Service Level Agreement
The following terms and conditions of this Service
Level Agreement (as amended from time to time, this
"SLA") apply only to Products and Services
and govern (A) the use and availability of The
Network to those persons that have purchased
Products and Services directly from DDN (each, a
“Customer”), and (B) the right, under certain
circumstances specified below, of a Customer to
receive services credits in respect of the failure
of The Network and/or the failure of DDN to provide
the Products and Services purchased by Customer from
DDN in accordance with (i) the Terms of Service,
(ii) DDN’s AUP and (iii) this SLA, each of which is
incorporated herein by reference and made a part
hereof (collectively, the "Agreement").
Capitalized terms used herein without being defined
herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such
capitalized term in the Terms of Service or AUP, as
applicable. Customer’s use of DDN’s website, The
Network, and the Products and Services is also
subject to Customer’s acceptance and compliance with
this SLA, the Terms of Service, the AUP and the
Order Form.
DDN HEREBY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AMEND, ALTER,
MODIFY, REPLACE OR SUSPEND, FROM TIME TO TIME IN ITS
SOLE DISCRETION, ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THIS SLA, ITS
AUP OR PRIVACY POLICY. CURRENT COPIES OF DDN’S TERMS
OF SERVICE, AUP AND PRIVACY POLICY MAY BE REVIEWED
OR PRINTED BY CUSTOMER AT THE COMPANY SECTION OF
DDN’S WEBSITE. CUSTOMER HEREBY REPRESENTS AND
WARRANTS THAT IT HAS READ, UNDERSTOOD AND ACCEPTED
THE TERMS OF THE SLA AND AUP.
By submitting the online order form, Customer hereby
agrees to the following:
1.
Definitions
: When used in this SLA, the following capitalized
terms shall have the definitions set forth below:
a. “AUP” means DDN’s standard acceptable usage
policy, as in effect and listed on DDN’s website
from time to time and subject to all changes,
modifications and replacements as DDN may effect in
accordance with the Terms of Service and AUP.
b. “Order Form” means DDN’s standard service
exhibit, service addendum or order form, specifying
the products and services purchase by Customer, as
in effect from time to time.
c. “Products and Services” means those products and
services offered by DDN to its general customer
base, in each case as purchased by a Customer and
set forth on an Order Form, but expressly excludes
all products and services offered by DDN’s managed
hosting division and expressly marketed as managed
hosting services.
d. “Privacy Policy” means DDN’s standard privacy
policy, as in effect and listed on DDN’s website
from time to time and subject to all changes,
modifications and replacements as DDN may effect in
accordance with the Terms of Service and AUP.
e. “Scheduled Maintenance” means all maintenance
services for which DDN gives Customer at least five
(5) days prior notice of such maintenance services
via DDN’s outage mailing list maintained on DDN’s
customer portal.
f. “Service Credit” means a credit, calculated in
accordance with this SLA, issued by DDN to the
Customer in respect of products and services
contracted for, but not delivered by DDN in
accordance with the Agreement due to a Qualified
Network Downtime Event.
g. “Terms of Service” means either (i) DDN’s
standard terms of service as in effect and listed on
DDN’s website as of the date of Customer’s purchase
of Products and Services or (ii) solely to the
extent DDN and Customer have separately negotiated
written terms of service different from those
referred to in clause (i), DDN’s standard terms of
service which incorporate such other written terms
of service, duly executed and delivered by each
party; in each case, as amended from time to time.
h. “DDN” means Domino Developer Network, Inc., a
California corporation, together with its successors
and assigns.
i. “The Network” means the portion internal computer
network owned or operated on behalf of DDN that
extends from the outbound port on a Customer’s
cabinet switch to the outbound port on the border
router and includes all redundant internet
connectivity, bandwidth, routers, cabling and
switches.
2.
