Contract
Exhibit
10.30
Confidential
treatment has been requested for portions of this exhibit. The copy filed
herewith omits the information subject to the confidentiality request. Omissions
are designated as *. A complete version of this exhibit has been filed
separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
MASTER
SERVICES AGREEMENT - No. AC000032509
This
Master Services Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into by and between the
following Parties:
Customer: Answers
Corporation C7
Data Centers, Inc.
Address: 000
Xxxx 00xx
Xxxxxx 357
South 000 Xxxx
Xxxxx
0000 Xxxxx
000
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000 Xxxxxx,
Xxxx 00000
Phone: 000-000-0000 000-000-0000
Fax: 000-000-0000 000-000-0000
AGREEMENT
C7 Data
Centers, Inc. (“C7”) is engaged in the business of providing colocation, hosting
and managed services, together with other services as mutually agreed, to others
(collectively the “Services,” as further defined herein). The
Services enable the Customer to monitor and manage its assets (e.g.,
applications, databases, servers, routers, IT devices, non-IT devices and/or
other networkable assets of Customer) located at C7’s data centers, to manage
third party services, and to access reliable Internet colocation and hosting
services. Customer hereby engages C7 to perform the Services as fully
described in one or more Statements of Work and in accordance with this
Agreement. The Parties agree to the following Terms and
Conditions.
TERMS
AND CONDITIONS
1.0 Services
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1.1
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Summary of
Services. C7 will provide the Services to Customer as
described below and in the applicable SOW(s) (see Section
1.3). The Services include the
following:
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(a)
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Colocation
Services. Colocation services for web sites,
Internet-based applications, including facilities, “ping, power and pipe”
and other customary services.
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(b)
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Monitoring and
Management. Infrastructure, services, and tools that enable the
Customer to monitor and manage certain “Managed Assets” identified in an
applicable SOW. Customer will access reports and other
pertinent information through a web browser. The applicable SOW
will include further descriptions of the Services as required by Customer.
C7 may, at C7’s expense and with Customer’s prior written approval,
replace or use different hardware, computer programs, databases, policies,
and means.
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(c)
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Smart
Hands. C7 will provide Customer ongoing “smart hands” support, at rates
set forth in any SOW, which shall include, among other remote support
services:
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Pushing
buttons, toggling switches
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Securing
cables to connections
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Rebooting
or power cycling equipment
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Basic
observation and reporting on
environment
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Relaying
information from equipment status
indicators
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Moving,
securing or terminating cables
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Providing
visual verification to assist
troubleshooting
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Adding,
removing, or verifying demarcation
labels
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Labeling
or taking digital photos
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Reading
serial numbers on equipment
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Replacing
or verifying integrity of cross
connects
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Plugging
in console port for remote
management
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Installing
equipment components, including opening servers to add/replace RAM
(memory)
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Inserting
and replacing removable media
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Equipment
installation and basic configuration, including attaching power and
network cables to newly installed
hardware
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Basic
patch and power cable installation and
reconfiguration
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Shipping
and handling incoming hardware and RMA
equipment
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Unpacking,
racking and labeling delivered servers, network equipment, and tasks of
similar nature
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Assisting
with relocating or movement of
equipment
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Replacing
hot-swap HDDs & power supplies
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1.2
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Other
Services. C7 may provide other services to Customer if
and as such other services are described in an SOW (see Section
1.3). Other services including but not limited to those listed
below shall also be governed by this Agreement as
“Services.”
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Server
Administration
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Managed
Firewall Services
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Network
Administration
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Network
Monitoring
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Disaster
Recovery
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Managed
Backup Services
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Managed
Web Services
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Virtualization
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Managed
SAN Services
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Smart
Hands
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1.3
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Statements of
Work. From time to time, the Parties may enter into one
or more Statements of Work (“SOW’s” or “SOW”). To be binding on
the parties, an SOW must be in writing and signed by both
parties. Each SOW will be tied to this
Agreement.
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Any
mutually acceptable other terms and conditions may be included by the parties in
the SOW. The parties may agree to include other appendices or
provisions in the SOW. Each SOW will be governed by the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. In the event of a conflict precedence
shall first be given to the applicable SOW, then to this Agreement.
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1.4
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Services and
Resources. “Services” shall mean the services to be
performed by C7 as described in the Section 1.0 SERVICES or elsewhere in
the SOW. C7 shall perform the Services for Customer and will
use the Resources (see Section 1.5), as applicable, in performing
Services.
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1.5
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Resources. “Resources”
shall mean the hardware, software, policies, and other resources, if any,
identified in Section 1.0 of the SOW. Unless expressly stated
otherwise in the SOW, all Resources provided by C7 are owned by C7, and
all Resources provided by Customer are owned by Customer. In
the case of Resources in the form of software licenses, ownership by C7
means that C7 holds and controls the license granted by the software
licensor. If the SOW indicates that certain Resources are to be
provided by Customer, then Customer shall provide such Resources to C7 for
purposes of the Services. C7 shall be responsible for
maintenance of all Resources owned by C7. Unless otherwise stated in the
SOW, Customer shall be responsible for maintenance of all Resources not
owned by C7. C7’s Resources are not dedicated exclusively to
the Services or Customer unless expressly indicated in the
SOW. Subject to C7’s obligation to provide the Services set
forth in the Agreement and any SOWs executed hereunder, the parties
acknowledge and agree that C7 retains title to all Resources provided by
C7 and that Customer may not pledge or grant a security interest in the
Resources, or otherwise use the Resources as collateral with respect to
any lease, land or other financial relationship. C7 expressly acknowledges
and agrees that Customer retains title to all Resources provided by
Customer and that C7 may not pledge or grant a security interest in the
Resources, or otherwise use the Resources as collateral with respect to
any lease, land or other financial relationship. It is
understood that the level of Services is based on the assumptions and
estimates stated in each SOW. If actual loads, traffic, demands
or other circumstances are not within such assumptions and estimates, then
additional or changed Resources may be required and an amended SOW
pursuant to Section 1.7 below may be
required.
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1.6
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Justification
of Resources and IP Addresses
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C7
reserves the right to request justification of IP address usage from
Customer. Possible justification questions and requests could include the
following:
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What
products and services does your organization
provide?
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How
many IP addresses are you currently using on your
network?
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How
many new hosts will you be numbering in the next 12
months?
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Please
provide a numbering topology and accounting for the IP addresses in use in
your network today.
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1.7
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Responsibilities. If
and to the extent that the SOW attributes or assigns any responsibility,
task, deliverable or obligation to Customer or a third party (“Non-C7
Obligations”), then Customer or the third party shall be responsible for
such Non-C7 Obligations, not C7. C7’s obligations are subject
to the performance and delivery of Non-C7 Obligations, provided, however, that
in the event any C7 obligation is unrelated to a Non-C7 Obligation and
requires fulfillment and/or performance on the part of C7 regardless of
whether any Non-C7 Obligation was fulfilled and/or performed, by a
standard of reasonableness, then, such C7 Obligation shall not be subject
to any Non-C7 Obligation.
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1.8
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SOW
Amendments. If the Parties desire to amend an SOW, they
may do so, but such amendment will only be effective following the
execution of a written amended SOW by both Parties. An
amendment may include additions or changes to Services, Resources,
payments and/or other provisions. If Customer desires
that Services be changed, then Customer will submit a request for such
change in the form of a written change order. C7 will respond
in writing to Customer within five (5) business days of each submitted
change order request either accepting or denying the change
order. If the change is accepted by C7, then C7 will prepare an
amendment to the SOW specifying the additions or changes to the Services,
Resources, payments and/or other provisions, as the case may be as well as
any additional fees, charges and expenses resulting from the change order,
if any.
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1.9
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Cooperation. Each Party
shall make promptly available to the other such information, assistance
and cooperation as such other Party may reasonably request in performing
its obligations under this Agreement; provided that in the event such
information is considered to be confidential, such information shall be
provided under the protection of a mutual non-disclosure agreement, a copy
of which is attached hereto and incorporated into this
agreement.
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1.10
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Contact Persons and Notices;
Escalation Path. See Section 4.0 of the SOW. C7 agrees
that Customer shall have a dedicated C7 Account Manager, the details of
whom appear in Section 4.0 of the SOW, serving as a single point of
contact for Customer. C7 shall at all times maintain an “escalation path”
for unresolved issues related to the Services, with names, contact
numbers and relevant escalation times, which current escalation path is
set forth in Section 4.0 of the
SOW.
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1.11
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Time
Schedules. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE TO THIS AGREEMENT AND
EACH SOW.
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1.12
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Nature of
Agreement. Customer acknowledges that this is a services
agreement, not a lease of any real
property.
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2.0
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Third
Party Software
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Third party software will be operated
and used by C7 to enable and facilitate the performance of Services. Support for
such third party software is guaranteed by C7; and if, for whatever reason, the
parties learn that any third party software can not be used to enable and
facilitate the performance of the Services, C7 agrees to promptly replace such
third party software, at its own expense.
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3.0
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Maintenance
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3.1
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Maintenance. C7
shall be responsible for maintenance of its facilities and infrastructure,
and Customer shall reasonably cooperate therewith. All
decisions concerning maintenance window notifications shall be made in
coordination with Customer, with no less than five (5) business days
advance written notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, C7 agrees to
provide Customer, promptly following the execution of this Agreement, a
copy of C7’s current maintenance schedule, and to regularly provide
Customer with updates to such maintenance schedule, no less than thirty
(30) days in advance of changes to the maintenance
schedule.
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3.2
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Support. Any
support by C7 of Customer shall be described in the applicable SOW and
shall be considered an integral component of the
Services.
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4.0
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Payments
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4.1
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Fees. In consideration
of the Services, Customer shall pay to C7 the fees and other charges set
forth in the Payment Schedule of the applicable SOW. Payment of
these fees and other charges entitles Customer to the Services specified
in the applicable SOW. All payments are due within thirty (30)
days of Customer’s receipt of C7’s invoice detailing the Services
rendered.
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4.2
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Expenses. In addition to
these fees, Customer shall reimburse C7 for reasonable and necessary costs
and expenses (including any travel, lodging and meals) incurred by C7 in
its performance of the Services at Customer’s request. Any such
expenses must be approved by Customer in advance, in
writing.
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4.3
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Taxes. C7 and Customer
will responsible for payment of any sales, use and other taxes or
government assessments or duties that apply to their respective companies
as required by law.
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4.4
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Late
Payments. Any payments paid by Customer more than ten
(10) days after their due date (“late payments”) shall be subject to a
finance charge of 1% per month until paid in full. However, the
finance charge shall not exceed the maximum rate or amount, if any,
allowed by applicable law.
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4A. Copyright
and Website Ownership
Customer shall retain all right,
title and interest (including without limitations copyright and other
proprietary or intellectual property rights) in its websites including the
content on the websites and all legally protectable elements, derivative works,
modifications and enhancements thereof. To the extent that ownership of the
websites’ content does not automatically vest in Customer, C7 agrees to transfer
and assign to Customer all right, title and interest in the websites’ content
and protectable elements or derivative works thereof. C7 shall not sell or
otherwise transfer, reproduce or use the websites’ content for any purpose
except to provide the services hereunder. For avoidance of doubt, any
intellectual property right and/or invention in the possession of either party
prior to the execution of this Agreement shall remain in the ownership of such
party and the other party shall not acquire any right in such rights and/or
inventions, unless otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement.
5.0 Unauthorized
Access and Non-Solicitation
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5.1
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Unauthorized Access and
Improper Purposes. C7’s policy titled “Acceptable Use
Policy”, as published on its website at the following address:
xxxx://xxx.x0xx.xxx/xxxxxxx/Xxxxxxxxx/Xxxxxxxxxx%00Xxx%00Xxxxxx.xxx (the
Policy”), is incorporated into this Agreement, provided, however, that
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in such Policy, C7
agrees that: (i) C7 may NOT assign its rights
and duties under the terms of the Policy to any party without Customer’s
prior written consent; and (ii) C7’s right to modify the Policy without
Customer’s consent shall be subject to (a) C7 notifying Customer of any
Policy modification at least fifteen (15) business days prior to the
effectiveness of such modification; and (b) Customer’s right to terminate
the Agreement and any applicable SOW then in effect, notwithstanding any
terms and/or conditions affecting rights of termination and without
penalty and/or termination fee.
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5.2
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Non-solicitation. During
the term of this Agreement and for a period of one (1) year after
termination, neither Party shall solicit the employment of any employee of
the other Party or knowingly induce any employee, independent contractor
or consultant of the other party to terminate or breach an employment,
contractual or other relationship with the other Party. This
Section 5.2 does not prohibit a Party from hiring the other Party’s
employee if the other Party’s employee first initiated discussions
concerning employment. This Section 5.2 does not prohibit any
general solicitation of employment or services in newspapers or other
publications, on the Internet, or otherwise, where such general
solicitation is not specifically directed at the other Party’s
employees.
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6.0
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Indemnities,
Warranty and Disclaimers
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6.1
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Intellectual Property
Indemnification. In the event that any Services infringe
any patent, copyright, trade secret or trademark or any other intellectual
property right of a third party not affiliated with Customer, and such
third party asserts a claim of such infringement against Customer, then C7
shall indemnify, defend and hold Customer, and its officers, directors,
employees, agents and contractors harmless against and from any and all
such claims, and shall pay any and all damages, including without
limitation Customer’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and litigation costs ,
and shall pay any settlement of such claim, provided that: (i)
Customer promptly gives notice to C7 of such claim, (ii) Customer allows
C7 to control the defense and settlement of such claim, provided that
Customer may, with its own counsel and at its own expense, participate in
defense of the claim and (iii) Customer fully cooperates with C7 in
connection with the defense and/or any settlement of such claim, all at
C7’s expenses. C7 shall not be obligated or liable for any
infringement based upon or caused by: (a) anything provided by Customer,
or (b), any specifications, instructions or requirements provided directly
by Customer, or (c) the laws of any country or jurisdiction other than the
United States of America or its
states.
