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<webpage id="service-aftercare">
  <config param="rcsdate" value="$Date: 2011-02-02 19:59:53 -0500 (Wed, 02 Feb 2011) $"/>
  <head>
    <title>AfterCare</title>
    <summary>
      Ability to maintain your current systems and support future demands.
    </summary>
    <keywords>Dixite, Services, AfterCare</keywords>
  </head>
  <para>
    AfterCare is a flexible service to maintain and operate applications that 
    are in production environments.
  </para>
  <section id='challenge'>
    <title>The Challenge</title>
    <para>
      Once a given system is in production, it needs to be maintained 
      and operated. What do we mean by maintenance and operation?	
    </para>
    <itemizedlist>
	<listitem><para>
	Maintenance:
	  we realize preventive, corrective and scalable maintenance of the 
	  software;
	</para></listitem>
	<listitem><para>
	Operation:
	  monitors the application software in production to make sure that it 
	  performs as expected.
	</para></listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </section>
  <section id='solution'>
    <title>The Solution</title>
    <para>
      To be able to provide a flexible and yet efficient service to our 
      clients, we have put together a cost-effective and quality service based 
      on token consumption. What is a <emphasis>token</emphasis>?
    </para>
    <para>
      A token identifies the smallest unit of work with a fixed price expiry 
      date. The price and expiry date is defined per contract.
    </para>
  <para>
    Once the token is purchased, it can be consumed by the client on the tasks 
    described in <emphasis>the statement of work</emphasis>.    
  </para>
  <itemizedlist><para>That is how the service works:</para>
  <listitem><para>
    based on clients requirements, describe a statement of the work that 
    includes the tasks to be performed by Dixite consultants;	
  </para></listitem>
  <listitem><para>
    given the statement of work, define an average and periodical token 
    consumption.	
  </para></listitem>
  <listitem><para>
    a <acronym>SLA</acronym> can be established to ensure the provision of 
    a quality and timely service.
  </para></listitem>
  </itemizedlist>
  </section>

  <section id='benefits'>
    <title>Business Value and Benefits</title>
    <para>
      The service offers:
    </para>

    <itemizedlist>
      <title></title>
      <listitem><para>
	effective cutting costs by controlling the system operational expenses 
	via our token based service;
      </para></listitem>
      <listitem><para>
	achieve better performance through continuous monitoring;
      </para></listitem>
      <listitem><para>
	better time utilization for system administrators and end users 
	through the delegation of the system operation.
      </para></listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

  </section>

  <sidebar id='relReferences'>
    <title>Selected References</title>
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem><para><olink targetdoc="client-acea"/></para></listitem>
      <listitem><para><olink targetdoc="client-trapanet"/></para></listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
  </sidebar>

</webpage>