100% Network Availability Assurance
: DDN assures Customer 100% uptime availability of
The Network covered by this SLA. Subject to Section
3 below, in the event that DDN fails to provide
Customer with the Products and Services purchased by
Customer in accordance with the Agreement and such
failure results from the complete unavailability of
The Network or the failure of The Network to pass
Customer’s TCP/IP traffic with less than three
percent (3%) packet loss and less than 30ms latency
across The Network (other than as specified below,
each such event, a “Qualified Network Downtime
Event”), DDN will issue Customer a Service Credit
calculated as follows.
a. A Qualified Network Downtime Event shall start
upon Customer’s submission of a written trouble
ticket specifying that a Qualified Network Downtime
Event has occurred and the details associated with
such Qualified Network Downtime Event. All such
trouble tickets must be submitted by Customer
through DDN’s customer portal or through DDN’s
technical support department and are subject to
confirmation by DDN prior to qualifying for any
Service Credit. Subject to Section 3 below, upon the
passage of five (5) continuous minutes of a
Qualified Network Downtime Event, the Service Credit
shall equal five percent (5%) of the monthly fees
payable by Customer in respect of such Products and
Services for the month in which such Qualified
Network Downtime Event first occurred and thereafter
during the pendency of such unavailability, the
Service Credit shall increase by an additional five
percent (5%) for each continuous thirty (30) minutes
of a Qualified Network Downtime Event up to a
maximum of one hundred percent (100%) of monthly
fees payable by Customer in respect of such Products
and Services for the month in which such Qualified
Network Downtime Event first occurred.
b. All Service Credits are calculated by DDN on a
“per-event-basis/per-related-series-of-events-basis”
and in no event will downtime or unavailability be
cumulated during any monthly period for purposes of
determining a Customer’s right to any Service
Credit. The following events do not constitute a
Qualified Network Downtime Event or qualify for any
Service Credit under this SLA: (i) Scheduled
Maintenance or (ii) Customer generated outages
created by failed equipment, customer
mis-configurations, exploited servers, or traffic in
excess of the maximum allowed by contract. Service
Credits are based directly on all equipment and/or
services affected by a Qualified Network Downtime
Event. Products, services or hardware not related to
a Qualified Network Downtime Event do not qualify
for a Service Credit. Redundant Internet
connectivity is measured as traffic routing into and
out of a Customer’s equipment through DDN Network
out to internet backbone carriers and does not
include third party carrier latency or peering
issues not utilized by DDN.
3.
Service Credits
: Service Credits do not constitute a refund in
respect of any product or service and may not be
carried forward to future months, paid for or
exchanged for cash or other monetary consideration
or value. Service Credits are not available (i) in
respect of any outage or event associated with
Scheduled Maintenance or arising from any denial of
service attack, virus, hacking attempts or any other
circumstances or events that are not within the
control of DDN, including any Force Majeure Event,
(ii) to any Customer that is more than thirty (30)
days past due on any amount owing to DDN or any
Customer that has breached the Agreement or (iii) in
respect of any products or services contracted for
with DDN that expressly exclude technical support or
such Service Credits. Valid approved Service Credits
will appear as a credit for products and services
and be applied against the amounts owing in respect
of such products and services on the next billable
invoice following the month in which occurred the
Qualified Network Downtime Event giving rise to such
Service Credit. In order for a Customer to qualify
for a Service Credit, the Customer must (A) have
purchased and paid for Products and Services, (B)
utilize redundant input network drops running Hot
Swap Router Protocol (HSRP) in its equipment and (C)
submit a request for a Service Credit, as
applicable, in writing via DDN’s customer portal to
within three (3) days from the date of event giving
rise the requested Service Credit and in accordance
with the terms of this SLA. Failure to request a
Service Credit in accordance with the terms of this
SLA will result in an automatic waiver of any rights
to such Service Credit under this SLA in respect of
the event giving rise to such Service Credit.
IN THE EVENT THAT ANY OUTAGE OR RELATED SERIES OF
OUTAGES GIVING RISE TO ANY SERVICE CREDIT HEREUNDER
SPANS MORE THAN ONE CALENDAR MONTH, THE MAXIMUM
TOTAL SERVICE CREDIT TO WHICH CUSTOMER SHALL BE
ENTITLED FOR SUCH OUTAGE OR RELATED SERIES OF
OUTAGES SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED PERCENT (100%)
OF CUSTOMER’S MONTHLY RECURRING FEE FOR THE PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES DURING THE FIRST MONTH IN WHICH SUCH
OUTAGE OR RELATED SERIES OF OUTAGES FIRST OCCURRED
AND CUSTOMER SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY OTHER
SERVICE CREDITS IN RESPECT OF SUCH OUTAGE OR RELATED
SERIES OF OUTAGES FOR THE OTHER MONTHS DURING THE
PENDENCY OF SUCH OUTAGE OR RELATED SERIES OF
OUTAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING IN THE AGREEMENT
TO THE CONTRARY, THE MAXIMUM TOTAL SERVICE CREDITS
TO WHICH CUSTOMER MAY BE ENTITLED UNDER THIS SLA
DURING ANY CALENDAR MONTH TOGETHER WITH ALL OTHER
SERVICE CREDITS, REFUNDS, GUARANTEES, WARRANTIES AND
OTHER SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS CUSTOMER MAY HAVE
WITH DDN, SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED PERCENT
(100%) OF CUSTOMER’S MONTHLY RECURRING FEE FOR THE
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AFFECTED DURING SUCH MONTH.