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6.2
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Services
Warranty. C7 represents and warrants that C7 is free to
enter into this Agreement and that C7 is under no disability, restriction,
or prohibition that will interfere in any manner with C7’s full compliance
with and performance under this Agreement. C7 warrants that Services will
be of good quality and to the reasonable satisfaction of Customer and that
the Services will be performed in a professional and workmanlike manner
with high quality using sufficiently competent personnel. C7 also warrants
and represents that no Services provided to the Customer hereunder will
infringe or violate any right of any person or firm and that Customer may
exploit such Services provided hereunder without liability or obligation
to any person or firm. C7 further warrants that it will be liable for any
equipment loss and/or personal injury suffered by Customer resulting from
willful misconduct or from negligent acts or omissions by C7 or by its
representative(s) or designees;
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6.3
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Disclaimer. C7 MAKES NO WARRANTIES,
REPRESENTATIONS OR PROMISES NOT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS
AGREEMENT. C7 DISCLAIMS AND EXCLUDES ANY AND ALL IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
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6.4
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Limitation on
Liability. EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO
LIABILITY FOR INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR BREACH OF
CONFIDENTIALITY PURSUANT TO SECTION 1.9, AND EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO A
FAILURE OF THE FACILITY AND/OR THE NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF C7,
ITS EMPLOYEES, AUTHORIZED AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES, ARRISING OR GROWING
OUT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO
THE OTHER PARTY (REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION OR THE CLAIM E.G.
CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT, MALPRACTICE AND/OR OTHERWISE) FOR INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR FOR ANY LOSS OF REVENUE,
PROFITS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, OR FOR ANY FAILURE TO REALIZE SAVINGS OR
OTHER BENEFITS, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY OF THE
FOREGOING. EXCEPT FOR INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR
A FAILURE OF THE FACILITY, THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF EITHER PARTY
RELATING TO OR ARISING FROM ANY SOW AND FOR ANY AND ALL CAUSES OF ACTION
ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY SOW SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF
FEES ACTUALLY PAID BY CUSTOMER TO C7 UNDER THE APPLICABLE
SOW. C7 IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSS OF USE OF ANY WEB SITE,
INTERNET ACCESS, HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE, LOSS OF DATA, COSTS OF RE-CREATING
LOST DATA, THE COST OF ANY SUBSTITUTE PERFORMANCE, EQUIPMENT OR PROGRAM,
OR CLAIMS BY ANY PARTY OTHER THAN CUSTOMER, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY THEREOF. THIS AGREEMENT, AND THIS SECTION 6 IN
PARTICULAR, DEFINES A MUTUALLY AGREED UPON ALLOCATION OF RISK AND THE FEES
AND OTHER CONSIDERATION HAVE BEEN SET TO REFLECT SUCH
ALLOCATION. THIS SECTION 6.4 SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY TORT
LIABILITY OF EITHER PARTY BASED ON NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT
RESULTING IN PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO TANGIBLE PROPERTY OR PERSONAL INJURY OR
DEATH.
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7.0
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Termination
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7.1
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Term. Termination and
Renewal. The term and termination of each SOW shall be
as stated in the SOW. At the end of the term, the SOW will
automatically renew unless the Customer provides ninety (90) days written
notice to C7 of their desire to terminate the SOW.C7 retains the right to
adjust existing SOW power fees to the CPI, not to exceed 5% annually, at
the time of the SOW renewal.
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7.2 To terminate the
Agreement, Customer must provide C7 with ninety (90) days written notice of
termination (“Termination
Notice Period”), unless otherwise specified in the SOW, the Network SLA
(Exhibit A) or the Facility SLA (Exhibit B). Unless otherwise provided in this
Agreement and/or in the SOW, in case of early termination by
Customer:
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7.3
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Breach. If
either Party breaches an SOW or this Agreement and fails to cure said
breach within twenty (20) days after receiving notice of said
breach from the non-breaching Party, then the non-breaching Party may
terminate the SOW and this Agreement as it applies to the terminated
SOW. This Section shall not limit the relief, remedies and
damages to which the non-breaching Party may be
entitled.
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7.4
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Survival. In
the event of any termination or expiration of an SOW or this Agreement,
the following shall apply: (a) Sections 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 and
all obligations in connection with the Services or to indemnify or hold
harmless shall survive termination and remain in effect; (b)
Termination shall not affect or delay any payment under this Agreement
which would be payable in the absence of termination; (c) Services shall
cease upon termination; and (d) Any and all other proprietary materials or
Resources owned or provided by C7 or its suppliers or licensors shall be
delivered by Customer to C7 in accordance with C7’s reasonable
instructions and at C7’s cost.
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7.5
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Customer Equipment. Upon
termination of this Agreement, Customer shall remove from the data center
all Customer Equipment and shall return the space to C7 in the same
condition it was provided on the original date of installation, normal
wear and tear excepted, pursuant to a time schedule agreed upon by C7 and
Customer, or if no schedule is agreed upon, within ten (10) business days
after the termination date. Before removal of its equipment, Customer
agrees to make payment for any outstanding payments for all monthly
Service Fees and other amounts due to C7. In the event Customer is in
default on any payments owed to C7, it shall only be permitted to remove
Customer Equipment in such a manner that Customer Equipment in at least
the value of any owed payments shall remain in the data center, until all
payments are made and no further amounts are owed to C7. If
Customer fails to comply with this paragraph, Customer shall be
responsible for all damages and costs incurred by C7, and during any
period of holdover.
