But it's hardly the same when you tout your own horn.   Your customers
should be doing it for you !!

Susan


On 4/18/07, Kulkarni, Gururaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I just want to add that currently Column Technologies has largest team of
ATS certified people in US. Also Column has won awards from BMC for last 5
years for best frontline support .One of the key factor is Column support
team escalates very few issues to BMC so resolution is faster than any other
VAR in field today.

thanks,


-----Original Message-----
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Axton
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 3:07 PM
To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: New Support Policy?


My place of employment switched from BMC to TuringSMI last September.
I've been pleased with the support I receive.  Turing has a talented
pool of people in the States and I have their numbers.  That's a good
thing.  No more playing phone tag with people I don't know.

The people that work at Turing that provide support have the Remedy
ATS certification.  They are provided with tools and knowledge that
are not given out in regular training classes (debugging related info)
through this cert path.

Our turnaround rate (measured in fixes available in the form of binary
patches) has come way off the floor since using BMC support directly.

We still work with the BMC resolution team/engineers as needed,
depending on the nature of the problem.  The BMC site is also still
used for all our licensing related issues (new licenses, purges, etc.)
and we retain our supportweb logins for the kb, patches, downloads,
etc.

Just my observations.

Axton Grams

On 4/18/07, Wilson, Bruce B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> **
>
>
>
> The trail is becoming more twisted…
>
>
>
> Apparently, when you now call the BMC support center with a new issue,
you
> no longer speak to a support technician.
>
> Instead, you speak to someone who takes some cursory notes and creates a
> ticket for you.
>
> Basically, it is the same thing as if you were to go online via Remedy
> support and create your own ticket.
>
>
>
> I remember previous to this, you got someone who could not speak very
good
> English and would attempt to solve your problem with the limited
knowledge
> they had and would then TEXT MESSAGE the BMC support engineer you
previously
> were able to speak directly to.
>
>
>
> Add the fact that the on-line Remedy knowledge base is incredibly slow
to
> search and retrieve and you basically complete the poor support.
>
>
>
> We are paying thousands and thousands of dollars for incredibly poor
support
> that seems to continuously get worse.
>
> What is next?
>
>
>
>
>
> I am seriously considering utilizing a non-BMC service center for
support.
>
> I am told at one vendor, the technicians go through a certification
program.
>
> You get the same person each time you call so they get to become
familiar
> with you.
>
> Does anyone have any good (or bad) experiences with non-BMC service
center
> vendors?
>
>
>
> Sorry for venting, but enough is enough!
>
>
>
>
>
> Bruce Wilson
>
> C&S Remedy Administrator
>
> Norfolk Southern Corporation
>
> Atlanta, GA __20060125_______________________This posting
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