SixSigmaHosting.com - Hosting master Service Agreement

SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM – Hosting Master Services Agreement

This Master Services Agreement is between SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM, Inc., (“SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM”) and the person (individual or legal person) whose name appears on the signature line of the Agreement or on any document that incorporates the Agreement by reference (“Customer”) and is effective on the Effective Date.

1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms shall have the following meanings or the meanings assigned to them in the other Sections of the Agreement:

“Agreement” shall mean the Service Order Form(s), this Master Services Agreement, the Service Level Agreement, any SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM Addendum to this Master Services Agreement, and the AUP, collectively. Any conflict between the documents shall be resolved by reading the documents in the foregoing order of precedence.

“AUP” shall mean SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's Acceptable Use Policy, posted on the Effective Date on the Accepted Use Policy page, as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with Section 6 (AUP) of this Master Services Agreement.

“Business Day” shall mean Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Eastern Time, excluding any United States Federal Holiday.

“Effective Date” shall mean the day that Customer accepts the Agreement, either by signing SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's Service Order Form or this Master Services Agreement, or by using the Service.

“Service Commencement Date” shall mean the date SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM generates an e-mail message to Customer that provides access codes and passwords for use in connection with the Hosting Service.

“Service Level Agreement” shall mean the Service Level Agreement incorporated by reference in the Service Order Form, as it may be amended from time to time by written agreement of the parties.

“Service Order Form” shall mean the SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM Service Order Form accepted by Customer, as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the Agreement, and any subsequent or additional Service Order Forms that incorporate this Master Services Agreement by reference.

“Service” or “Services” shall mean the Hosting Service and any Supplemental Service(s) (as defined in Section 3) provided by SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM to Customer pursuant to the Agreement.

2. Term. The initial service term of the Agreement shall begin on the Service Commencement Date and continue for the period stated in the Service Order Form (the “Initial Term” ). SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM and Customer may agree to one or more additional terms having a fixed number of months to follow the expiration of the Initial Term (each a “Renewal Term”). If upon expiration of the Initial Term no Renewal Term has been established by agreement of the parties, the Agreement shall automatically renew for successive extended terms of thirty (30) days each (each an “Extended Term”) until SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM or Customer provides the other with thirty (30) days advance written notice of termination. The Initial Term applicable to any Service Order Form executed subsequent to the Effective Date shall begin on the Service Commencement Date stated in that Service Order Form and continue for the period stated in that Service Order Form.

3. Services. Contingent upon Customer's satisfaction of SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's credit approval requirements and on SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's verification of the information provided by Customer for the purpose of establishing the Service, SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM agrees to provide the Hosting Service in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. In addition, SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM may from time to time perform certain additional services on an hourly fee basis (the “Supplemental Services”), such as the customization of the Hosting Service at Customer's request, services described in the AUP, and other professional technical services. Supplemental Services will be performed only on Customer's advance approval and will be invoiced at SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's published rates or other rates approved in advance in writing by Customer, provided, however, that SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM may perform Supplemental Services for the fees stated in the AUP as necessary to remediate problems caused by AUP violations without obtaining advance Customer consent.

4. Payments.

(a) Fees. Customer agrees to pay the monthly and set up fees stated in the Service Order Form and SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's standard fees for Supplemental Services as described in Section 3 (Services) above. SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's first invoice shall include set up fees and a prorated portion of the monthly recurring fee from the Service Commencement Date to the last day of the calendar month. SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM may require payment in full of its first invoice before beginning the Service. Following the Service Commencement Date, monthly recurring fees shall be invoiced in advance on or around the first day of each calendar month, and are due upon receipt. Invoices for Supplemental Services, excess data transfer, reinstatement of service, switching and upgrade fees and other non-recurring amounts are due on receipt. Customer acknowledges that it is responsible for excess data transfer fees that may result from a denial of service or other attack on its SIXS GMAHOSTING.COM servers. Credits due under the Service Level Agreement may be given, at SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's option, against the invoice for the month in which the event(s) occurred or the invoice for the following month. Payments must be made in United States dollars. If Customer for any reason fails to pay the Fees to SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM by the fifteenth (15th) calendar day of any month during the Term hereof, Customer will be assessed an adminstrative charge in the amount which is equal to five (5%) of the overdue Fees ( “Administrative Charge” ); in addition, SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM may charge interest on amounts that are over due by fifteen (15) days or more at the lesser of 1.5% per month or the maximum non-usurious rate under applicable law. SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM may suspend any or all Services on five (5) Business Days' advance notice to Customer if payment for any Service is overdue. Fees not disputed within sixty (60) days of due date are conclusively dee med accurate. Customer agrees to pay SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's then current reinstatement fee following a suspension of service for non-payment or an AUP violation investigation. Customer agrees to pay SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's reasonable costs of collection of overdue amounts, including collection agency fees, attorney fees and court costs.

