Merative ™ Social Program Management Third Party Prerequisites Policy Change

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Merative Social Program Management Third Party Prerequisites Policy Change

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In order to greater assist our customers with future planning regarding technical infrastructure and upgrades to your Merative Social Program Management solutions; we are announcing changes to how Merative Social Program Management will announce support for third party pre-requisite software and tools.

Beginning with the release of Merative Social Program Management v7; and for all future releases of Merative Social Program Management solutions; we will only define support for the third party products for which our solutions have a direct dependency. To use supported database software as an example, for each release we will define the database systems that are supported by Merative Social Program Management. Because Merative Social Program Management products interact with the database itself and not the environment upon which it resides; the variety of environments upon which these database systems can reside are dependent and supported by the database system vendor rather than Merative Social Program Management. Since there is only an indirect dependence to the supported environment due to Merative Social Program Management’s interaction with the database system and not it’s hosting environment, it is our policy to allow customers to utilize any supported environment for the database system; leaving the third party vendor to define which environments are supported.

This provides customers with the ability to utilize any environment supported by the third party vendor for tools that have a direct dependency with Merative Social Program Management as well as greater clarity into the software and tools that are required for development and deployment of Merative Social Program Management solutions.

For greater clarity, the following are some frequently asked questions that address common concerns regarding this announcement:

Which third party products are covered by this announcement?

The new guidelines apply to the all third party products upon which Merative Social Program Management retains only an indirect dependency.

Does this apply to the platforms I use for development, or for deployment?

This applies to operating systems for Deployment only. Our third party pre-requisite documentation for Development operating systems will remain unchanged.

Does this represent a reduction in supported platforms?

No, there is no reduction in the supported third party tools for customers caused by this announcement. If your operating system was supported under existing pre-requisites, it will continue to be supported. In fact, this approach provides customers with more flexibility about their choice of technology stack by allowing customers to use any environment supported by the third party vendor for tools that Merative Social Program Management has a direct dependency upon.

Does this change my support contract, terms or Service Level Agreements?

No, your support terms and contract are unchanged.

What should I do if I find an issue I believe to be specific to my development platform?

Any such issues should be reported through your regular support channel, and they will be dealt with as previously. If you suspect an issue to be specific to a particular platform, you should explain why you believe this to be the case.

When will the change happen? Which product lines are affected?

This change will first apply to the recently announced version 7 of our Social Program Management products. It applies to new product versions from that point forward only and will have no impact on

Disclaimer:

Merative Social Program Management’s statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at Merative Social Program Management’s sole discretion. Information regarding potential future products is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information mentioned regarding potential future products is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. Information about potential future products may not be incorporated into any contract. The development, release, and timing of any future features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion.