We Are CORTEX
Product Support Services
Services provided by We Are CORTEX
Product Support:
Service Offering
Help and assistance in any query regarding CORTEX configuration.
Product support covers the CORTEX platform, block functionality and documented features of CORTEX, along with associated CORTEX service modules which underpin the CORTEX product.
CORTEX Product support does not include assistance regarding any solution built with CORTEX.
CORTEX will provide a workaround to address an incident whenever possible.
CORTEX will provide access to new revisions and hot fixes whenever possible. In order to perform diagnosis CORTEX may require remote access to the CORTEX solution and or assistance to reproduce the incident.
CORTEX Product support does not include support for any incident caused by other software packages or environments connected via CORTEX interfaces.
Support Hours
CORTEX provides manned ServiceDesk and incident response during UK Office Hours:
UK local time, excluding UK public holidays.
Service Desk
All CORTEX Support Services are available to customers on an SLA basis. Service Portal Knowledgebase, Informational and non-SLA services are available to all customers, with additional services available to Certified Engineers.
CORTEX Service Portal: This service is available to end users to access our detailed Knowledge-base and client Case history 24 hours per day, 7 days per week available via support.wearecortex.com
Certified Engineers: All CORTEX engineers certified to at least Foundation Level will be granted direct access to the CORTEX Service Portal and access to our dedicated team of support engineers. Certified engineers may raise new cases or query an open case in the portal.
Incident Management Process
The incident follows a broad path as outlined by the figure below.
Once a case has been raised, it is first acknowledged (response)
and then investigated which may involve access to the customers CORTEX solution. A solution is offered to the case once a suitable resolution has been found.
Alternative Contact
In the event of the CORTEX Service Portal not being available, cases may also be raised:
The email must include, as minimum, the following information:
• System operation
• Impact level
• Urgency level
• Description of the issue
Customer Success?
If you are not seeking to raise a ticket, but have a question or need some help, you can contact our Customer Success team for some assistance.*
*Customer Success is a service We Are CORTEX provide but it is not available to all customers. If you reach out to the team they will be able to let you know if you are covered by this service.
Management Escalation
Detailed support escalation procedures are provided to customers on request, please see right for support escalation table.
Note: Resolutions may include the provision of technical ‘workaround’ which address the behaviour.
Line of Escalation | Contact Name | Contact Address |
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1st Escalation | Service Desk | servicedesk@wearecortex.com |
2nd Escalation | Support Manager | Available on request |
3rd Escalation | Op.s Director | Available on request |
Software Service Level Agreement
The service levels are target service levels for CORTEX internal performance measures.
We Are CORTEX may share the performance statistics generated by CORTEX with the Customer for information only. CORTEX does not warrant the performance of Support Services. The SLA response only runs during UK office hours.
Software Severity Business Impact levels and corresponding response and target fix times.
Note: Resolutions may include the provision of technical ‘workaround’ which address the behaviour.
Hour = Business Hour, as defined in our Standard Terms
Day = Business Day, as defined in our Standard Terms
Level | Business Impact | Target | Resolution |
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1 | Critical: Operations are severely affected. The Solution or major components of the Solution are inoperable, and no work around exists. | 1 Hour | Hot Fix |
2 | High: Operations are detrimentally affected or at significant risk of failure. The Solution or major components of the Solution are inoperable, and no work around exists. | 1 Hour | Hot Fix |
3 | Medium: A minor component or function is inoperable or not working correctly, or a Problem exists in a major component, but a temporary work-around is available. | 1 Day | Planned for next appropriate release |
4 | Low: A Problem is detected which has no real effect on the daily operations, or for which a permanent work-around is available. | 2 Days | Planned for next major release |
5 | None: A request for information, a cosmetic change is proposed, or a new feature is requested. | 2 Days | Next user group review |