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Upland Software

RightAnswers

RightAnswers is a cloud-based knowledge management software and web self-service solutions provider for customer service and IT support.
We combine software, knowledge, knowledge automation and services specifically designed to help enterprise organizations manage and share knowledge, resulting in a more efficient way to deliver knowledge throughout your enterprise.

Features

  • Knowledge Management (KM) is the sole focus
  • KCS v6 verified solution – first application to receive verification
  • A shared ownership in the client’s knowledge initiative
  • Integrates into the clients existing ITSM, CRM or Chat system
  • Pre-built and ever growing knowledge base of solutions

Benefits

  • Advanced Services for more complex, bigger organizations
  • Easy content creation for knowledge retention and sharing
  • Just-in-time information for more efficient ticket resolution
  • Multi-channel flexibility for multiple audience and messages
  • Centralized and personalized search for easier knowledge base navigation
  • Self-service capabilities for fewer opened tickets overall
  • Knowledge Automation –monitors knowledge use and identifies gaps

Pricing

£5 to £500 a user a year

  • Education pricing available
  • Free trial available

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 11

Service ID

1 8 5 6 6 5 3 6 3 6 6 2 2 0 2

Contact

Upland Software Rew Golding
Telephone: +44 (0) 7545307282
Email: rgolding@uplandsoftware.com

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
No
Cloud deployment model
Private cloud
Service constraints
N/A
System requirements
  • Internet Browser
  • Broadband Internet connectivity

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Priority 1 queries: 1 hour
Priority 2 queries: 4 hours
Priority 3 queries: 24 hours
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
No
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support
Web chat
Web chat support availability
24 hours, 7 days a week
Web chat support accessibility standard
None or don’t know
How the web chat support is accessible
Pending
Web chat accessibility testing
Pending
Onsite support
No
Support levels
Standard, Gold, and Platinum support.
Gold = 20% ARR, Platinum = 30% ARR
Upland provides complete end to end support including a customer success manager, 24x7 support, and the option for an assigned platinum experience manager.
Please see the Premium support brochure for full details.
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
Upland Software provides complete implementation, training, ongoing support, upgrades, maintenance, and consulting services. There is a range of local and remote post-implementation support and consulting services available to you.

Upland Professional Services will complete the implementation process so the customer is enabled and trained to support future configuration effort themselves. This is configuration of the tool’s inherent functionality through the GUI menus and options – and not customising source code. The initial implementation workshops will focus on the business architecture and analysis that must proceed any ‘configuration clicking’ in the user interface.

Training options

Upland Software offers a comprehensive range of training options tailored to fit each customer's specific needs and for each of our solutions offerings. Choose from instructor-led classes, simulations and train-the-trainer programmes — delivered in-person, remotely, or via computer-based training. Training will take place during the implementation for system admins and then formal sessions will be held for specific roles once the configuration is fully defined. Train the trainer is the preferred approach for end users – this ensures that you the customer is the ultimate owner of your tool.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
  • HTML
  • PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
Users are always able to extract data at any time. There are a number of ways to extract data, through API, CSV, templates and reports. On contract end Upland will provide a number of data options including a database copy.
End-of-contract process
Data extract that requires no statement of work is included. Additional work will require a statement of work.

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Internet Explorer 9
  • Internet Explorer 10
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari 9+
  • Opera
Application to install
No
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
None (full, responsive HTML5 supported).
Service interface
No
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
The RightAnswers Portal API web based interface which supports SOAP or REST as the protocol for access over HTTP/S. It provides methods for accessing portlet date that is typically viewed while using the standard RightAnswers portals. It is intended for those who wish to obtain that date in raw format to create or reuse within their own presentation layer, or to use in other applications.

The available methods generally correspond to the most commonly used RightAnswers portlets found in the Self Service or Support Agent portals. The methods allow you to query the date used to populate the various portlets without requiring you to instantiate the portal application layer.
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
PDF
API sandbox or test environment
Yes
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
Client can select power users to be trained as administrators. These administrators have access to an administrative panel within RightAnswers. All administration and configuration is achieved through the same browser interface that is used by end users. All screens, forms, reports, views are configured through the browser interface. No coding knowledge or skill is needed to perform configurations within RightAnswers.

Scaling

Independence of resources
RightAnswers is a standard 3-tier application with Web, Application and Database tiers. Each tier can be scaled horizontally and vertically. Customer data is segregated in individual database instances; however, we put multiple customers on each of our application and database servers. We are a multi-tenant system to capitalize on the economies of scale for resources and ongoing operational maintenance.

