings on Software Upgrades
Ensure that your company will have access to Avaya’s future roadmap of technology advancements and application integration capabilities for keeping ahead of your competition – a key benefit for businesses with SIP and SOA environments
Offer customers greater flexibility by providing separate offers for Software Support and Hardware Maintenance
Simplify offer structure to make it easier to understand and purchase
Provide a consistent percentage based approach to pricing across all Avaya Applications
Ensure global availability of Software Support Options with same deliverables with percentage based pricing
Provide improved investment protection for customers’ critical software applications, together with substantial savings on Software Upgrades
Ensure that your company will have access to Avaya’s future roadmap of technology advancements and application integration capabilities for keeping ahead of your competition – a key benefit for businesses with SIP and SOA environments
Offer customers greater flexibility by providing separate offers for Software Support and Hardware Maintenance
Simplify offer structure to make it easier to understand and purchase
Provide a consistent percentage based approach to pricing across all Avaya Applications
Ensure global availability of Software Support Options with same deliverables with percentage based pricing
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IP Support Services provides support for converged environments to isolate problems
Software Release Management provides proactive support in maintaining solutions on the latest updates
Enhanced Remote Services provides premium level support for technical and agency single point of contact
Software Support from Avaya includes 24x7 remote supportof all Avaya software solutions available on 1 to 5 year terms
Software Support Plus Upgrades includes a 3, 4 or 5 -year upgrade subscription
Hardware Maintenance provides proactive and preventive alarming and 99% remote resolution for system generated alarms
Support for SoftwareSupport for Software
Support for Overall NetworkSupport for Overall Network
Management of Complex Environments
Management of Complex Environments
Migration Services provides complete management and services integration of migrations from TDM to IP
Ongoing Management for customers with large, diverse and complex environments
Services Continuum for Ongoing SupportHolistic and Flexible Support Options
Focus of Today’s Discussion
Focus of Today’s Discussion
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The New Maintenance Offers Unbundle Software and Hardware Support
Traditional Approach
Full Coverage
Remote + Parts
Remote-only
Maintenance Assist
Time & Materials
NewSimplified Approach
Software-focusedSupport
Hardware-focusedSupport
Hardware and Software Coverage Bundled
Inconsistent Globally and by Channel
SW Support + Upgrades
SW Support
On-site HW Labor / Parts 8x5
Remote HW 24x7 + APR Parts
Remote HW Support 24x7
Proactive IP Support Service (IPSS)
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Hardware and Software Coverage Unbundled
Globally consistent; supports all Channels
Proactive IP Support as key overlay for full converged network coverage
SW Support + Upgrades+ IP Support
Services
Remote HW 8x5 + APR Parts
On-site HW Labor / Parts 24x7
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Avaya Software Support Offer includes:
Expert 24x7 Remote Support for Major Software Problems – eliminating unanticipated out-of-hours troubleshooting expense
Minor software releases, security and service pack updates to keep voice systems secure, available and reliable
Easy web-based access to Troubleshooting Guides, Documentation, Status Updates, Discussion Forums, etc.
Avaya Software Support Options
By adding Avaya Software Support Plus Upgrades, your business will also receive:
All major releases for the covered software application for the length of your contract (3,4, or 5 years) – ensuring that your business is benefiting from the latest enhancements in application feature functionality as well as substantial cost savings
– Major upgrades for Communication Manager (CM), Call Center (CC) and Unified Communications (UC) are typically released every 12 to 18 months
Prepay options for full or annual and Quarterly billing are available to accommodate your business planning cycles.