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If
Customer does not remove the Customer Equipment as required by this Agreement,
C7 may, for a period of six (6) months, charge Customer a storage fee for
storing the Customer Equipment in a C7 or third-party storage area, in
accordance with reasonable storage prices as shall be applicable from time to
time. C7 shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused to Customer or its
Customer Equipment or other property resulting from such removal and
storage. If Customer does not remove its Customer Equipment within
120 days after the end of the Term, C7 may sell the Customer Equipment at public
or private sale. The proceeds of such sale shall be applied to costs
and to any amounts owing by Customer to C7, and any damages incurred by C7, and
the balance, if any, shall be paid to Customer.
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8.0
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General
Provisions
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8.1
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Assignment and
Successors. This Agreement is not assignable or
transferable without the prior written consent of the non-assigning party,
which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, except that this
Agreement may be assigned or transferred, without consent of the
non-assigning, to any third party who acquires all or substantially all of
the assigning party’s assets relating to this
Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
such assignment or transfer may be made by either party in connection with
any reorganization, consolidation, acquisition, sale, or merger of or by
that party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event C7 notifies
Customer of its assignment of this Agreement and any SOW to any third
party pursuant to the sale of all or substantially all of C7’s assets (via
reorganization, consolidation, acquisition, sale, merger or any other
extraordinary transaction), Customer shall have the right to terminate the
Agreement upon ninety (90) days advance written notice to assignee without
suffering any penalties and/or termination fees
whatsoever.
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8.2
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Governing Law and Forum.
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state of Utah without
giving effect to conflict or choice of law
principles.
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8.3
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Force
Majeure. Neither Party shall be deemed in breach of this
Agreement for any failure to perform an obligation where such failure is
caused by an Act of God, labor dispute or shortage beyond the control of
that Party; provided that such party shall promptly notify the other party
of the event and take all commercially reasonable efforts to cure failure
caused by the event.
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8.4
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Waiver. Any
waiver under this Agreement must be in writing and any waiver of one event
shall not be construed as a waiver of subsequent
events.
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8.5
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Intentionally
Omitted
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8.6
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Construction. This
Agreement (including each SOW) represents the wording selected by the
Parties to define their agreement and no rule of strict construction shall
apply against either Party. This Agreement is written in, and
shall be governed by, the English
language.
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8.7
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Government
Approvals. If any special government approvals, permits,
licenses, or other authorizations are necessary for C7’s performance of
the Services, then C7 shall obtain such approvals, permits, licenses, or
other authorizations at C7’s sole
expense.
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8.8
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Relationship. Neither
Party is the partner, joint venturer, agent or representative of the other
Party. Each Party is an independent
contractor. There is no employment relationship between the
Parties. Neither Party has the authority to make any
representations or warranties or incur any obligations or liabilities on
behalf of the other Party. Neither Party shall make any
representation to a third party inconsistent with this Section
8.8.
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8.9
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Subcontractors. C7
may subcontract Services or responsibilities to subcontractors, but this
shall not excuse C7 from all of its duties and obligations pursuant to
this Agreement and any SOW, including, without limitation, its obligations
(i) to be the single point of contact for the Services and (ii) to ensure
that the Services and C7’s responsibilities are performed in accordance
with this Agreement.
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Entire
Agreement. This Agreement (which includes each
applicable SOW): (i) represents the entire agreement between the Parties
relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, (ii) supersedes all
prior purchase orders, agreements, understandings, representations and
warranties applicable to the subject matter of this Agreement, and (iii)
may only be amended, canceled or rescinded by a writing signed by both
Parties. Any terms or conditions of any purchase order or other
document submitted by either Party in connection with any Services, which
are in addition to, different from or inconsistent with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement are not binding on the Parties and are
ineffective.
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8.11
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Execution. The
persons signing below represent that they are duly authorized to execute
this Agreement for and on behalf of the Party for whom they are
signing.
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8.12
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Jurisdiction and
Venue. The exclusive venue for any judicial action
arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be the state or federal
courts located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the parties hereby consent to
the jurisdiction of said courts and waive any objection that venue in such
courts is inconvenient.
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8.13
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Customer Name and Logo
Usage. Customer grants C7 the right to list Customer’s
name and logo on C7’s website and to place a hyperlink on C7’s website to
Customer’s website, provided it coordinates in writing the usage of any
particular name, logo and/or hyperlink with Customer, in advance. C7 shall
be entitled to provide Customer’s name to potential clients of C7 for the
purpose of reference, provided, however, that C7 shall not publish or
distribute any advertising or promotional material regarding its
relationship with Customer without the prior written consent of
Customer.
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9.
Service Level Agreement
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C7 has
provided this Service Level Agreement (SLA) to guarantee the performance and
availability of your solution. Through built-in redundancy at all levels and
proactive monitoring C7 strives for 100% availability during normal operation
times as defined in this Statement of Work.
a.
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Normal
Operational Times
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Non-compliance
can only occur during normal operational times as agreed upon between C7 and the
Customer. In addition, the following items are excluded from normal operational
times:
·
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Issues
associated with non-certified Customer provided hardware, software and
other equipment; Issues associated with Customer provided or Customer
leased local area networks or ISP
connections.
