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EXHIBIT 10.8
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT NO. TBA
This Professional Services Contract (hereinafter the "Contract") entered into on
the 4th day of December, 2000 by and between People Support, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, with its principal place of 1100 Glendon Avenue, 14th Floor, Los
Angeles, California 90024 (hereinafter referred to as "VENDOR") and Network
Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at
505 Huntmar Park Drive, Herndon, Virginia 20170 (hereinafter referred to as
"NSI") (VENDOR and NSI are each referred to herein as a "Party," and
collectively as the "Parties").
WHEREAS, NSI desires to utilize the professional services of VENDOR and VENDOR
desires to provide those services.
NOW, THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual covenants and obligations
contained herein VENDOR and the NSI do mutually agree as follows:
1. PERFORMANCE
The parties acknowledge that VENDOR is an independent contractor and not an
employee of NSI. VENDOR, acting as an independent contractor and not as an
agent, representative, or employee of NSI, shall hire, pay and provide the
necessary personnel and shall otherwise do all things necessary or incident
to provide professional services as more specifically outlined in the
Statement of Work, which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated
herein by reference. NSI assumes no liability or responsibility for VENDOR
personnel. VENDOR will: (i) ensure it and its personnel are in compliance
with all laws, regulations, ordinances and licensing requirements where
noncompliance would have a material adverse effect on the Services provided;
(ii) be responsible for the supervision, control, compensation, withholdings,
health and safety of VENDOR personnel; (iii) ensure VENDOR personnel
performing any services hereunder on NSI's premises comply with any NSI "on
premises guidelines" as the same may be provided to VENDOR from time to time;
and (iv) inform NSI if a former employee of NSI will be assigned work under
this Contract, such assignment subject to NSI approval.
VENDOR (and its agent(s) and/or employee(s), if any) hereto agrees and
acknowledges that it is not entitled to participate in any of the benefit
plans or programs that NSI now or hereafter maintains for its employees,
including, but not limited to, NSI's employee stock purchase plan and stock
incentive plan ("Stock Plans"). In the event that any state or federal court,
or any local, state or federal government agency, division or other related
government entity, shall determine that VENDOR (and its agent(s) and/or
employee(s), if any) is considered an employee or common law employee of NSI,
or if for any reasons VENDOR (and its agent(s) and/or employee(s), if any)
were to become eligible to participate in any NSI sponsored benefit plans or
programs, VENDOR (and its agent(s) and/or employee(s), if any) waives any
right to participate, either retrospectively or prospectively, in NSI
sponsored benefit plans or programs including, but not limited to, the Stock
Plans. This waiver of any right to participate in NSI sponsored employee
benefit programs represents a material component of the terms and
compensation agreed to by these parties and is not in any way conditioned on
any representation or assumption concerning status of VENDOR (and its
agent(s) and/or employee(s), if any) with respect to
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NSI as employee, common law employee, consultant, independent contractor or
temporary employee.
2. TERM OF CONTRACT
The term of this Contract shall commence on the date of execution of the
Contract by the final party hereto and shall continue in full force and
effect through the second anniversary of the first day of the month for which
a minimum monthly fee is charged, unless sooner terminated as provided
herein. This Contract may be extended by mutual agreement of the parties.
3. TYPE OF CONTRACT
NSI hereby commissions VENDOR to provide live sales support and customer
service to persons calling designated NSI provided telephone numbers ("Voice
Support") and responses to NSI customer email inquiries ("Email Response",
and together with Voice Support, the "Services") regarding NSI's commercial
Internet web site, which has an entry uniform resource locator of
http://www.networksolutions.com (the "NSI Web Site"). Voice Support will be
available in English or Spanish Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM - Midnight
EST. Voice Support services will be delivered through an "800" number
established by NSI that links directly to a predefined VENDOR telephone
system. Email Responses will be available Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM
- 5:30 PM BST.
4. CONTRACT AMOUNT
Refer to Exhibit C
5. COMPENSATION AND INVOICING
VENDOR shall submit timely invoices not more frequently than once a month and
upon NSI's acceptance of all deliverables, if applicable.
VENDOR shall submit invoices to:
Network Solutions, Inc.
505 Huntmar Park Drive
Herndon,VA 20170
Attention: Accounts Payable
Invoices shall reference the Contract number. TBA
6. PAYMENTS
Payments will be made by NSI within 30 days after receipt of a correct
invoice from VENDOR. Payments to VENDOR shall be sent to the remittance
address set forth on VENDOR's invoice.
(a) Taxes. NSI will pay all federal, state, local or other taxes
based on any good or service provided by VENDOR under this
Agreement, other than taxes based on VENDOR's net income,
including, without limitation, any collection of requisite sales
or use tax for products or services sold on or through the NSI
Web Site. NSI
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will determine, implement and bear responsibility for customer
return policies, customer service policies, order processing
policies, collection of appropriate sales or use tax, allocation
of income tax, and implementation of warranties and limitations.
7. INSURANCE
Without prejudice to VENDOR's liability to indemnify NSI as stated in the
INDEMNIFICATION provision of this Contract, VENDOR shall procure, at its
expense, and maintain for the duration of the Contract, workers'
compensation, employers liability, commercial general liability and business
auto liability insurance policies (the "Insurance Policies") described below
with financially responsible insurance companies, reasonably acceptable to
NSI, with policy limits not less than those indicated below. Notwithstanding
any provision contained herein, the VENDOR, and its employees, agents,
representatives, consultants and lower-tier subcontractors and suppliers, are
not insured by NSI, and are not covered under any policy of insurance that
NSI has obtained or has in place.
SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO VENDOR'S INSURANCE COVERAGE:
(a) Additional Insured - VENDOR, shall have the Insurance Policies, except
Workers' Compensation, endorsed to name NSI as an Additional Insured with
respect to the work to be performed by the VENDOR.
(b) Waiver of Subrogation - VENDOR shall have the Insurance Policies endorsed
to waive the insurer's rights of subrogation in favor of NSI.
(c) Deductibles - Subject to the reasonable review and approval of NSI,
VENDOR may arrange deductibles or self-insured retention as part of the
required insurance coverage. However, it is expressly agreed that all
deductibles or self-insured retention's are the sole responsibility of
the VENDOR.
(d) Adequacy of Insurance Limits - The insurance coverage limits stated below
are minimum coverage requirements, not limits of liability, and shall not
be construed in any way as NSI's acceptance of responsibility of the
VENDOR.
(e) Certificates of Insurance - Prior to commencement of any work under this
Basic Ordering Agreement, the VENDOR shall furnish NSI with Certificates
of Insurance, in a format acceptable to NSI, evidencing the insurance
coverage required in this Contract and containing the following
information:
- Identify NSI as an "Additional Insured" with respect to the Insurance
Policies except Workers' Compensation and employers' liability.
- State that the Insurance Policies have been endorsed to waive
subrogation in favor of NSI.
- State that the underwriters agree to provide NSI with at least 30 days
prior written notice of any cancellation or material change in the
coverage.
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COVERAGE
(a) Workers' Compensation - Insurance for statutory obligations imposed by
law including, where applicable, coverage under United States
Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Act and Jones Act (if applicable,
Defense Base Act for those employees working on a U.S. Military
installation outside of the United States).
(b) Employers Liability - Insurance with limits of $1,000,000 for bodily
injury by accident and $1,000,000 for bodily injury by disease,
including, if applicable, maritime coverage endorsement.