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Avaya Hardware Maintenance Support Options
Avaya Remote Hardware Maintenance Support offers your business:
All system firmware upgrades
24x7 Remote Technical and Helpline Support for major troubles
EXPERT SystemsSM monitoring, diagnostics and resolution for your voice network hardware elements
Remote Hardware Support with Advance Replacement Parts ensures hardware replacement parts are delivered the next business day
On-Site Hardware Maintenance offers direct technician support at your company’s locations on a 8x5 or 24x7 basis
“Business leaders tell us that while reducing operational expense is always a welcome benefit, the ultimate measure of value from maintenance support is ensuring total communications availability. Avaya’s combination of software and hardware support backed by EXPERT Systems represents a ‘Gold Standard of Protection’ in the industry.”
- Bruce Clark, Partner, Intellicom Analytics
“Business leaders tell us that while reducing operational expense is always a welcome benefit, the ultimate measure of value from maintenance support is ensuring total communications availability. Avaya’s combination of software and hardware support backed by EXPERT Systems represents a ‘Gold Standard of Protection’ in the industry.”
- Bruce Clark, Partner, Intellicom Analytics
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Resolution of service issues for voice including diagnostics and remediationFault Resolution
Isolation and confirmation of fault events for voiceFault Isolation
Notification within 15 minutes for service affecting issuesService Level Objectives
IP Telephony platform alerts for potential security risksSecurity Monitoring
Correlation and validation of events for voice and multi-vendor dataFault Detection
- Continuous measurement of performance parameters for voice and multi-vendor data
- Measurement of voice traffic for QoS Performance Monitoring
Formal alert of service affecting issues Notification
- Activity summary including average time to resolve (Monthly)
- Customer web portalReporting
24 x 7 real-time monitoring of the converged network including voice and multi-vendor data
Continuous Monitoring of the Converged Network
Direct toll free access to designated IP Telephony support team IP Telephony Service Desk
Proactive IP Support Services (IPSS)Enables Continuous Network Availability, Reliability, QoS and Security
Service Benefits
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Avaya Software Support and Hardware MaintenanceA Summary of Business Benefits
Reduce risk of outage-related revenue and productivity loss
Ensure that your business has immediate access to all key network security enhancements
Reduce risk - don’t force your customers to goto the competitor dueto lack of availability or poor network performance
Upgrade protectionand future-proofing with upgrade subscription
Access latest patches and fixes
Leverage Avaya’s best-in-class tools like InSITE Knowledge Management and the IPSS Customer Portal
Peak Performanceand Availability
Access Latest Featuresand Functionality
Reduce Total Costof Ownership
Save on upgrade costs
Eliminate budget uncertainty associated with unexpected time and materials support
Lower/eliminate in-house investment for monitoring, diagnostic and restoration tools and specialists
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End of Sale
End of Sale: Product Management makes this announcement defining the date after which the product will no longer be available for new sales.
End of Manufacturer Support: The date after which particular support elements will no longer be available from the manufacturer. Product Management makes the announcement for Avaya products sometime after End of Sale. (The manufacturers of multi-vendor products maintained by Avaya make this announcement for their products.) The support elements that may not be provided at End of Manufacturer Support include, but are not limited to:
– Parts will no longer be manufactured, or made available for system additions or Per Incident material replacement. At this time, all existing Avaya spare parts inventories will be reserved and managed to support only customers with Avaya maintenance agreements.
– From a “Service Support” perspective, End of Manufacturer Support has these two affects:
– 1. Per Incident materials support for non-contract customers will no longer be available, as we will be supporting only customers with Avaya maintenance agreements.
– 2. Products eligible for Extended Support will remain eligible for coverage under an Avaya maintenance agreement, subject to the terms and limitations of Extended Support.
Extended Support.
– All Tier IV R&D Product Developer Support and going-forward maintenance updates (e.g., Product Correction Notices [PCNs], “bug fixes,” and interoperability/usability solutions) will no longer be provided. From a maintenance perspective, this change means certain complex troubles that may previously have gone to Tier IV support may not be resolvable. It also means Avaya will not generate new PCNs to resolve systemic issues
End of Manufacturer Support Extended Support
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Stages of Maintenance and Product Offer Lifecycle
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