(b) Early Termination . Customer acknowledges that the amount of the monthly recurring fee for the Hosting Service is based on Customer's agreement to pay the fee for the entire Initial Term. In the event SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM terminates the Agreement for Customer's breach of the Agreement in accordance with Section 13 (Termination), or Customer terminates the Hosting Service other than for SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's breach in accordance with Section 13 (Termination), all fees due under the Agreement, including the monthly recurring fees for the remaining portion of the Initial Term, are due on the Business Day following termination of the Hosting Service.

5. Customer Obligations. Customer agrees to do all of the following at its expense:

(a) Security Precautions . Use reasonable security precautions in connection with its use of the Services and, if Customer resells SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's services, require its customers and end users to use reasonable security precautions;

(b) Data Back Up . Notwithstanding any agreement by SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM to provide data storage or back up services, create and maintain a current copy of all content (including software, data and other information) stored on Customer's SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM servers or otherwise provided to SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM, and store the copy in a reasonably secure location other than a SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM server or location;

(c) Law, AUP . Comply with laws applicable to Customer's use of the Services and with SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's AUP, and if Customer resells SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's Service, require its customers and end users to comply with applicable law and SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's AUP; and

(d) Investigation of AUP . Cooperate with SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's reasonable investigation of any suspected violation of the AUP.

6. AUP. Customer agrees that SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM may, in its reasonable commercial judgment consistent with industry standards, amend the AUP from time to time to further detail or describe reasonable restrictions and conditions on Customer's use of the Services. Amendments to the AUP are effective on the earlier of SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's notice to Customer that an amendment has been made, or the beginning of any Renewal Term or Extended Term. However, if: (i) the amendment would materially and adversely affect Customer, (ii) Customer provides SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM with a written notice describing its objection to the amendment in reasonable detail within five (5) Business Days of the effective date of the amendment, and (iii) SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM does not agree to waive the amendment as to Customer within five (5) Business Days of Customer's notice, then Customer may terminate the Agreement without liability as provided in Section 13 (Termination).

7. Suspension of Service. Customer agrees that SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM may suspend Services to Customer without notice and without liability if: (i) SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM reasonably believes that the Services are being used in violation of the AUP; (ii) Customer fails to cooperate with any reasonable SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM investigation of any suspected violation of the AUP; (iii) there is a denial of service attack on Customer's servers or other event for which SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM reasonably believes that the suspension of Services is necessary to protect its network or its other customers; or (iv) as requested by a law enforcement or government agency. Information on SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's servers will be unavailable during a suspension of Services.

8. Warranties.

(a) Reciprocal. SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM represents and warrants to Customer, and if Customer is not an individual, Customer represents and warrants to SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM, that: (i) it has the power and authority and the legal right to enter into the Agreement and to perform its obligations under the Agreement; (ii) it has taken all necessary action on its part to authorize the execution and delivery of the Agreement; and, (iii) the execution and delivery of the Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder do not conflict with or violate applicable laws or regulations, and do not conflict with or constitute a default under its charter documents. If Customer is an individual, Customer represents and warrants to SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM that he or she is at least 18 years of age.

(b) Customer . Customer represents and warrants to SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM that: (i) the information Customer has provided and will provide to SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM for purposes of establishing and maintaining the Services is accurate; and (ii) Customer shall not provide access to the Service to any person (including any natural person or government or private entity) that is located in or is a national of any embargoed or highly restricted country under United States Export Regulations, which include as of August 2005 Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan or Syria.

9. Unauthorized Use of Service. Customer is generally responsible for the security of the servers provided pursuant to this Agreement, and SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM agrees only to perform the specific security services described in the Service Order Form or other portion of the Agreement. Customer shall be responsible for any unauthorized use of the Services by any person, and shall pay all fees incurred for its account by any person using the Services, unless such unauthorized use results from SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's failure to perform its obligations under the Agreement.