Additionally, RightAnswers utilizes Amazon Web Services (AWS) for hosting (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) to ensure the high-level application performance needs of our global customer base are fulfilled.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
Analytics are a core component of the RightAnswers administration function and contain a robust collection of reports.
Uptime, full support ticket information, development information.
Reporting types
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request

Resellers

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Other security clearance
Government security clearance
None

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • EU-US Privacy Shield agreement locations
User control over data storage and processing locations
Yes
Datacentre security standards
Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
Penetration testing frequency
At least once a year
Penetration testing approach
Another external penetration testing organisation
Protecting data at rest
Physical access control, complying with SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Data sanitisation type
  • Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation
  • Deleted data can’t be directly accessed
Equipment disposal approach
A third-party destruction service

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
Many areas of RightAnswers that provide summations of data (e.g., Visual Portals, Dashboards, drill-through reports) can be exported in a variety of common formats (e.g., PDF, Word, HTML, Excel, etc.). RightAnswers has the ability to generate a full data export in any format preferred (e.g. Excel) delivered on a pre-defined schedule. This can be delivered any day or timeframe as needed. Other options are available.
Data export formats
Other
Other data export formats
  • TXT
  • TSV
Data import formats
Other
Other data import formats
  • TXT
  • XML
  • TSV

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • Legacy SSL and TLS (under version 1.2)
Data protection within supplier network
IPsec or TLS VPN gateway

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
Software Availability;
The periods of time that the Application is Available for use by the Customer not including scheduled downtime. “Availability” or “Available” means that an Authorized User can log in and access the Application.

Available in all material respects 99.5% average over a month (calculated on a 24 x 7 x 365 basis, other than Scheduled Downtime and other than any period of downtime that lasts 5 continuous minutes or less).
Approach to resilience
Available on request
Outage reporting
Customer Portal. E-mail.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
RightAnswers will authenticate users via the customers identity provider.
Access restriction testing frequency
At least once a year
Management access authentication
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Dedicated link (for example VPN)
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information
Users have access to real-time audit information
How long user audit data is stored for
At least 12 months
Access to supplier activity audit information
Users have access to real-time audit information
How long supplier audit data is stored for
At least 12 months
How long system logs are stored for
User-defined

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
No
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Other security certifications
Yes
Any other security certifications
  • SSAE 16 SOC 2 / ISAE 3402
  • Privacy Shield

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
Yes
Security governance standards
Other
Other security governance standards
Upland Software’s product lines are accredited or follow best practices as defined by various bodies in relation to their standards and procedures. These include, but are not limited to:
++ SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
++ SOC 2
++ Privacy Shield
Information security policies and processes
Upland’s security framework is based on the ISO 27001 framework. On an annual basis, Upland is SSAE16 SOC1 Type II / ISAE 3402 audited, and as of 2016, SOC 2 audited as well. Upland has a VP of Security and Compliance who has remit and resources to ensure all information security policies are maintained.

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Configuration and change management approach
RightAnswers has a formal change and patch management process for dissemination into production environments. The process involves the development of features/enhancements, unit testing, building and hardening, and then full regression testing in a QA environment prior to production deployment. Controls are in place to ensure that our production environment is only accessible by certain key employees as part of the production roll-out process or for troubleshooting. We schedule change and patch deployments to occur off business hours/days and include checks on build procedures and validations to ensure successful deployments.
Vulnerability management type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Vulnerability management approach
Upland participates in the following security forums and professional associations: SANS, insecure.org, w3.org, cert.org, and securityfocus.com. Additionally, alerts are sent to us from Microsoft and Adobe security departments, and we receive alerts from the 3rd party organization conducting our quarterly vulnerability scans and 24x7 monitoring services.

We receive alerts via Microsoft on software and OS updates/patches. We use Microsoft Server Update Service (WSUS) to deploy and manage security patch updates.
Patches are tested prior to installation. We make every attempt to install critical security patches as soon as possible while ensuring compatibility and testing requirements are met.
Protective monitoring type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Protective monitoring approach
Upland’s Security Organization performs monitoring activities in order to continuously assess the quality of internal control over time. These activities are used to initiate corrective action through department meetings, client conference calls, and informal notifications. Management performs monitoring activities on a continuous basis, taking necessary actions as required to correct deviations from company policy and procedures.
Incident management type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example, CSA CCM v3.0 or ISO/IEC 27035:2011 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Incident management approach
Upland Software manages incidents by identifying and responding to them quickly, notifying key support and management personnel in a timely manner, restoring service as soon as possible, determining the cause of the incident, and taking appropriate steps to prevent future incidents. Our incident management process also allows us to quickly notify external organizations that may have been affected by an incident, including customers and partners. We employ internal and external
monitoring systems that periodically verify the state of each Upland cloud-based software product.

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v3.0)

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
No

Pricing

Price
£5 to £500 a user a year
Discount for educational organisations
Yes
Free trial available
Yes
Description of free trial
Full software access for up to 1 month

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at rgolding@uplandsoftware.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.