(c) Commercial General Liability - (Standard ISO occurrence form) - including
products and completed operations coverage, full fire legal liability and
contractual liability, with a per occurrence limit of $1,000,000.
(d) Business Auto Liability - Coverage for bodily injury and property damage
liability for all owned, hired or non-owned vehicles, with an each
accident limit of $1,000,000.
8. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
(a) Authority. Each Party represents and warrants that it has the right to
enter into tins Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. Other
than the Services specified in this Agreement, however, nothing herein
shall be interpreted as a requirement for VENDOR to provide any other
support to Customers of NSTs products or services, nor shall Client make
any such representations or warranties to its Customers to that effect.
Customers shall include, without limitation, end-users, licensees, and
sublicensees.
(b) NSI Intellectual Property. NSI represents and warrants (i) that no text
or graphics on the NSI Web Site that is viewable without using the "View
source" feature infringes the intellectual property rights of any third
party, and (ii) that NSI owns, or has valid license to, all worldwide
rights, title and interest in the intellectual property consisting of all
computer programming, source, object and/or formatting code or operating
instructions developed or owned by NSI that relates to the NSI Web Site
(collectively, "NSI Intellectual Property").
(c) VENDOR Intellectual Property. VENDOR represents and warrants that VENDOR
owns, or has valid license to, all worldwide rights, title and interest
in the intellectual property consisting of all computer programming
and/or formatting code or operating instructions developed or owned by
VENDOR and employed in the delivery of the Services (collectively,
"VENDOR Intellectual Property").
(d) Submissions and Privacy. NSI will, in the usage terms and conditions of
NSI Web Site, indicate that all submissions to NSI or any third party,
including VENDOR, made on, through or in response to the NSI Web Site are
the property of NSI and how such information may be used by NSI. NSI is
responsible for the collection, use, transfer and sale of any personally
identifiable information collected by it or by VENDOR on its behalf.
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(e) DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED HEREIN, (i) THE
SERVICES AND GOODS TO BE PROVIDED HEREUNDER ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," AND
(ii) VENDOR DOES NOT MAKE, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS, ANY AND ALL EXPRESS AND
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ANY WARRANTIES
ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICE. VENDOR DOES
NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR FREE, OR
SECURE.
(f) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. VENDOR IS NOT LIABLE TO NSI OR ANY THIRD PARTY
FOR LOST REVENUE OR PROFITS, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR INCIDENTAL,
INDIRECT OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES. VENDOR'S MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO NSI
AND ANY THIRD PARTIES FROM ANY CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEES PAID BY NSI IN THE
TWELVE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE MAKING OF THE CLAIM THAT GIVES
RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY.
9. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS.
(a) As between VENDOR and NSI, VENDOR owns, or has valid license to, all
worldwide rights, title and interest in any technology or other
intellectual property developed or owned by VENDOR, including VENDOR
Intellectual Property and any other technology used to create any portion
of the NSI Web Site, incorporated into the NSI Web Site, or used to
operate the NSI Web Site or a web server in connection with the delivery
of the Services including, without limitation, all software, computer
programming and/or formatting code, source code, object code, or
operating instructions created by VENDOR or provided by VENDOR to NSI.
(b) As between VENDOR and NSI, NSI owns, or has valid license to, all
worldwide rights, title and interest in NSI Intellectual Property and any
technology or other intellectual property developed or owned by NSI. NSI
also owns, or has valid license to, all worldwide rights, title and
interest in the intellectual property in all the text and graphics that
an Internet user views on a web page on the NSI Web Site without using
the "view source" feature, except for trade marks, service marks and
other marks owned or controlled by VENDOR.
(c) Non-Exclusive Arrangement. VENDOR will retain the ownership of, and the
right to reuse or incorporate VENDOR Intellectual Property, all know-how
and expertise acquired through the creation of the Technical
Implementation Plan (described in the Statement of Work attached hereto
as Exhibit A) and all training materials and the performance of the
Services, whether created or acquired before or after the execution of
this Agreement in supporting web sites or interactive projects for other
customers; provided, however, that VENDOR will not own or have any rights
to any of NSI's marks or Confidential Information, except as expressly
set forth herein. Consistent herewith, VENDOR owns all training materials
except those portions which are exclusive to NSI; NSI owns all
information exclusive to NSI, including
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Confidential Information; and NSI may use the training materials for the
purposes of this Agreement only.
(d) VENDOR License to NSI. VENDOR hereby grants NSI a non-exclusive
royalty-free, worldwide license to use, reproduce, publish, perform and
display the VENDOR. Marks solely on the NSI Web Site in connection with
the Services provided hereunder. NSI shall not use or exploit in any
manner any of the VENDOR Marks except in such manner and media as
contemplated under this Agreement, and any other use of the VENDOR Marks
not expressly granted to NSI by the foregoing are reserved to VENDOR. All
goodwill arising out of NSI's use of any of the VENDOR Marks shall inure
solely to the benefit of VENDOR. VENDOR shall have the right, upon
commercially reasonable notice, to modify the VENDOR Marks. NSI agrees
that upon such notice, it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
immediately implement VENDOR'S modifications. All rights under this
license will be exercised solely by the NSI to operate, maintain and
distribute the NSI Web Site on the Internet and will expire with the
termination of this Agreement.
(e) Limited License to the NSI Intellectual Property. NSI hereby grants to
VENDOR the limited, nonexclusive right and license to copy, distribute,
transmit, display, perform, create derivative works, and otherwise use
the NSI Intellectual Property provided to "VENDOR hereby or currently
available or subsequently available on the NSI Web Site, including all
marks, trademarks, servicemarks or logos, held or used by NSI, solely for
the purpose of rendering the Services and will expire with the
termination of this Agreement.
9. ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST (OCI)
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10. CHANGES
a. In recognition of the likelihood that the fundamental nature of the work
to be accomplished under this Contract may involve changes from time to
time in NSI project needs and requirements, the parties hereby agree that
NSI may by written direction, at any time during the course of any
project, make changes in any one or more of the following items:
1. The statement of work, descriptions, or specifications for the
services, deliverables or other documents to be furnished under
the Contract; or
2. The times or places of performance or delivery of the services,
deliverables or other documents to be provided under the Contract.
b. If any such change(s) cause an increase or decrease in the price of the
Contract, or the time required for the performance of any part of the
work to be accomplished thereunder, whether or not such work is
specifically identified in NSI's written change direction ("Change
Order"), then the price, delivery schedules and other affected provision,
if any, as applicable, shall be equitably adjusted and the Contract shall
be modified in writing accordingly.
c. Upon receipt of NSI's written change direction, VENDOR shall submit its
written proposal to NSI within 10 working days after receipt of NSI's
change order for an equitable adjustment to the ceiling price, delivery
schedules and any other affected items, as applicable, VENDOR'S shall not
proceed with me change order until directed by NSI to do so.
d. Any proposal for an equitable adjustment shall describe or otherwise
identify the nature, facts and circumstances constituting the change; the
particular elements of contract performance for which VENDOR is seeking
an equitable adjustment due to the changed requirements; and VENDOR'S
proposed equitable adjustment to the Contract ceiling price, delivery
schedules and other provisions affected by the change.
e. The term "equitable adjustment" as used in this clause, means a fair and
reasonable adjustment under the facts and circumstances of the particular
situation, in the Contract price, delivery schedules and/or any other
Contract provisions that are altered by the change, as applicable, plus
the cost of any work, deliverables or other project requirements that
will be added or deleted in connection with the change. The term,
"equitable adjustment" in this context includes the costs of, and a
reasonable profit for, the changed work/requirements, including the
associated engineering, testing, project management and documentation.
f. VENDOR and NSI personnel assigned to the project shall use their best
efforts to negotiate any proposed equitable adjustments under this clause
in a fair and reasonable manner. In the event that they are unable to
reach mutual agreement after good faith negotiations, a period of time
not to exceed 15 calendar days, on the appropriate equitable adjustment
for one or more such changes, then the matter shall be referred to the
cognizant senior executive (or his/her designee) of each party for
appropriate resolution.