10. Indemnification. The parties agree that the indemnification obligations defined in this Section shall be in lieu of and supersede any indemnification obligations that may otherwise exist by law.

(a) Customer . Customer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM, SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, attorneys, agents, and employees from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, fines, punitive damages, amounts in interest, expenses and disbursements of any kind and nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys' fees) brought by a third party under any theory of legal liability arising out of or related to: (i) the actual or alleged use of the Services in violation of: (A) the AUP, (B) any other portion of the Agreement, or (C) applicable law, by any person regardless of whether such person has been authorized to use the Services by Customer, except for unauthorized use that results from SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's failure to perform its obligations under the Agreement, or (ii) any dispute regarding the control of Customer's account with SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM. Without limitation of the foregoing, Customer shall pay SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM $200.00 per hour for time reasonably spent by SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM personnel to respond to third party complaints regarding Customer's use or alleged use of the Services in violation of the AUP, including complaints under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.

(b) Reciprocal . Each party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the other party, the other party's affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, attorneys, agents, and employees from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, fines, punitive damages, amounts in interest, expenses and disbursements of any kind and nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys' fees) brought by a third party under any theory of legal liability arising out of or related to the indemnifying party's actual or alleged infringement or misappropriation of a third party's copyright, trade secret, patent, trademark, or other proprietary right.

(c) Procedures . A party seeking indemnification under this Section shall provide prompt notice of its claim for indemnification to the indemnifying party; provided, however, that failure to give prompt notice shall not affect the indemnifying party's obligations under this Section unless and to the extent that the failure materially prejudices the defense of the matter. The indemnified party will have the right to select counsel to defend it in respect of any indemnified matter under this Section; provided, however, that the counsel selected must be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnifying party. The indemnified party will keep the indemnifying party informed of the status of any litigation or dispute resolution procedure, will give reasonable consideration to the suggestions and requests of the indemnifying party with respect to the conduct of the litigation or dispute resolution procedure, and will not settle any matter covered by this Section without the prior consent of the indemnifying party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, if the indemnifying party is indemnifying multiple persons related to the subject matter of the indemnification, the indemnifying party shall have the right to seek consolidation of all such actions and to select counsel to defend the actions. Amounts due under this Section shall be paid as incurred and may be offset against other amounts due under the Agreement.

11. Disclaimer of Warranties.

SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM DOES NOT WARRANT OR REPRESENT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR COMPLETELY SECURE. CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THERE ARE RISKS INHERENT IN INTERNET CONNECTIVITY THAT COULD RESULT IN THE LOSS OF CUSTOMER'S PRIVACY, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, AND PROPERTY.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE AGREEMENT INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. CUSTOMER IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUITABILITY OF THE SERVICES CHOSEN. ALL GOODS AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT OR OTHER PORTION OF THE AGREEMENT.

12. Limitation of Damages. The parties agree that the allocations of risk made in this Section are reasonable and that they would not enter into the Agreement without these limitations on liability.

THE CREDITS DESCRIBED IN THE SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT AND SERVICE ORDER FORM ARE CUSTOMER'S SOLE REMEDIES FOR SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM'S FAILURE TO MEET THE GUARANTIES AND WARRANTIES STATED IN THOSE DOCUMENTS, PROVIDED THAT THIS PROVISION DOES NOT LIMIT CUSTOMER'S RIGHT TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 13 (TERMINATION) BELOW IF SUCH FAILURE(S) CONSTITUTE A MATERIAL BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT.

EXCEPT AS DESCRIBED IN THE SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT, SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO THE CUSTOMER FOR HARM CAUSED BY OR RELATED TO CUSTOMER'S USE OF THE SERVICES OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES UNLESS THE HARM WAS CAUSED BY SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM'S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.

NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, OR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND, OR FOR DAMAGES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY THE USE OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE, ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE AGREEMENT, EVEN IF THE PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OR SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE IN THE AGREEMENT TO THE CONTRARY, THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM AND ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR AFFILIATES, UNDER ANY THEORY OF LAW (INCLUDING BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, AND INFRINGEMENT) SHALL BE A PAYMENT OF MONEY NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY CUSTOMER FOR THE HOSTING SERVICE FOR THE THREE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE OCCURENCE OF THE EVENT(S) GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.

NO CLAIM MAY BE ASERTED BY EITHER PARTY AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY WITH RESPECT TO ANY EVENT, ACT OR OMISSION THAT OCCURRED MORE THAN TWO (2) YEARS PRIOR TO SUCH CLAIM BEING ASSERTED.

