Remote Hands Services
Bluebird Underground Data Center is pleased to offer Remote Hands Services to customers as a premium feature to enhance their collocation service at the Bluebird Underground Data Center. Remote Hands Services offers an efficient and effective solution to deployment of services, as well as troubleshooting any issues that a collocation customer may be experiencing, without dispatching customer resources to physically diagnose the issue. Bluebird Network and Bluebird Underground employ highly-trained technicians, and will work with your technical personnel to assist in deployment, diagnosis or resolution of issues upon your request.
Process Overview
- For Emergency requests, please call the Bluebird NOC at 877-766-2662 in addition to completing the Remote Hands Request Form.
- To initiate a scheduled, planned Remote Hands activity, please complete the detailed Remote Hands Request Form on the Bluebird Network web site.
- All Remote Hands Services requests will be directed to the Bluebird Underground Support Team, allowing a single point of contact for all customer support incidents.
- All requests are processed through a defined escalation path until resolved.
- Remote Hands Services Plans include prepaid service hours and guaranteed response times.
Remote Hands Services Activities
SERVER REBOOTS:
SERVER REFRESH:
SHIPPING AND RECEIVING:
Receiving: Will be charged in 15-minute increments for the time it takes to receive and store the item. An additional storage fee will be charged for items stored for more than 2 weeks.
EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION:
RECEIVING OF SMALL PACKAGES:
CUSTOMER- REQUESTED AUDITS:
Bluebird technicians are on call 7x24x365.
All Remote Hands Services Plans are based upon Normal Business Hour activity:
8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday.
Extended Hours will be billed at the designated rate. Remote Hands Service activity beyond the Service Plan hours is billed in 15-minute increments. After-Hours rates are 1.5 times the standard hourly rate, billed in 15-minute increments under a Service Plan.
For customers without a Remote Hands Services Plan, Bluebird Underground Remote Hands services will be billed at $200 per hour in 30-minute increments, with a 1-hour minimum per incident. No After-Hours activity is permitted without a Service Plan.