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11. STOP WORK ORDER
NSI may at anytime, by written order to VENDOR, require VENDOR to stop all,
or any part, of the work called for by this Contract for a period of up to
thirty (30) days. Upon receipt of such an order, VENDOR shall forthwith
comply with its terms and take all reasonable steps to minimize the
incidence of costs allocable to the work covered by the order during the
period of work stoppage. Within the thirty (30) day period or any extension
of that period to which the parties shall have agreed, NSI shall either (i)
cancel the stop work order; or (ii) terminate the work covered by such
order.
If a stop work order is canceled in writing, VENDOR shall resume work. If
the period of the order or any extension thereto merely expires, VENDOR
shall contact NSI and ask for directions before resuming work or treating
the silence as a termination for convenience.
12. ACCEPTANCE
Any reports, deliverables, or other data submitted for NSI's approval shall
be approved or disapproved, in writing within ten (10) business days after
NSI's receipt.
13. INDEMNIFICATION
VENDOR and NSI agree to defend, indemnify and hold each other and their
affiliates harmless from any and all liabilities, costs and expenses,
including reasonable attorney's fees, directly arising from: (a) negligent
acts or omissions of the Indemnitor's officers, employees, agents or
contractors arising out of its performance of the Contract; (b) any claims
for infringement of copyrights, trademarks, patents or other proprietary
rights arising out of or related to Indemnitee's obligations under the
Contract; and (c) defamation, libel, slander, obscenity, indecency or
violation of the rights of privacy or publicity to the extent attributed to
the NSI Web Site or to NSI Intellectual Property (if such other Party is
VENDOR) or to VENDOR Intellectual Property (if such other Party is NSI)
(collectively, "Covered Claims"). Covered Claims will also include claims
brought against VENDOR for injury, damages, or violations of law caused by
products or services sold by NSI on the NSI Web Site or relating to NSI's
operation of its business.
14. FORCE MAJEURE
VENDOR shall not be liable for any default or delay in the performance of
its obligations hereunder if and to the extent such default or delay is
caused, directly or indirectly, by: fire, flood, earthquake, elements of
nature or acts of God; or any other similar cause beyond the reasonable
control of VENDOR (collectively referred to herein as "Force Majeure").
Except as provided elsewhere, if VENDOR is so delayed in its performance, it
shall promptly notify NSI. VENDOR shall use its reasonable efforts to
minimize the duration and consequences of any delay or failure of
performance resulting from a Force Majeure event.
15. TERMINATION
a. Default: Upon failure or neglect to comply with any of the terms of this
Contract, if same is not corrected by the breaching party within thirty
(30) calendar days of such
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party's receipt of written demand to correct from the non-breaching party,
the non-breaching party may terminate this Contract upon giving seven (7)
calendar days notice to the other party.
b. Insolvency: This Contract shall be automatically terminated by giving
written notice effective as of the date thereof in the event either party
ceases to do business in the manner contemplated in this Contract; or, in
the event that either party is adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or upon
the institution of any proceedings by or against it seeking relief,
reorganization or arrangement under any laws relating to bankruptcy or
insolvency, or upon any assignment for the benefit of creditors: or upon
the appointment of a receiver liquidator, or trustee of any of its
property or assists, or upon the liquidation, dissolution, or winding up
of its business.
c. Effect of Termination: Termination of this Contract shall not affect any
proprietary data or confidentiality obligations incurred under this
Contract.
16. AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE/NOTICES
The following individual is authorized to conduct negotiations and
administer the Contract for NSI and all information or required notices
shall be effective upon receipt by the following individual:
***
***
Phone: ***
Fax: ***
The following individual is NSI's technical point of contact under the
Contract
TBA
Phone: ***
The following individual is authorised to conduct negotiations and administer
the Contract for VENDOR and NSI shall direct all notices and communications
to the following individual:
***
PeopleSupport, Inc.
1100 Glendon Avenue, 14th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90024
Phone: ***
Fax: ***
The following individual is VENDOR's technical point of contact under the
Contract:
***
TBA
Phone: TBA
Fax: TBA
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17. GOVERNING LAW
This Contract shall be governed and construed in all respects in accordance
with the laws of the States of California. Both parties consent to
jurisdiction and venue in the state courts located in Los Angeles,
California and the federal courts sitting in the southern district of the
State of California.
18. ASSIGNMENT OF CONTRACT
This Contract may not be assigned, in whole or in part, nor may any
assignment of any money due or to become due be made by VENDOR without, in
each case, the prior written consent of NSI.
19. NO HIRE AGREEMENT
During the term of the Contract including any extensions thereof, neither
party shall knowingly recruit, solicit, or hire any of title other party's
employees assigned to this project for the period of this Contract and for
one year thereafter. This shall in no way, however, be construed to
restrict, limit, or encumber the rights of any employee granted by law, nor
shall it in any way restrict either party from hiring employees who respond
to advertisements or make independent inquiries for employment.
20. ENTIRE CONTRACT
This Contract, including Exhibits A and B, which are incorporated herein by
reference, constitutes the entire Contract between the parties hereto
relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior oral and
written and all contemporaneous oral negotiations, commitments and
understandings of the parties.
21. MODIFICATIONS
Except as hereinafter provided, this Contract may not be changed or amended
except by a writing executed by both parties.
22. WAIVER
No delay or failure by either party to exercise or enforce at any time any
right or provision of the Contract shall be considered a waiver thereof or
of such party's right thereafter to exercise or enforce each and every right
and provision of the Contract. A waiver to be valid shall be in writing, but
need not be supported by consideration. No single waiver shall constitute a
continuing or subsequent waiver.
23. LEGAL EFFECT
If any provision of this Contract shall be held illegal, invalid or
unenforceable, in whole or in part, such provision shall be modified to the
minimum extent necessary to make it legal, valid and enforceable, and the
legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions are not
affected thereby.
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24. CONFIDENTIALITY
Each Party acknowledges that in the course of performing its obligations it
will receive information, which is confidential and proprietary to the other
Party. Each Party agrees to protect such information in accordance with the
terms of the Non-Disclosure Agreement, which is appended hereto as Exhibit B
and incorporated herein by reference.
In witness hereof, the parties hereto have accepted and executed this Contract
as of the latest date noted below.
PEOPLESUPPORT, INC. NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
/s/ Lance Rosenzweig /s/ Vivek Kumar
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Signature Signature
Lance Rosenzweig-CEO Vivek Kumar, Purchasing Mgr.
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Printed Name and Title Printed Name and Title
12/4/00 10/6/00
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Date Date
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EXHIBIT A
STATEMENT OF WORK
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STATEMENT OF WORK NO. 3
FOR
NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
VOICE, EMAIL, AND FAX RESPONSE
a VeriSign(R) company
NETWORKSOLUTIONS(R)
PRESENTED BY
PEOPLESUPPORT
MAY 1, 2003
VER 1.6
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This document contains unpublished, confidential and proprietary information of
PeopleSupport, Inc. No disclosure, duplication or use of any portion of the
contents of these materials, for any purpose, may be made without the prior
express written consent of PeopleSupport, Inc.
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PROPRIETARY STATEMENT
Intended for Network Solutions, Inc.
This document and any communications with PeopleSupport should be considered
highly confidential. Neither the ideas expressed herein, nor any part of this
document or any other information or communications related thereto shall be
copied or disclosed to any party, nor shall they be used for any purpose other
than meeting with PeopleSupport representatives, without the written consent of
PeopleSupport. By accepting delivery of this document, the recipient agrees
that: (i) in the event the recipient does not wish to pursue this matter, the
recipient will return this copy to PeopleSupport, at the address listed below as
soon as practical; (ii) the recipient will not copy, fax, reproduce or
distribute this document, in whole or in part, without written permission, and
(iii) all of the information contained herein will be treated as confidential
material, and shall not be used for any purposes other than the evaluation of
this proposal.
While PeopleSupport has no reason to doubt the accuracy of the information
contained herein, PeopleSupport makes no representations or warranties as to the
adequacy, completeness or accuracy of this information. Only a definitive
agreement and the associated Statement of Work between PeopleSupport and Network
Solutions will be binding.
No person is authorized to provide any information or make any representations
regarding this proposal and PeopleSupport commitments to recipient not contained
here. Any such information or representations should not be relied upon as
having been authorized by PeopleSupport.
PEOPLESUPPORT, INC.
Contact: ***
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Address: 1100 Glendon Ave., Ste. 1250
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Telephone: ***
Fax: ***
Email: ***
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contents of these materials, for any purpose, may be made without the prior
express written consent of PeopleSupport, Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1 INTRODUCTION...................................................... 4
2 SOLUTION OVERVIEW................................................. 6
2.1 INBOUND VOICE SUPPORT PROCESSES................................... 7
2.2 EMAIL SUPPORT PROCESSES........................................... 7
2.3 FAX SUPPORT PROCESS............................................... 8
2.4 CHAT SUPPORT PROCESS.............................................. 8
2.5 OUTBOUND VOICE PROCESSES.......................................... 8
2.6 BACK-OFFICE PROCESSES............................................. 9
2.7 SUPPORT ESCALATION PROCESS........................................ 9
2.8 PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES............................................ 9
2.9 VOLUME FORECASTING AND SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT.................... 11
2.10 ADJUSTMENT TO FORECASTS AND RAMP-UP PROCESSES..................... 11
2.11 PEOPLESUPPORT OPERATIONAL CAPACITY PLANNING....................... 12
3 TRAINING.......................................................... 14
3.1 TRAINING APPROACH................................................. 14
3.2 ONGOING TRAINING AFTER LIVE DATE.................................. 14
4 QUALITY ASSURANCE................................................. 16
4.1 QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW PROCESS.................................. 16
5 TECHNOLOGY........................................................ 18
5.1 TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURE AND SPECIFICATIONS........................ 18
5.2 EMAIL TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT.......................................... 18
5.3 VOICE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT.......................................... 20
5.5 DATA CONNECTIVITY................................................. 21
5.6 CLIENT APPLICATIONS............................................... 22
5.7 REPORTING AND DATA FEED........................................... 24
5.8 ESCALATION OF TECHNOLOGY ISSUES................................... 25
6 SECURITY.......................................................... 26
6.1 CLIENT SECURITY REQUIREMENTS...................................... 26
G. CLIENT SECURITY REQUIREMENTS...................................... 27
6.2 PEOPLESUPPORT SECURITY PRACTICES.................................. 27
6.3 NETWORK SECURITY.................................................. 28
6.3 EREP BACKGROUND CHECK............................................. 28
APPENDIX A - PRICING......................................................... 30
APPENDIX B - TECHNICAL ESCALATION PROCEDURES................................. 33
APPENDIX C - CUSTOMER REPORTS................................................ 39
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1 INTRODUCTION
This Statement of Work No. 3 ("SOW No. 3"), dated May 1, 2003 describes the
Email, Fax, and Voice response services for Technical Support, Customer
Service, and Sales ("Services") that PeopleSupport, Inc. ("PeopleSupport")
will provide to Network Solutions, Inc. ("Client"). This SOW No. 3 is
entered into in connection with that certain Professional Services Contract
between PeopleSupport and Client dated as of December 4, 2000 (the
"Agreement"). This SOW No. 3 supercedes all prior functional and technical
understandings, whether written or oral, between PeopleSupport and Client
regarding the matters addressed herein, including all prior SOWs and change
orders. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Agreement. In the event of
any inconsistencies between this SOW No. 3 and any other prior agreements,
the provisions of this SOW No. 3 shall prevail over such agreements.
OVERVIEW
In conjunction adoption of SOW #3, PeopleSupport will outline and begin to
deploy an effective methodology to support and migrate the current segmented
workforce to a Universal Agent strategy as directed by the Client within the
first thirty (30) days after the effective date of this agreement. This
migration strategy will support the concept that all eReps and support personnel
will be cross-trained on all customer contact methods and programs for required
support.
Going forward, it is inherent within the Universal Agent concept that the nature
of the work performed by PeopleSupport for Network Solutions may change.
PeopleSupport recognizes the needs of Network Solutions to be able to address
these future dynamics of the business relationship. To that end, PeopleSupport
understands that the types and natures of the work performed for Network
Solutions can and will change during the life of this agreement. PeopleSupport
commits to working with Network Solutions in establish a mutually agreeable
change order as these dynamics dictate. The long-term goal of both parties,
working within the framework of this Agreement, allows for that migration at the
volumes established herein.
PEOPLESUPPORT PROVIDED SERVICES
Expected peak inbound volume (8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. US eastern time weekdays) will
include Tier 1 voice, Tier 1 e-mail and the following fax queues: Main,
Escalated and Password Reset. Expected off peak volume (8:00 p.m.-8:00 a.m.
eastern time weekdays and all hours on weekends) will include Tier 1 voice, tier
1 e-mail, VIP voice, WSV voice, WSV email, and the aforementioned fax queues.
Additionally, Email support may be provided using PeopleSupport's eShare system,
in conjunction with other supporting systems and applications. Fax Support will
be provided through Client's Siebel system. Voice support will be provided for
Client's customer calls routed to PeopleSupport phone system. For purposes of
this document, AHT shall be defined as Talk time + hold time + wrap time. In
addition PeopleSupport will engage in outbound calls to support inbound voice
and fax services.
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PROGRAM OVERVIEW
VOICE, EMAIL, AND FAX OPERATIONS
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OPERATING MODEL OUTSOURCED
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SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES INBOUND VOICE, EMAIL, FAX AND OUTBOUND VOICE
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VOICE: 24X7
EMAIL: 24X7
PEOPLESUPPORT SUPPORT HOURS FAX: 24X7
PEOPLESUPPORT WILL RECEIVE FORECASTED
VOICE VOLUME DURING PEAK HOURS AND 100%
OF VOICE VOLUME OFF PEAK HOURS AND
WEEKENDS.
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VOICE SUPPORT:
- 85% OF CALLS ANSWERED WITHIN 30 SECONDS/99%
OF CALLS ANSWERED WITHIN 30 SECONDS FOR VIP
PROGRAM
- 85% OF ALL VOICE SESSIONS SAMPLED MUST SCORE
85% OR HIGHER FOR CALL REQUIREMENTS.