13. Termination.

(a) Customer . The Agreement may be terminated by Customer prior to the expiration of the Initial Term, any Renewal Term, or Extended Term without liability (except for amounts due for Services through the effective date of termination) as follows: (i) SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM fails in a material way to provide the Hosting Service in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and does not cure the failure within ten (10) days of Customer's written notice describing the failure in reasonable detail, (ii) SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM materially violates any other provision of the Agreement and fails to cure the violation within thirty (30) days of Customer's written notice describing the violation in reasonable detail, or (iii) as provided in Section 6 (AUP) upon thirty (30) days advance written notice in the event of an amendment to the AUP that materially and adversely affects Customer and that is not waived by SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM.

(b) SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM . The Agreement may be terminated by SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM prior to the expiration of the Initial Term, any Renewal Term, or Extended Term, without liability as follows: (i) upon five (5) Business Days notice if Customer is overdue on the payment of any amount due under the Agreement; (ii) Customer materially violates any other provision of the Agreement, including the AUP, and fails to cure the violation within thirty (30) days of a written notice from SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM describing the violation in reasonable detail; (iii) upon one (1) Business Days notice if Customer's Service is used in violation of a material term of the AUP more than once; or (iv) upon reasonable notice if SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM is threatened with a legal claim for copyright or patent infringement related to the provision of the Service and is unable to modify the Service in a way that avoids an ongoing risk of liability.

14. Confidentiality.

(a) Confidential Information . Confidential Information is: (i) with respect to SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM, SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's unpublished prices for services, audit and security reports, server configuration designs and other proprietary technology, (ii) with respect to Customer, content transmitted to or from, or stored by Customer on, SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's servers, and (iii) with respect to both parties, other information that is conspicuously marked as “confidential” or if disclosed in non-tangible form, is verbally designated as “confidential” at the time of disclosure and confirmed as confidential in a written notice given within one (1) day of disclosure; but excluding any information which is independently developed by a non-disclosing party as shown by such party's written business records, is or becomes generally available to the non-disclosing party or the public other than through violation of the Agreement, or is required to be disclosed by law or regulation. Each party agrees not to disclose the other's confidential information to any third party except to its service providers, agents and representatives who need to know the information to represent or advise it with respect to the subject matter of the Agreement; and provided that such service providers, agents and representatives are bound by confidentiality restrictions at least as stringent as those stated in the Agreement.

(b) SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's Use of Customer's Name. Customer agrees that SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM may publicly disclose that SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM is providing services to Customer and may include Customer's name in promotional materials, including press releases and on SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's Web site. Neither party may publicly use the other party's logo or other trade or service mark without that party's permission.

(c) Requests for Customer Information . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, Customer agrees that SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM may, without notice to Customer, (i) report to the appropriate authorities any conduct by Customer or any of Customer's customers or end users that SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM believes violates applicable law, and (ii) provide any information, including Confidential Information, it has about Customer or any of its customers or end users in response to a formal or informal request from a law enforcement or government agency. SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM may provide any information, including Confidential Information, it has about Customer or its customers or end users in response to a formal request in a civil action that on its face meets the requirements for such a request.

15. Software. Customer agrees not to remove, modify or obscure any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices that appears on any software provided by SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM. Customer may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM provided software, except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation, or is permitted by the terms of any “open source” license that governs the use of the software.

16. Third Party Products. As a convenience to Customer, SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM may from time to time arrange for Customer's purchase or license of third party software, services, and other products not included as part of the Service, and/or may provide support to Customer in relation to those products. SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER REGARDING SUCH THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES AND THEY ARE PROVIDED “AS IS.” Customer's use of third party software, services, and other products is governed by the terms of any license or other agreement between Customer and the third party.

17. Notices. Notices to SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM under the Agreement shall be given in writing via first class mail or established and well-known express courier to Legal Counsel, SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM HOSTING , at SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's principal office address posted on www.SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM, currently:

1130 Congress Ave, Suite B
Cincinnati, OH 45246

Notices to Customer shall be given via electronic mail to the individual designated as the Contact on the Service Order Form or by means reasonable under the circumstances, including an e-mail to a known contact. Notices are deemed received on the day delivered, or if that day is not a Business Day, on the first Business Day following the day delivered.

