IBM Advanced Support Offering

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IBM Advanced Support

Provides a higher tier, priority care support beyond that provided with the standard Subscription and Support.

IBM Advanced Support is for clients with select IBM programs and active IBM Software Subscription and Support (S&S) and/or an active SaaS subscription and/or active Sustained Support.

IBM Advanced Support is offered to provide an enhanced experience with prioritized case handling and shorter response time objectives.

Overview
  • Increased responsiveness and higher support case prioritization
  • Priority Access to Senior Technical Support Professionals
  • Holistic approach of advising clients based on case patterns
 Value
  • Provides a higher level of service above the base Support & Subscription model
  • Allows clients that require a higher priority level of support to receive special case handling and enhanced SLO’s
  • Provides a holistic approach of advising clients based on case patterns
  • Differentiated Support experience for customers based on their needs
  • Support Case Lifecycle management - Monitoring, managing and assisting in critical Support cases including engaging appropriate escalation processes
  • Support Case reporting and trends, clarity of status of priority cases on a mutually agreed basis to ensure proper case prioritization with business alignment
 What's Provided
  • Increased Responsiveness -  Sev1 Initial Response (24x7) – 30 minutes, Sev2-4 Initial Response – 1 Business Hour when a case is opened from the web, chat or phone
  • Higher Support Case Prioritization
  • Priority Access to Senior Technical Support Professionals
  • Mutually agreed Critical Severity 2’s will be worked 24x7 if Customer agrees to work 24x7 as well
  • Single Software Support Executive Sponsor for Hyper-care situations
Prerequisites
  • Active IBM Subscription & Support (S&S)
  • SaaS Subscription
  • Sustained Support 
 Pricing & Ordering

For Advanced Support assistance, please contact your Technology Expert Labs Representative or [email protected].

 Resources IBM Software Support Lifecycle IBM offers expanded support options for select software programs - Announcement Letter Passport Advantage IBM Software Subscription and Support Terms
Advanced Support – Comparison with Base Support
Features Tier 1 Base Support Tier 2 Advanced Support
Support: Problem resolution via access to deeply skilled, industry leading technical support professionals Yes Yes
Subscription: preventive care from product fixes, security patches, and updates Yes Yes
Access to 24x7 Sev 1 response Yes Yes
Digital Self Service Community, Chatbot, Cognitive search and chat, Expert community forums Yes Yes
Support Sev1 Initial Response (24x7) 2 hrs (24x7) 30 mins (24x7)
Sev2-4 Initial Response 2 business hours 1 business hours
Priority access to Senior Technical Support Professionals No Yes
Mutually agreed Critical Support Sev 2 cases will be worked 24x7 if Customer agrees to work 24x7 as well No Yes
Support Case reporting and trends, clarity of status of priority cases on a mutually agreed basis to ensure proper case prioritization with business alignment No Yes
Single Software Support Executive Sponsor for Hyper-care Support situations No Yes

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