EMAIL SUPPORT:
- 90% OF ALL EMAILS PROCESSED WITHIN 1 HOUR
- 99% OF ALL EMAIL SESSIONS SAMPLED MUST BE
SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS ACCURATE AND SCORE 90% OR HIGHER FOR CALIBRATION
SESSIONS.
FAX SUPPORT:
- 90% OF ALL FAXES PROCESSED WITHIN 1 HOUR
- 99% OF ALL CUSTOMER FACING RESPONSES AND PROCESSES
LEADING TO CUSTOMER RESOLUTION MUST SCORE 90% OR
HIGHER IN QUALITY ASSESSMENT SESSIONS.
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CLIENT OPERATING HOURS 8AM - 8PM EASTERN TIME MON-FRI
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CLIENT APPLICATION PLATFORMS CLIENT PROVIDED CLIENT/SERVER APPLICATIONS:
- CONTACT MANAGEMENT & CASE TRACKING SYSTEM: SIEBEL
- BACK-OFFICE ACCOUNTING APPLICATION: BARS
CLIENT PROVIDED UNIX BASED VIA TELNET APPLICATIONS:
- CUSTOMER ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT TOOLS: CREG AND DOMREG.
CLIENT PROVIDED WEB BASED APPLICATIONS:
- KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: MAX
- CUSTOMER ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT TOOLS: VMAC, CSR
TOOLS, SKIPS, RTPS, FDMS, PASSWORD GENERATOR
CLIENT PROVIDED CONNECTIVITY:
- DUAL VPN OVER THE INTERNET VIA CLIENT PROVIDED ISP
CONNECTION
- CLIENT PROVIDED VPN AND FIREWALL EQUIPMENT
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2 Solution Overview
In conjunction with Services, PeopleSupport eReps will assist customers with
the following business programs:
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PROGRAM SYSTEM USED TASKS CONTACT METHODS
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TIER 1 > CSR Tools > Assist customers with new Domain > Inbound Voice
> Siebel Registrations > Outbound Voice
> BARS > Technical Support with existing > Email
> VMAC domain registrations (billing, > Fax
> SKIPS, product and technical support)
> RTPS > General customer inquiries and
> FDMS complaints
> Password > Up-sell additional products and
Generator services to customers
> EShare (Email) > Create service requests (SRs) in
Siebel for inbound calls
> Call back customers to resolve
open SRs
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TIER 2 > CSR Tools > Handle escalated issues from all > Inbound Voice
> Siebel other programs and touchpoints. > Email
> BARS > Escalated issues include: > Fax
> VMAC Refund/Waive Approval, Manual
> SKIPS, Change in CSRT, Domain
> RTPS specializing more than once,
> FDMS customer callbacks, request for
> Password Client's Corp Support assistance,
Generator Special Access in Siebel
> EShare (Email)
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VIP > CSR Tools > Domain name registration and > Inbound Voice
> Siebel renewal for premier customers >
> BARS > Technical support and domain
> VMAC modification for premier customs
> SKIPS, > Up-sell additional services to
> RTPS customers
> FDMS > Create service requests (SRs) in
> Password Siebel for inbound calls
Generator
> EShare (Email)
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WEBSITES > Siebel > Provide technical support for > Inbound Voice
> Value Web Client's web site program > Email
> EShare (Email) >
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AOL-SB > Siebel > Handle escalated technical support > Inbound Voice
calls for Client's AOL Small
Business program from AOL
customer service
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PASSWORD > Siebel > Respond to customer requests for > Inbound Voice
RESET > CSR Tools forgotten passwords by resetting > Outbound Voice
> Password passwords. > Fax
Generator
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2.1 ***
2.1.1 ***
2.2 ***
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2.3 ***
2.4 CHAT SUPPORT PROCESS
Should Client and PeopleSupport mutually agree to implement chat support the
pricing and service levels set forth in this SOW for voice support for that
program shall apply. The specific processes and implementation activities will
be detailed in a change order.
2.5 ***
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2.6 ***
2.7 ***
2.8 ***
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***
2.9 ***
2.10 ***
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***
2.10.1 ***
2.10.2 ***
2.10.3 ***
2.11 ***
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***
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3 TRAINING
The training phase of the outsourcing program *** to provide Client with quality
service. In this section, our approach, initial and ramp-up training process and
the on-going program updates or changes to training.
3.1 TRAINING APPROACH
Client will make available all *** to PeopleSupport. Client and PeopleSupport
will jointly participate in *** the training effort. ***, Client or Client
designate *** provide training as prescribed by Client.
PeopleSupport will provide written confirmation that *** has been *** in
accordance with ***.
PeopleSupport will develop a customized training program for Client with the
following capabilities:
- *** trainers and facility for the *** session.
- Provide instructors with extensive *** as well as ***.
- Provide basic *** for Client.
- Establish a *** structure that supports *** requirements.
- Create a separate *** that resembles *** including individual
workstations equipped with ***
Client will be responsible for the *** training.
3.2 ONGOING TRAINING AFTER LIVE DATE
Increases *** will require post-implementation training. A need analysis will be
conducted to determine if any *** should take so that PeopleSupport can
appropriately schedule the training. In order to provide the highest level of
quality, PeopleSupport will *** when deemed necessary. Client must provide
PeopleSupport with all relevant ongoing *** a minimum of *** business days in
advance of the training date. In emergency situations where programs may need to
shift to PeopleSupport quickly and Client does not have the luxury of a ***
advanced notice, ***
Reasons for needing post-implementation training include, but are not limited to
the following:
***
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***
Client may request PeopleSupport to provide additional training on *** system.
Any training provided to Client for this purpose is subject to the training
rates listed in ***. Client will be responsible for all of Client approved
travel related expenses of PeopleSupport personnel for this activity. Client
will be responsible for *** set forth in this SOW No. 3. PeopleSupport shall
determine *** though PeopleSupport will make every effort to communicate any
planned *** with Client in a reasonable time frame. PeopleSupport will be
responsible for any ***
At least once per ***, Client and PeopleSupport shall conduct a *** to ensure
that PeopleSupport *** available. Client is responsible for delivering *** to
PeopleSupport on a regular basis.
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4 QUALITY ASSURANCE
PeopleSupport will provide a comprehensive quality management and assurance
process, including the following components:
- A custom Quality Assurance program designed for the ***
- A *** team who together with an *** will conduct QA monitoring.
- *** calibrations between PeopleSupport *** and the Client.
- The *** of monitoring will be commensurate with ***.
- Development of action plan for *** that fall below the *** standard.
- A "Best Practices" Training manual
- A program and *** providing metrics and performance against ***
- Monitoring of *** across the program
*** The quality assurance manual is used to document ***. PeopleSupport and
Client will *** based on the *** Sessions. The frequency of monitoring will be
no less than *** of sessions handled ***. Quality goals will be established
within *** days after Live Date of any new program and reviewed *** thereafter.
Both Parties will mutually agree to maintain a *** system. PeopleSupport shall
assign and dedicate one Quality Assurance Specialist ***.
4.1 QUALITY ASSURANCE REVIEW PROCESS
Quality Assurance reviewing will be conducted by the QA department and the
Operation Supervisors or Operation Shift Lead. Each *** the QA Analyst will have
a target number of sessions to complete. The Analyst may conduct a review
through the use of *** transcripts or *** sessions.