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·
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Use
of unapproved or modified hardware or
software.
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·
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Issues
arising from the use of the solution by the Customer, its employees,
agents, or contractors, in ways not agreed upon in this
document.
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·
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Repair
times coordinated in advance between C7 and the
Customer.
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·
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Scheduled
maintenance times.
|
·
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Normal
business hours are 6:00am to 6:00pm Monday through Friday excluding
holidays.
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b.
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Uptime
Guarantee
|
C7
strives for “true SLA” which is a goal of 100% availability. C7 achieves this
level of compliance through redundant services and the proactive monitoring of
the solution.
C7
guarantees a minimum facility availability of 99.99% on a 24x7x365 basis except
for scheduled maintenance. Availability will be calculated monthly using the
following formula. Actual Minutes of Facility Availability during the
month / Total Minutes of Availability during the month x 100 shall equal the
Percent of Availability.
Should
the monthly availability fall below the agreed to 99.99% for any month, C7 shall
credit the customer the equivalent of 1 (one) day of the Monthly Administration
Cost (see Section 3.1 of this SOW) for each 1%, or part thereof, of the 99.99%
target not met due to a power, cooling or network outage. This SLA is applicable
only to items within C7’s assumed control and to outages outside scheduled
maintenance windows.
c.
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A
& B Legs of Power
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C7 highly
recommends that our customers purchase and use both the A and B legs of power to
provide redundant power to all of their computer equipment. During electrical
equipment maintenance or upgrade windows, or if we experience a hardware failure
somewhere in either leg of power, C7 will not be responsible for downtime for
customer equipment if the customer elects not to implement A & B legs of
redundant power.
The
C7 SLA guarantees 99.99% uptime for customers who deploy redundancy in both
network and power connectivity. The 99.99% SLA does not apply
otherwise.
d.
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Response
Time Guarantee
|
C7
guarantees the Customer the following response times for down systems and
Priority 1 phone requests for service:
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Mountain
Time
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Issue
Acknowledged / Work In Progress
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Prime
Time: Monday thru Friday 6:00am – 6:00pm
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Within
1 hour
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Weekend
Prime: Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays 8:00am – 5:00pm
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Within
2 hours
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Off
Prime: 7 days / Week 6:00pm – 6:00am
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Within
2 hours
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Requests that are a Priority 2 or lower
will be worked as soon as possible.
9.1 Network Service Level Agreement
(“Network SLA”)
This
Network Service Level Agreement (the “SLA”) between C7 and Customer is entered
into pursuant to Master Services Agreement (“Agreement”) between C7 and the
Customer. Capitalized terms used in this Network SLA and not otherwise defined
below shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.
C7
managed network environments will be available on a 7 (day) x 24 (hour) x 365
(day) basis, except for scheduled outages which C7 will inform Customer of it at
least five (5) business days in advance. Such notice to Customer regarding
scheduled outages shall include an estimate as to the expected duration of the
Scheduled Outage.
C7’s
performance levels for managed network availability and latency are as
follows:
LAN
Performance
|
|
Latency
|
Availability
|
<
40 ms
|
>
99.99%
|
WAN
Performance
|
|||
External
Gateway to Internet (Domestic)
|
VPN
(only when provided and managed by C7)
|
Private
Network
(Domestic)
|
|
Latency
|
Latency
|
Latency
|
Avail.
|
<60
ms
|
<100
ms
|
<70
ms
|
>99.99%
|
Any
failure in the network environment that causes a loss of availability (to
Customer or its users), shall be reported by Customer to C7. C7 shall then issue
a trouble ticket and track such failure in order to resolve it. At Customer’s
request such trouble ticket, along with Customer’s own documentation related to
such failure report shall be reviewed and analyzed by C7 and Customer, in order
to jointly determine the source of failure as well as the relevant degree of LAN
and/or WAN Availability/Performance at the time of such failure, for the purpose
of determining whether Customer is eligible for a Service credit.
C7’s
network operations center (NOC) is available 24x7x365 and will respond as
quickly as reasonably possible when it becomes aware of and/or is notified of a
network failure that causes loss of availability to Customer and/or its users:
In the event of a Severe Failure (as defined below), C7 will respond promptly
and begin resolving the failure as quickly as reasonably possible. In any other
event, C7 shall respond within four (4) hours. In any event C7 shall work
diligently and continuously to solve any failure.
A “Severe
Failure”: shall mean any significant problem with usage that materially
diminishes users’ access to the systems or ability to use major features of the
system.
Termination for Chronic
Problems:
The
conditions warranting termination of Services applicable to this Network SLA,
are as follows:
C7’s failure to achieve SLA specified
performance for thirty (30) consecutive days.
Customer
must provide C7 written notice of termination for Chronic Problems and such
termination will be effective upon five (5) business days prior written notice
to C7, without any further liability and/or penalty to Customer, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary within the Agreement or any SOW.
