Support & Maintenance Terms

Supported Products

The terms and conditions defined in this document applies to all ADF Solutions’ products that have an active license and support subscription.

Support Hours

Response time should not exceed 48 hours. ADF Solutions hotline is reachable by phone or by email during the following time frames from Monday to Friday:

Time Zone

Support Hours

Eastern Standard Time (US)

5:00am to 5:00pm

Central Standard Time (US)

4:00am to 4:00pm

Mountain Standard Time (US)

3:00am to 3:00pm

Pacific Standard Time (US)

2:00am to 2:00pm

 

Contacting the ADF Support Team

The support contact information is: Phone: +1 301-312-6578 extension 3

Email: support@adfsolutions.com

Clients will be informed if phone number and email address change.

US National Holiday Calendar

ADF Solutions observes the following holidays and does not provide support during the listed days:

Holiday

Annual Event Date

Holiday

Annual Event Date

New Year's Day

January 1

Labor Day

1st Monday in September

Martin Luther King Day

3rd Monday of January

Columbus Day

2nd Monday in October

Presidents Day

3rd Monday of February

Veterans' Day

November 11

Memorial Day

Last Monday of May

Thanksgiving Day

4th Thursday in November

Independence Day

July 4

Christmas Day

December 25

 

Support Resources

ADF Solutions has a technical team dedicated to customer support. ADF Solutions offers one standard level of support services. The support department provides customers with immediate assistance for all incidents with ADF software. Please refer to the definitions to qualify if your incident is covered by the ADF support service.

 

Definitions

Incident

  • A technical problem involving some components of the software, or dysfunctions noted by users within the

Non-Incident

  • Hardware problems and problems linked to components developed by the customer

  • Requests for new functionalities, improvements of performances, cosmetic changes in the user interface cannot be considered as incidents. Such requests should be forwarded directly to the ADF sales

Resolution

  • Formulation, development and application of circumvention, fixes, work-around and how-to assistance.

  • Formulation and development of answers, advice, and

Problems shall be considered resolved when corrective actions resume the normal performance of a feature or function or the End User and ADF agree that the software is "working as designed", and the CUSTOMER conveys acceptance to ADF Solutions.

 

Resolution Process

Begin Support Case

Support cases are opened as soon as a phone call or an email is received for a new incident. A new case number is then assigned to the incident. ADF Solutions will provide progress updates to the customer, daily or whenever required by the customer.

Run Diagnostic

This step is the identification and isolation of the problem. The incident is first diagnosed based on the initial information provided by the customer. If the incident cannot be resolved immediately, ADF Solutions will work with the customer to gather more information to identify and isolate the problem. If the reported issue is not related to any ADF Software, the case will be closed.

Provide a Temporary Solution

If technically possible, ADF Solutions will provide the customer with a temporary workaround to the problem while a definitive solution is being worked on.

Establish a Definitive Solution

This is the solution provided by ADF Solutions to resolve the problem. For certain incidents, ADF Solutions may choose to delay the definitive solution to a future release of its software.

 

Software Upgrades

ADF Solutions schedules the following upgrades on a periodic basis:

Major Upgrades

A major upgrade is released when important changes are introduced such as user interface redesign, data structure changes, and new concepts. A major upgrade is reflected by an increase in the first digit of the version number (e.g. 2.5.0 to 3.0.0).

Minor Upgrades

A minor upgrade is released to introduce new features, improve stability and performance, and fix bugs. A minor upgrade is reflected by an increase in the second digit of the version number (e.g. 2.5.2 to 2.6.0).

Bug Fix Upgrades

A bug fix upgrade is released when important bug fixes need to be released. A bug fix upgrade is reflected by an increase in the third digit of the version number (e.g. 2.5.0 to 2.5.1).