During *** review session *** transcript is pulled up using a *** for the ***
review session *** session is either retrieved from a *** sessions or through
*** session. Sessions are analyzed and scored by *** After this process, the ***
meets with the *** to deliver targeted *** performance and provides *** if
necessary *** will be provided to Client on a *** basis. Sessions that determine
*** will require immediate delivery of ***
In addition, Operation Supervisors review a *** on a weekly basis. This review
process, is similar to the QA process and is documented ***. The feedback is
given to the *** either immediately or during a later review session. ***
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***
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5 TECHNOLOGY
5.1 TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURE AND SPECIFICATIONS
This section outlines the technical requirements for the integration of systems
and technologies in support of Client's operation at PeopleSupport.
***
5.2 *** SUPPORT
PeopleSupport will provide support for Client's *** management system.
PeopleSupport shall provide support for the following Client ***:
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***
It will be Client's responsibility to *** PeopleSupport will initially support
*** listed above. Additional *** may require a change order and carry applicable
*** PeopleSupport will also support additional *** to be used for ***
PeopleSupport shall provide support to Client using a *** application server.
Both the *** application server *** server shall have a *** that is also *** for
Client.
PeopleSupport shall provide Client *** as set forth in Appendix A of this SOW
No. 3. Client will use *** PeopleSupport will provide client with *** to install
and run the *** system. It shall be Client's responsibility to *** on Client
designated workstations. PeopleSupport will provide client *** to be used on the
*** systems. ***
At a future date, Client may elect to use Client's *** to process *** instead of
PeopleSupport's *** Should that change occur, the new process would need to be
documented in ***
The following diagram illustrates the *** and ***
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***
***
5.3 ***
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***
5.5 ***
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***
5.6 ***
5.6.1 ***
5.6.2 ***
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***
5.6.3 ***
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5.7 REPORTING AND DATA FEED
PeopleSupport will provide Client with *** to access a secure web site
containing the Intellicenter Analytics portal. Client may access all of its
reports for its account through the Intellicenter. All reports are based on
US Central Time (CT) standard. If Client wishes to have reports generated
on information not included in the PeopleSupport standard reporting
package, PeopleSupport can provide custom reporting. The requirements,
cost, and time frame required for development will be determined by the
Implementation Project Manager and will be submitted to Client in writing
for approval prior to commencement of development.
Information available on the Client Portal will be maintained on the Portal
for the following periods of time: *** For a period of *** PeopleSupport
will keep *** only.
PeopleSupport's standard email reports include the "Email Performance
Report". This report is generated on a *** intervals. This report includes
the number of *** On the *** this information is divided into *** An
example of the *** version of this report is included in Appendix C.
In addition to providing standard reports, PeopleSupport will provide the
*** defined in Appendix C. PeopleSupport will post these *** to *** and on
a *** the ***
Client will promptly and regularly provide PeopleSupport with reports
required to perform QA, validate forecasts, and monitor *** utilization.
*** operational at a minimum, Client *** PeopleSupport ***
> On a *** basis, Client will provide PeopleSupport a list of the ***
segments.
> On a *** basis, Client will also *** per queue.
> On the *** day of each *** Client will provide PeopleSupport the ***
Alternatively, Client may provide PeopleSupport *** Such a file would be
delivered to PeopleSupport on a ***.
Client acknowledges and agrees that service level agreements relating to
*** will be waived ***
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5.8 ESCALATION OF TECHNOLOGY ISSUES
PeopleSupport and Client agree to follow the Technical Escalation Procedures
documented hereto as Appendix B for any technical issues that may arise
affecting Client's customer service operations.
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6 ***
6.1 ***
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***
6.2 ***
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***
6.3 ***
6.3 ***
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused their duly authorized
representatives to execute and meet the deliverables outlined in this SOW No. 3.
NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
/s/ John Donaghue
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Signature
John Donaghue
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Print Name
Executive Vice President
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Title
6/2/03
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Date
/s/ Illegible
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Signature
Contract Administrator
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Title
6-2-2003
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Date
PeopleSupport, Inc.
/s/ Lance Rosenzweig
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Signature
CEO
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Print Name
Lance Rosenzweig
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Title
May 23, 2003
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Date
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APPENDIX A - PRICING
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APPENDIX B -- TECHNICAL ESCALATION PROCEDURES
PRIMARY TECHNICAL CONTACTS
PeopleSupport and Client have provided the following designated contacts that
are authorized to respond to technical emergencies and escalations:
CLIENT TECHNICAL ESCALATION INFORMATION
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Dot Command NSI *** *** 8AM-5PM
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PEOPLESUPPORT TECHNICAL ESCALATION INFORMATION
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PURPOSE AND SCOPE
PeopleSupport has established a set of standard Client Escalation Procedures
available to all clients. These escalation procedures are outlined below.
PeopleSupport has made an effort to address all operational aspects of providing
continued service to clients. However, we recognize that clients might require
additional procedures unique to their operational needs. To address these unique
requirements outside of the standard escalation procedures, PeopleSupport can
work with each client to create customized business resumption and escalation
procedures as needed.
This document serves as the standard PeopleSupport Client Escalation Procedure.
This procedure documents both Client and PeopleSupport responsibilities with
regards to notification, ongoing communication and correction of problems
arising from an outage in services caused by systems and internal operational
elements under the control of PeopleSupport or caused by external elements
outside of the direct control of PeopleSupport. Specifics as to the
PeopleSupport service (the "Service") to be provided to the Client are set forth
in Client's Statement of Work (SOW), which is incorporated, signed into and made
a part of the Agreement.
For reference, policies and procedures for system backup and recovery are stated
in the PeopleSupport Backup and Offsite Storage Policies document. The document
can be obtained by contacting your PeopleSupport Account Executive.
EVENT NOTIFICATION
PeopleSupport shall provide initial notice to a designated Client representative
by telephone, e-mail, pager or comparable notification service within 1 hour of
PeopleSupport becoming aware of an event that has caused or may cause an
unscheduled outage or security breach problem. Client must provide a valid pager
number, fax number, voice mail or email address to PeopleSupport Helpdesk for
this purpose. PeopleSupport will contact the NOC at designated contact phone
number or email addresses to report such activity.
Client is solely responsible for providing accurate contact information for
Client's designated point of contact. In the event Client first becomes aware of
such outage or security breach event, Client shall promptly provide initial
notice to PeopleSupport via the assigned PeopleSupport Helpdesk Number provided
to Client. In the event of critical outages, status reports about the event will
continue on the hour until either the event has been resolved or both
PeopleSupport and Client have determined a course of action that does not
require continued notification.
CLIENT TECHNICAL SUPPORT
PeopleSupport will provide 7x24 customer service in support of Client's customer
service solution via email, voice and voice mail for the purpose of these Client
Escalation Procedures. The customer service center can be used to log problem
reports or request assistance with system usage. Details of PeopleSupport and
Client responsibility for the applications and services are outlined in the SOW.
MONITORING SERVICES
Monitoring Services refer to the ability of PeopleSupport to observe the
performance and availability of system, application and network components of
the customer service solution in real-time and identifying problems with such
components that indicate an outage of services. PeopleSupport will perform 7x24
system-level monitoring, including polling of the hardware,
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PeopleSupport, Inc. No disclosure, duplication or use of any portion of the
contents of these materials, for any purpose, may be made without the prior
express written consent of PeopleSupport, Inc.
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operating system and applications in order to detect abnormal system conditions.