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Emergency Termination
Option:
In the
event that C7 is unable to maintain network availability of greater then
90% for ten (10) consecutive days, Customer shall have the right of
immediate termination without penalty and/or any termination fees whatsoever.
This termination must be in writing and supported by appropriate documentation
of the facility not meeting the minimum 90% availability for ten (10)
consecutive days.
9.2
Facility Availability Service Level Agreement (“Facility SLA”)
This
Facility Availability Service Level Agreement between C7 and Customer is entered
into pursuant to Master Services Agreement (“Agreement”) between C7 and the
Customer. Capitalized terms used in this Facility SLA and not otherwise defined
below shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.
C7 Data
Centers will be available on a 7 (day) x 24 (hour) x 365 (day) basis, except for
scheduled outages which C7 will inform Customer of it at least fifteen (15) days
in advance.
C7 Data
Centers are designed with environmental support system redundancy and managed
environmental system infrastructures that provide for un-interruptible power and
cooling for all components within such C7 Data Center. C7 will continuously
monitor capacity levels for power generation, cooling, and un-interruptible
power supply systems at C7 Data Centers. C7 will, at C7’s expense, upgrade or
improve capacity levels within C7 Data Centers as necessary. Capacity upgrades
will follow the established change management practices described in this
Facility SLA. C7's performance level for Facility Availability is set as 99.99%
available. Availability will be calculated monthly using total actual minutes
available divided by total possible minutes available and shall be reported to
Customer at the end of each month. Availability calculations will exclude
scheduled outages.
The
following Service credits shall apply, as a remedy provision, under this
Facility SLA:
Facility
Availability
|
Service
Credit (%
of Monthly Fee*)
|
99.99%or
greater
|
0%
|
≥99.90%
but <99.99%
|
5%
|
≥99.50%
but <99.90%
|
15%
|
<99
50%
|
25%
|
* based
on C7’s monthly invoice for the month in which the Facility SLA failure
occurred.
Termination for Chronic
Problems:
The
conditions warranting termination of Services applicable to this Facility SLA
are as follows:
C7's failure to achieve SLA specified
performance for thirty (30) consecutive days.
Customer
must provide C7 written notice of termination for Chronic Problems and such
termination will be effective upon five (5) business days written notice to C7,
without any further liability and/or penalty to Customer.
Emergency Termination
Option:
In the
event that C7 is unable to maintain Facility Availability of greater than 50%
for ten (10) consecutive days, Customer shall have the right of immediate
termination without penalty or any further liability. This termination must be
in writing and supported by appropriate documentation of the facility not
meeting the minimum 50% availability for ten (10) consecutive days.
Agreed to
and accepted by:
AUTHORIZED
SIGNATURES
Customer: /s/ Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxxxx C7: /s/ Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
Title: CEO Title:
CEO
Date: 3-31-2009
Date: 3-30-2009
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STATEMENT
OF WORK
This
Statement of Work (“SOW”) is entered into by and between Xxxxxxx.xxx (“Customer”) and
C7 Data Centers, Inc. (“C7”). In the event of any conflict between
this SOW and the C7 Master Service Agreement, this SOW shall
govern.
Installation
Site: C7
Data Centers, Inc. __X__ C7
Data Centers, Inc. ____ C7
Data Centers, Inc.
____
* 000
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxx. 000
X Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxx.
* Xxxxxxxx
X, Xxxxx
0000 Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Xxxxxx, XX
00000 Xxxx,
XX 00000
1.0 Services
1.1 Hardware and
Software
|
a.
|
C7
is responsible for supplying * in the C7 Data Center designated
above.
|
|
b.
|
Customer
is responsible for supplying any and all hardware and software that may be
required to configure and certify this system ready for production unless
otherwise specified by Customer. By providing these licenses,
Customer certifies it is legally compliant with all licensing terms
required by each software vendor.
|
|
c.
|
Assignment of
additional *
|
1.2 Internet
a.
|
C7
will provide Customer with * Mbps redundant bandwidth (Committed
Bandwidth) with burstable capacity to * Mbps for the Customer’s
environment. Daily averages are taken and a monthly average is
calculated. Usage that exceeds the Committed Bandwidth 95% of
the billing period will be billed at the Customer’s current rate per Mbps
as listed in this SOW. If the Customer consistently exceeds their
Committed Bandwidth, C7 will request the Customer to increase the amount
of Committed Bandwidth purchased under this
SOW.
|
b.
|
Customer
will initially be provided with * Block of IP address/licenses. Customer
shall also be provided with small publicly-routable network segments, as
necessary, to establish redundant BGP connectivity to the C7
network.
|
1.3
|
Reporting
Problems
|
Should
the Customer encounter a problem that requires the assistance of a C7 engineer,
Customer must contact C7’s Network Operations Center (NOC). The NOC is available
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The analyst that takes the call
will create a help desk ticket for the issue and contact the appropriate C7
staff. Contact with C7 and creation of a ticket can also be done
through the C7 Portal available to all Customers via the C7’s
website.
