HPE Pointnext Tech Care (HPE Tech Care) is the operational support experience for HPE hardware and software products (HPE products). HPE Tech Care helps IT teams focus on moving the business forward by proactively searching for better ways to do things as opposed to just focusing on reactive issues.

HPE Tech Care goes beyond traditional support by enabling direct access to product-specific specialists and providing general technical guidance to help Customers not only reduce risk but also continually search for ways to do things more efficiently. HPE Tech Care Customers can get help through multiple channels that include telephone HPE moderated forums with defined response times automated incident logging and a real-time chat facility. The service provides access to expert technical resources with specialized knowledge in the hardware and or software within the context of the specific workload and avoids the Customer spending time answering sometimes unnecessary triage or entitlement questions.

HPE Tech Care goes beyond traditional support by offering General Technical Guidance for the operation management and security of the supported product.

HPE Support Center provides an enhanced and personalized digital experience that helps Customers manage their assets by recognizing the various products installed in the Customer's environment and how these products interact with each other. New self-service tools allow Customers to perform certain activities without having to open a support incident as well as providing a portal of curated knowledge resources. HPE Tech Care provides access to HPE resources who will help drive operational excellence and performance optimization from edge to cloud.

Phone access to experts

Customers may contact HPE support by telephone 24 hours a day 7 days per week to log support incidents. Response times will depend on the service level of the covered product.

15-minute 24x7 enhanced response (Critical and Essential service levels) For severity 1 critical incidents HPE aims to either connect the Customer to a product specialist or call the Customer back within 15 minutes.

For all other incidents HPE may connect the Customer to a product specialist or call the Customer back within one hour.

2-hour standard response (Basic service level)
For calls on products covered by a basic service agreement HPE shall provide a 2-hour phone response from a product specialist during the coverage window.