Key system metrics monitored by PeopleSupport include:
- Hardware malfunctions
- Server uptime
- File System and Space utilization
- CPU utilization
- Memory utilization
- Application Service availability
- Wide-Area network uptime
- Intrusion Detection and logging
For equipment directly under the control of PeopleSupport, PeopleSupport
utilizes hardware sparing and redundant equipment whenever possible to address
malfunctioning equipment outages.
PROBLEM CATEGORIES AND PRIORITIES
PeopleSupport has established a standard problem management procedure to
identify, categorize and track problems with the operational and hosted
solutions under its direct control. Problems are categorized and prioritized by
order of importance to our Clients. PeopleSupport assigns a case number to the
problem when a client initiates a problem report by notifying the PeopleSupport
Helpdesk.
The PeopleSupport Helpdesk can be reached at numbers listed at the beginning of
this document.
There are four categories of problems ranging from Emergency (Priority 1) to
Assistance (Priority 4.)
PRIORITY 1 - EMERGENCY: A major catastrophic system or network outage with no
known or accepted immediate workaround. All available resources are applied
to resolve the problem continuously. Examples of typical emergencies are:
- Total outage of an application system, service or Voice infrastructure
- Partial outage of an application system (e.g. more than 50% of
Client's users are affected) with considerable restrictions of use
- Loss of data, information integrity or interfaces
- Considerable loss of redundancy due to outage of communication links,
network, or server stand-by units.
- All security incidents with major impact to Client's operation at
PeopleSupport.
PRIORITY 2 - CRITICAL: A problem resulting from the system not meeting
technical specifications and/or performance. Portions or aspects of the
system are inoperable but the core portion of the system is available. All
resources are applied to resolve the problem continuously. Examples of
typical critical problems are:
- Unavailability of Reports
- Unavailability of voice lines, routing problems or system resource
issues - Inability of some users to login to the system due to
security or access control issues
- Malfunction of a major feature of the system
- Security breaches and virus attacks with significant impact to
Client's operation at PeopleSupport.
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PeopleSupport, Inc. No disclosure, duplication or use of any portion of the
contents of these materials, for any purpose, may be made without the prior
express written consent of PeopleSupport, Inc.
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PRIORITY 3 - NON-CRITICAL: Problems, which require technical advice or a
solution for minor and non-emergency problems. A work around is available and
there are no major operational or security impacts. Resources are applied to
resolve the problem within mutually agreed upon timeframes based on the
nature of the problem.
PRIORITY 4 - ASSISTANCE: Minor, non-disruptive operational error or function,
general questions, or enhancement requests for new functionality or a change
in existing functionality with little immediate operational impact. Resources
are applied to resolve the problem within mutually agreed upon timeframes
based on the nature of the problem.
PROBLEM RESOLUTION RESPONSE TIMES
The following table indicates PeopleSupport's problem resolution goals. These
resolution goals apply to all problems related to systems and services under the
direct control of PeopleSupport. Problem resolution or workaround time commences
after the problem has been identified and reproduced by PeopleSupport. A Call
Back procedure is followed by PeopleSupport to notify clients affected by
priority 1-3 problems. Clients must provide PeopleSupport Helpdesk with up to
date contact information and a preferred method of communication for all
notifications. Client's primary contact shall have the authority to make
decisions on behalf of Client to facilitate a rapid resolution of all problems.
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CALL BACK TIME AFTER CASE IS PROBLEM RESOLUTION OR WORKAROUND
OPENED BY PEOPLESUPPORT TIME AFTER PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION BY
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Priority 1 1 hour 4 hours
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Priority 2 2 hour 12 hours
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Priority 3 1 day 1 week
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IN PRIORITY 1 AND PRIORITY 2 CASES THAT ARE AS A RESULT OF PEOPLESUPPORT SYSTEM
PROBLEMS, PEOPLESUPPORT SHALL WORK AROUND THE CLOCK UNTIL A RESOLUTION OR
WORKAROUND IS REACHED.
All priority 1 problems are escalated internally as follows:
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PRIORITY 1 CUSTOMER CARE OPERATIONS
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In priority 3 cases, PeopleSupport shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
notify the Client and resolve problems as quickly as is reasonably practical.
Resolution to problems with priority 4 depends on the scope and nature of the
request (typically a programming or enhancement request) and cannot be
accurately forecasted. If a problem cannot be resolved permanently, a temporary
resolution will be implemented to the extent possible based on mutual agreement
with Client.
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PeopleSupport, Inc. No disclosure, duplication or use of any portion of the
contents of these materials, for any purpose, may be made without the prior
express written consent of PeopleSupport, Inc.
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ESCALATION AND PROBLEM RESOLUTION PROCEDURES
> IF THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM IS EXTERNAL TO PEOPLESUPPORT
When there is a site and/or system problem that is external to PeopleSupport
(such as unavailability of the Client Web Site or back-end application system or
tools):
A) Client shall notify the PeopleSupport Helpdesk within one hour of
noticing the outage.
B) PeopleSupport will "troubleshoot" the problem as appropriate to
determine the impact of the problem to systems and networks under the
control of PeopleSupport. If the problem is as a result of systems and
facilities outside the control of PeopleSupport, Client shall assign a
designated resource to PeopleSupport to address the problem within a
mutually agreed upon timeframe.
C) PeopleSupport shall contact Client's designated support staff to inquire
about the problem periodically until the problem is resolved. Client's
designated support entity must be listed at the beginning of this
document.
D) Client's designated support staff shall respond to PeopleSupport
inquiries with timely updates in 60-minute intervals until the problem
is resolved.
In the event of a technical problem with Client's call tracking system, email
management system, or any Client system directly used by PeopleSupport eReps,
problems may have a direct impact on PeopleSupport's ability to meet the agreed
upon service levels. In such cases, PeopleSupport reserves the right to waive
the agreed upon Service Level measures or customer care as long as the problem
remains unresolved by the Client.
> IF THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM IS INTERNAL TO PEOPLESUPPORT
When there is a system or operational problem that is internal to PeopleSupport
(such as unavailability of the voice systems, applications or network access):
A) Client shall contact the PeopleSupport Helpdesk to report an exact
detail of the problem as soon as Client notices the problem. Or,
wherein the only available resource is PeopleSupport (i.e. weekends,
or after hours), PeopleSupport personnel shall notify Client via the
NOC escalation process of said disruptive service. A PeopleSupport
Helpdesk Analyst will receive the call and open a ticket for the
problem under an assigned priority. In the event that an Analyst is
not reachable, a voice mail or Page may be left for the on-call
support analyst at PeopleSupport. The Helpdesk shall return all voice
mails and pages within 30 minutes.
B) PeopleSupport Analysts will "troubleshoot" the problem as appropriate
to determine if the problem is related to systems and networks under
the control of PeopleSupport. If the problem is as a result of systems
and facilities under the control of PeopleSupport, a designated
resource from PeopleSupport will be assigned to address the problem.
C) PeopleSupport Analyst shall notify Client's designated point of
contact within one hour of noticing an outage.
D) PeopleSupport Analyst shall provide Client with updates in 60-minute
intervals until the problem is resolved.
E) In the event of a major catastrophic impact to Client's operation at
PeopleSupport caused by systems under PeopleSupport's direct control,
PeopleSupport shall exercise the Client's agreed to Disaster Recovery
plan to resolve the problem.