The
Customer can contact C7’s NOC by:
·
|
Phone:
|
·
|
Email:
|
·
|
Use
the C7 Help Desk web interface to open a
request.
|
When the
Customer calls the NOC, an analyst will ask for the following
information:
·
|
Name,
Company Name, and contact
information
|
·
|
Priority
Customer assigns to the event
|
·
|
Description
of the issue
|
The
Customer will receive a request number that can be used to track the issue. To
report issues that are not as urgent, the Customer can Email the NOC. To avoid
callbacks for information, the Customer should include the information outlined
above.
|
1.4
|
Facilities
|
a.
|
Data
Centers
|
C7 data
center locations house the network infrastructure and feature a fully switched
gigabit backbone network, connecting core network devices at gigabit
speeds.
b.
|
Reliability
and Performance
|
A
constant supply of power is absolutely essential to C7 service operations and is
ensured through the use of uninterruptible power sources, DC Batteries, diesel
generators, and mobile diesel generators.
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c.
|
Connectivity
|
C7
provides redundant Internet connections to multiple carriers who are connected
to C7 via GigE links (or equivalent).
d.
|
Security
|
C7 data
centers are provisioned with security systems, including video monitoring
systems, man-traps, card-key systems, biometric systems, and a 24x7 team of
security officers.
e.
|
Environmental
Controls
|
C7 data
centers are equipped with advanced cooling systems and are protected with fire
suppression systems.
2.0 Resources
2.1 Provided
By C7
Resources
provided to meet the service obligations to Customer may not be used exclusively
to deliver the Services. Other hardware and software resources owned or
maintained by C7 may also be used to provide the Services. C7 retains title to
all Resources it provides; Customer may not pledge or grant a security interest
in the Resources, or otherwise use the Resources as collateral with respect to
any lease, land or other financial relationship.
·
|
Personnel
necessary to complete the scope of
services
|
·
|
Customer
shall have available, for use across all provisioned * minutes per
provisioned * per month of “smart hands” service. “Smart hands” services
shall be billed at fifteen (15) minute increments. (Troubleshooting not
included) For a description of “smart hands” services, see
Agreement
|
·
|
*
Mbps bandwidth burstable to * Mbps
|
·
|
*
Legs of A/B Redundant Power at 208V 60A
3P
|
·
|
*
Legs of A/B Redundant Power at 208V
30A
|
·
|
*
redundant network ports – Gigabit Ethernet over
copper
|
·
|
*
separate, independent network port for “out-of-band” requirement –
100M/Gigabit Ethernet over copper
|
·
|
*
|
2.2 Provided
By Customer
·
|
Personnel
contact information to assist Center for ongoing
support
|
·
|
Materials
required to connect to C7
|
3.0 Payment (*)
3.1 Payment
Schedule
·
|
Initial
Term: 36
Months
|
·
|
Setup/Hardware
Fees
(one-time): $
*
|
·
|
Monthly
Administration
Cost $
* plus metered power
|
Amount Due Description
$* Upon
Signing Setup
Fees, 1st
Month
$* Plus
metered
power. Subsequent
Months
3.2 Contract
Term
The
contract term shall be 36 months beginning the date of installation at C7. The
Customer shall be invoiced 30 days in advance.
3.3 Monthly
Payment Changes
C7 will
notify Customer in writing 30 days before any additional charges are added to
the monthly invoice. These charges will require an amendment to the SOW
which must be signed by both C7 and Customer.
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4.0 Contact
Information; Escalation Path
Each
Party shall designate a contact person below. Notices and other
communications shall be directed to the other Party’s contact
person.
CUSTOMER
CONTACT Dedicated C7 Account
Manager
Name: _______________________________ Name:
*
Address: _______________________________ Address: *
_______________________________
_______________________________
Phone: _______________________________ Phone: *
Fax:
_______________________________ Fax: *
Email: _______________________________
Email: *
Escalation
Path:
Support
Department Phone and Email: *
AUTHORIZED
SIGNATURES:
Customer: Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxxxx
C7: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: CEO
Title: CEO
Date: 3-31-2009 Date: 3-30-2009
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Appendix
A
Colocation
Services Quote
*
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Xxxxxxxx
X
Customer
Access List To Data Center
Employee
#1: ______________________________
Cell
Phone: ______________________________
Email: ______________________________
Employee
#2: ______________________________
Cell
Phone: ______________________________
Email: ______________________________
Employee
#3: ______________________________
Cell
Phone: ______________________________
Email: ______________________________
Employee
#4: ______________________________
Cell
Phone: ______________________________
Email: ______________________________
Employee
#5: ______________________________
Cell
Phone: ______________________________
Email: ______________________________
Employee
#6: ______________________________
Cell
Phone: ______________________________
Email: ______________________________
Note:
|
Customers will be provided
with badge access for up to three (3) employees. Additional
badges may be requested at $200 per badge annually. A maximum
of six (6) badges per customer will be
allowed.
|