4.
Scheduled Maintenance
: Customer hereby acknowledges that DDN may, from
time to time, perform maintenance service on The
Network, with or without notice to Customer, which
may result in the unavailability of The Network.
Downtime or unavailability resulting from Scheduled
Maintenance shall not constitute a Qualified Network
Downtime Event or qualify for any Service Credit.
Customer must subscribe to DDN’s outage mailing list
and provide accurate and timely information in DDN’s
customer portal in order for DDN to notify Customer
of all Scheduled Maintenance. Customer’s failure to
subscribe to DDN’s outage mailing list or to provide
accurate and timely information on DDN’s customer
portal may result in the forfeiture of any Service
Credit based on downtime or unavailability arising
from Scheduled Maintenance for which Customer did
not receive timely notice. Emergency maintenance and
maintenance for which DDN has not given Customer
notice in accordance with this SLA shall not be
deemed Scheduled Maintenance for purposes of this
SLA.
5.
DISCLAIMER
: Customer hereby acknowledges that DDN’s ability to
provide Products and Services and technical support
to Customer and to manage any server owned or
controlled by or leased to Customer is contingent
upon DDN’s ability to connect The Network to such
server and monitor such server. In the event that
Customer substantially impairs DDN’s ability to
connect The Network to any server owned or
controlled by or leased to Customer, including, but
not limited to, through the installation of
software, including, but not limited to, firewall
software or load balancing software, or through the
configuration of such server, then DDN shall have no
obligation to provide Products and Services or
technical support services or any of the services
provided for in this SLA for such server and
Customer shall not be entitled to any Service Credit
under this Agreement with respect to such server. If
Customer requests technical support services or
management services for a server for which Customer
has impaired the ability of DDN to connect The
Network to such server, DDN shall provide such
technical support services or management services as
professional services on a time and material basis
and Customer shall be billed at DDN’s then-current
professional services rate. DDN shall not be liable
for the failure or delay in performing its
obligations hereunder or under the Agreement if such
failure or delay is due to external circumstances
beyond its reasonable control, including, without
limitation, acts of any governmental body, war,
insurrection, sabotage, embargo, fire, flood, strike
or other labor disturbance, interruption of or delay
in transportation, unavailability of interruption or
delay in telecommunications, failure of third party
software or inability to obtain raw materials,
supplies, or power used in or equipment needed for
provision of DDN’s products and services (each, a
“Force Majeure Event”). DDN agrees to exercise
reasonable efforts to mitigate the damage arising
from Force Majeure Event; however, under no
circumstances will DDN or its affiliates be held
liable for any cost, expense, liability, claim or
damage due to such interruptions. In no event shall
DDN or its affiliates be liable to Customer or any
other person for any special, incidental,
consequential or punitive damages of any kind,
including, without limitation, refunds of fees, loss
of profits, cost of cover, loss of income or cost of
replacement services. Customer acknowledges and
agrees that the receipt of a Service Credit as
provided for in this SLA constitutes Customer's sole
and exclusive remedy, and DDN’s sole and exclusive
liability, for any failure of The Network or failure
by DDN to provide Customer with the products and
services purchased by Customer in accordance with
the Agreement which results from a Qualified
Downtime Event.
DDN RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AMEND, MODIFY OR TERMINATE
THIS SLA, THE AUP AND THE PRIVACY POLICY FROM TIME
TO TIME, AND A CUSTOMER’S USE OF DDN’S PRODUCTS AND
SERVICES AND The Network AFTER ANY SUCH AMENDMENT,
MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF THIS SLA, THE AUP OR
THE PRIVACY POLICY IS POSTED ON THE COMPANY PAGE OF
DDN’S WEBSITE (WWW.DOMINODEVELOPER.NET) WILL
CONSTITUTE THE CUSTOMER’S ACCEPTANCE OF ANY SUCH
AMENDMENTS, MODIFICATIONS OR TERMINATION.