Service level review: Managed email hosting
Provider: Northgate Hosting Ltd
Customer: Brightwater Analytics
Period reviewed: 1 July to 30 September 2027
Review meeting: 12 October 2027
Who took part
Dana Okoye (Brightwater, IT lead)
Marek Zielinski (Northgate, account manager)
Targets and results
Uptime: target 99.9%, result 99.95%, met
Support first response: target 1 hour, result 48 minutes on average, met
Support fix time for urgent issues: target 8 hours, result 11 hours, missed
Backups completed: target 100%, result 100%, met
Missed targets and causes
Urgent fix time was missed on 3 of 14 tickets. Two waited for a supplier part and one was logged in the wrong queue.
Incidents
21 August: mail delivery delayed for 2 hours after a storage fault. Fixed and explained in a written report.
Customer feedback
Staff find the support portal slow to use. Billing statements are clear.
Changes in the period or coming
New spam filter added in August. Server move planned for January.
Service credits or penalties
None. The missed fix time is below the level that triggers a credit.
Agreed actions
Add a rule to route urgent tickets automatically (Northgate, by 31 October)
Share the supplier part stock plan (Northgate, by 15 November)
Review portal speed with the vendor (Brightwater, by 30 November)
Next review: 11 January 2028
This review records how the service performed against the targets agreed between Northgate Hosting Ltd and Brightwater Analytics. It does not change the agreement between them.