F) For Priority 1, if the outage exceeds 24 hours and is in
PeopleSupport's control, PeopleSupport will provide Client with a
credit equal to 5% of the monthly invoice amount for the customer
contact methods affected.
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PeopleSupport, Inc. No disclosure, duplication or use of any portion of the
contents of these materials, for any purpose, may be made without the prior
express written consent of PeopleSupport, Inc.
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SCHEDULE MAINTENANCE POLICY
To maintain and enhance PeopleSupport's hosted applications, network
infrastructure and communication systems, we have established a scheduled weekly
maintenance window. The time periods below represent a designated window of time
that scheduled and routine maintenance activity may be planned without prior
notice. PeopleSupport will attempt to minimize the impact of the scheduled
maintenances as much as possible without impacting system's future uptime and
availability. Though the systems might not become unavailable every week during
the scheduled times listed below, clients should assume and plan for momentary
outages during these timeframes accordingly.
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In addition to regularly scheduled maintenance, PeopleSupport may at times
perform emergency maintenance. Whenever possible, PeopleSupport shall make
commercially reasonable efforts to provide Client with forty-eight (48) hours
prior notification of all scheduled maintenance procedures arising from
emergencies.
MODIFICATION OF ESCALATION PROCEDURES
Client acknowledges that from time to time, PeopleSupport may be required to
modify terms and conditions of this Client Escalation Procedure as required by
third-party vendors. PeopleSupport shall notify Client of any such Required
Modification. Client shall have five (5) business days to review such
modification and notify PeopleSupport of its acceptance or rejection of same.
Failure to affirmatively reject shall be deemed an acceptance under this
section.
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PeopleSupport, Inc. No disclosure, duplication or use of any portion of the
contents of these materials, for any purpose, may be made without the prior
express written consent of PeopleSupport, Inc.
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NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
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PeopleSupport, Inc. No disclosure, duplication or use of any portion of the
contents of these materials, for any purpose, may be made without the prior
express written consent of PeopleSupport, Inc.
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EXHIBIT B
NSI NDA
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NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
Proprietary Information
This is an Agreement, effective October 2, 2000, 2000 between Network Solutions,
Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "NSI") and PeopleSupport, Inc,, a Delaware
corporation (hereinafter referred to as "PSI"). It is recognized that it may be
necessary or desirable to exchange information between NSI and PSI for the
purpose of discussing a possible Interactive Support Services Agreement. With
respect to the information exchanged between the parties subsequent to this
date, the parties agree as follows:
(1) "Proprietary information" shall include, but not be limited to,
performance, sales, financial, contractual and special marketing
information, ideas, technical data and concepts originated by the
disclosing party, not previously published or otherwise disclosed to the
general public, not previously available without restriction to the
receiving party or others, nor normally furnished to others without
compensation, and which the disclosing party desires to protect against
unrestricted disclosure or competitive use, and which is furnished
pursuant to this Agreement and reasonably believed by the " receiving
party to be Proprietary Information of the disclosing party.
(2) Each party covenants and agrees that it will keep in confidence, and
prevent the disclosure to any person or persons outside its organization
or to any unauthorized person or persons, any and all information which is
received from the other under this Non-Disclosure Agreement; provided
however, that a receiving party shall not be liable for disclosure of any
such information if the same:
A. Was in the public domain at the time it was disclosed,
B. Becomes part of the public domain without breach of this Agreement,
C. Is disclosed with the written approval of the other party,
D. Is disclosed after two years from receipt of the information,
E. Was independently developed by the receiving party,
F. Is or was disclosed by the disclosing party to a third party without
restriction, or
G. Is disclosed pursuant to the provisions of a court order.
As between the parties hereto, the provisions of this Paragraph 2 shall
supersede the provisions of any inconsistent legend that may be affixed to
said data by the disclosing party, and the inconsistent provisions of any
such legend shall be without any force or effect.
Any protected information provided by one party to the other shall be used
only in furtherance of the purposes described in this Agreement, and shall
be, upon request at any time, returned to the disclosing party. If either
party loses or makes unauthorized disclosure of the other party's
protected information, it shall notify such other party immediately and
take all steps reasonable and necessary to retrieve the lost or improperly
disclosed information.
(3) The standard of care for protecting Proprietary Information imposed on the
party receiving such information, will be that degree of care the
receiving party uses to prevent disclosure, publication or dissemination
of its own proprietary information, but in no event less than reasonable
care.
(4) Neither party shall be liable for the inadvertent or accidental disclosure
of Proprietary Information if such disclosure occurs despite the exercise
of the same degree of care as such party normally takes to preserve its
own such data or information.
(5) In providing any information hereunder, each disclosing party makes no
representations, either express, or implied, as to the information's
adequacy, sufficiency, or freedom from defect of any kind, including
freedom from any patent infringement that may result from the use of such
information, nor shall either party incur any liability or-obligation
whatsoever by reason of such information, except as provided under
Paragraph 2, hereof.
(6) This Non-disclosure Agreement contains the entire agreement relative to
the protection, of information to be exchanged hereunder, and supersedes
all prior or contemporaneous oral or written understandings or agreements
regarding this issue. This Non-Disclosure Agreement shall not be modified
or amended, except in a written instrument executed by the parties.
(7) Nothing contained in this Non-Disclosure Agreement shall, by express
grant, implication, estoppel or otherwise, create in either party any
right, title, interest, or license in or to the inventions, patents,
technical data, computer software, or software documentation of the other
party.
(8) Nothing contained in this Non-Disclosure Agreement shall grant to either
party the right to make commitments of any kind for or on behalf of any
other party without the prior written consent of that other party.
(9) The effective date of this Non-Disclosure Agreement shall be the date upon
which the last signatory below executes this Agreement.
(10) This Non-Disclosure Agreement shall be governed and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of California.
(11) This Non-Disclosure Agreement may not be assigned or otherwise transferred
by either party in whole or in part without the express prior written
consent of the other party, which consent shall not unreasonably be
withheld. This consent requirement shall not apply in the event either
party shall change its corporate name or merge with another corporation.
This Non-
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Disclosure Agreement shall benefit and be binding upon the successors and
assigns of the parties hereto.
(12) Both parties agree to take all reasonable precautions to prevent any
trading in Company securities by their respective officers, directors,
employees and agents having knowledge of the proposed transaction between
the parties until the proposed transaction has been sufficiently publicly
disclosed. The parties understand and agree that until a press release is
issued regarding a proposed transaction between the parties, neither party
will disclose the fact that negotiations are taking place, except to
professional advisors and to employees of the parties on a need-to-know
basis.
(13) It is further understood and agreed that money damages would not be a
sufficient remedy for any breach of this agreement by either party or any
of its representatives and that the non-breaching party shall be entitled
to equitable relief, including injunction and specific performance, as a
remedy for any such breach. Such remedies shall not be deemed to be the
exclusive remedies for a breach of this agreement but shall be in addition
to all other remedies available at law or equity. In the event of
litigation relating to this agreement, if a court of competent
jurisdiction determines that either party or any of its representatives
have breached this agreement, then the breaching party, shall be liable
and pay to the non-breaching party the reasonable legal fees incurred in
connection with such litigation, including an appeal therefrom.
Network Solutions Inc. PeopleSupport, Inc.
By: /s/ Vivek Kumar By: /s/ Lance Rosenzweig
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Name: Vivek Kumar Name: Lance Rosenzweig
Title: Purchasing Mgr. Title: CEO
Date: 10/6/00 Date: 12/4/00
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