TechBlue Advanced Support Advanced Oracle Support and Services Portfolio

GSA Schedule 70: GS-35F-0588V GSA 8a STARS2: GS-06F-1022Z

Benefit Vendor Support TechBlue Advanced Support

Focus Product sales-driven Product support-driven

Risk Support tied to licensing Support independent of licensing

Cost Model Maximize vendor margins Minimize customer cost (~ 40% less)

Flexibility Vendor limited Customer driven

Coverage “Off the shelf” Software Customized Solutions

Upgrades Upgrades dictated by vendor Upgrades dictated by customer

Innovation Vendor-only perspective Vendor and Industry perspective

WHY TECHBLUE ADVANCED SUPPORT

From a vendor perspective, license and maintenance

costs represent significant income. However, from a

customer perspective they represent significant cost.

More and more organizations are expressing

dissatisfaction with the cost of software vendor support

and maintenance costs. In some cases, vendors are

generating over 90% operating profits.

Improving operational efficiency requires a new support

model focused on expanding innovation, reducing costs,

improving performance, and eliminating limitations

associated with tying vendor software with support.

With TechBlue Advanced Support our customers are

able to focus more of their resources on strategic, mission-

critical improvements that drive performance, while

leveraging dedicated, round-the-clock support for solution

sustainment and enhancement.

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TECHBLUE ADVANCED SUPPORT VERSUS VENDOR SUPPORT

Advanced Oracle Support

Designed to reduce time and money, and to maximize

the functionality, availability and scalability of critical

systems, TechBlue Advanced Oracle Support consists

of four complimentary offerings:

• TechBlue Incident Management

• TechBlue Support Team

• TechBlue Solution Manager

• TechBlue Innovation Center

KEY BENEFITS

• Allow staff to focus on core IT business issues

• Streamlined issue resolution • Formal Incident Management

methodology • Reduced risk of downtime and

service interruption • Reduced cost over traditional

support models • Proactive strategic and technical

guidance

Now more than ever, production systems require a blend of resources to proactively manage

and reactively respond to challenges and opportunities inherent to operations. TechBlue

provides a level of service designed for collaboration, guidance and support of mission-critical

systems and solutions, including applications, databases and middleware.

ORACLE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

High availability with 24x7x365, mission-critical issue response

and resolution

KEY BENEFITS

• 24x7x365 Incident Management

• Toll-free 1800 number access • ITIL-based Incident Management

process • Dedicated support team that

knows client environments • Monthly, quarterly and yearly

performance metrics • Proactive and preventative advice • Tiered support streams ensuring

critical issues receive priority • Innovation Center replication of

client environments

High-performing systems and solutions are critical to

operational excellence, which is why TechBlue delivers

comprehensive solution support and incident

management services.

A team of dedicated support professionals stay deeply

familiar with client systems and operational objectives to

quickly respond to incidents, and deliver proactive

recommendations that improve business solutions.

As a member of the Oracle Partner Network TechBlue

leverages advanced diagnostic tools and technologies to

resolve issues and implement lasting changes to Oracle

solutions, resulting in greater system performance and

availability.

ORACLE SUPPORT TEAM

Dedicated, production-critical day-to-day system and solution

support

TechBlue dedicated support professionals provide

strategic and tactical expertise to support mission-critical

environments, systems and solutions.

Led by an Oracle Solution Manager, our dedicated team

delivers comprehensive issue identification, resolution

and proactive guidance to maintain optimal system

availability, scalability and performance.

Our personnel develop customized support portfolios to

ensure effective response to opportunities and

challenges, and follow proven solution development

methodologies to deliver new and enhanced capabilities

that increase mission success.

KEY BENEFITS

• Dedicated, vendor-certified, onsite and offsite personnel

• Issue identification and resolution through comprehensive health check plans and strategies

• Issue avoidance with proactive

issue identification and resolution • Reduce IT costs • Reduce resolution time by having

dedicated personnel available • Flexible support configurations for

off-hours, weekends and holidays

ORACLE SOLUTION MANAGER

Strategic, tactical and organizational consultation on Oracle

solutions and software

The Oracle Solution Manager serves as the primary point

of contact and expertise for TechBlue Oracle clients.

Front-line strategic, tactical and organizational advisory

services ensure client solutions continue to meet mission-

critical objectives and requirements.

TechBlue methodologies facilitate periodic reviews to

proactively identify potential challenges and exploit

opportunities, and drive recommendations based on

Oracle best practices.

In conjunction with a dedicated Oracle Support Team,

TechBlue is ensuring robust, value-producing Oracle

implementations.

KEY BENEFITS

• Allow your staff to focus on core IT business issues

• Streamlined issue resolution • Formal Incident Management

methodology • Reduced cost over traditional

support models • Proactive strategic and technical

guidance • Proactive opportunity analysis and

strategic recommendation

TECHBLUE INNOVATION CENTER

Cloud-based, scalable research, development and staging

environments

As a strategic and tactical component of TechBlue

Advanced Support, the Innovation Center enables our

support team to maintain close familiarity with customer

technologies by simulating environments, solutions and

software.

The Innovation Center enables faster incident resolution

by enabling realistic incident simulation in replicated

environments. Solution impact risk is reduced through

comprehensive testing and simulation prior to client

environment implementation.

In conjunction with proactive guidance and

recommendations, proofs of concepts are developed and

demonstrated to customer stakeholders for evaluation,

planning and implementation.

KEY BENEFITS

• Realistic incident replication

• Solution development, testing and approval

• Dedicated POC environment for proactive recommendation R&D

• Increased familiarity with client

environments and solutions • Cloud scalability and flexibility to

adapt to new client objectives • Increased incident resolution speed • Reduced customer risk

Middleware Application Server, Business Analytics, BPM, Cloud Application Foundation, Content Management, Data Integration Identity Management, SOA, Oracle Social Network, Transaction Processing, WebCenter, WebLogic

Database Oracle Database 10 / 11 / 12, Advanced Analytics, Database In-Memory, Database Security, Data Guard, GoldenGate, MySQL, OLAP, Real Application Clusters, Secure Backup, Spatial and Graph

Engineered Systems Oracle Big Data Appliance, Oracle Database Appliance, Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle SuperCluster, Oracle Data Loss Recovery Appliance

Applications Customer Experience, Enterprise Resource Planning, Human Capital Management, Supply Chain Management, Oracle Policy Automation

Java Java Platform Enterprise Edition, Oracle Java SE Advanced, Oracle JRockit, NetBeans IDE

Operating Systems Oracle Linux, Oracle Solaris

ENGAGING TECHBLUE ADVANCED SUPPORT

TechBlue Advanced Support can be delivered in as little as thirty

days, engaging the support you need quickly

SUPPPORTED ORACLE PRODUCTS

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