18. Miscellaneous.

(a) Solicitation of SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM Employees . Customer agrees that it shall not solicit any SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM employee with whom Customer has had direct contact in connection with this Agreement for employment with Customer or any other person during the term of this Agreement and for twelve (12) months following termination of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Customer shall not be precluded from (i) hiring an employee of SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM who independently approaches Customer, or (ii) conducting general recruiting activities, such as participation in job fairs or publishing advertisements in publications or on Web sites for general circulation. In the event of a violation of this provision, in addition to any other right SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM may have at law or in equity, Customer shall make a one-time payment to SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM in the amount of fifty percent (50%) of the employee's base salary for one year.

(b) Ownership . Each party acknowledges and agrees that the other party retains exclusive ownership and rights in its trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, and other intellectual property, and that SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM shall own any intellectual property that it may develop in the course of performing the Services. Customer does not acquire any ownership interest or rights to possess SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's server(s) or other hardware, and has no right of physical access to the hardware. Upon termination of the Agreement, Customer agrees to promptly release any Internet protocol numbers, addresses or address blocks assigned to Customer in connection with the Service (but not any URL or top level domain or domain name) and agrees that SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM may take steps to change or remove any such IP addresses.

(c) Governing Law, Jurisdiction, Venue . The Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida , exclusive of its choice of law principles, and the laws of the United States of America , as applicable. The Agreement shall not be governed by the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods. EXCLUSIVE VENUE FOR ALL DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE AGREEMENT SHALL BE THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS IN ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SUCH PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND WAIVES ALL OBJECTIONS THERETO.

(d) Modifications . Except for the following, the Agreement may be amended only by a formal written agreement signed by both parties: (i) amendments of the AUP as described in Section 6, above, (ii) a Renewal Term may be agreed by means of SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's renewal process, and (iii) changes to the “Server Specifications,” “Software and Services,” or fees section of an existing Service Order Form may be made by an exchange of correspondence (including electronic mail) that includes both parties' express consent to the change. The terms on either party's purchase order or other business forms are not binding on the other party unless they are expressly incorporated into a formal written agreement signed by both parties.

(e) Non-Waiver . A party's failure or delay in enforcing any provision of the Agreement will not be deemed a waiver of that party's rights with respect to that provision or any other provision of the Agreement. A party's waiver of any of its rights under the Agreement is not a waiver of any of its other rights with respect to a prior, contemporaneous or future occurrence, whether similar in nature or not.

(f) Captions . The captions in the Agreement are not part of the Agreement, but are for the convenience of the parties.

(g) Counterparts . Any documents signed in connection with the Agreement may be signed in multiple counterparts, which taken together will constitute one original.

(h) Survival . The following provisions will survive expiration or termination of the Agreement: fees, indemnity obligations, confidentiality obligations, provisions limiting liability and disclaiming warranties, provisions regarding ownership of intellectual property, these miscellaneous provisions, and other provisions that by their nature are intended to survive termination of the Agreement.

(i) Force Majeure . Neither party shall be in default of any obligation under the Agreement if the failure to perform the obligation is due to any event beyond that party's control, including, without limitation, significant failure of a portion of the power grid, significant failure of the Internet, natural disaster, war, riot, insurrection, epidemic, strikes or other organized labor action, terrorist activity, or other events of a magnitude or type for which precautions are not generally taken in the industry.

(j) No Third Party Beneficiaries . There are no third party beneficiaries to the Agreement. Neither insurers nor the customers of resellers are third party beneficiaries to the Agreement.

(k) Severability . In the event any term of this Agreement is held unenforceable by a court having jurisdiction, the remaining portion of the Agreement will remain in full force and effect, provided that the Agreement without the unenforceable provision(s) is consistent with the material economic incentives of the parties leading to the Agreement.

(l) Relationship Between the Parties . The parties are independent contractors and not partners or joint venturers. Neither party is the agent of the other and neither party may represent to any person that it has the power to bind the other on any agreement. The Agreement is non-exclusive. SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM may provide service to any person, including a competitor of Customer.

(m) Assignment . Customer may not transfer the Agreement without SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's prior written consent. SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's approval for assignment is contingent on the assignee meeting SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's credit approval criteria. SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM may assign the Agreement in whole or in part.

(n) Agreement . The Service Order Form(s), Service Level Agreement, SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM's AUP, and any SIXSIGMAHOSTING.COM Addendum to this Master Services Agreement accepted by Customer are hereby incorporated in this Master Services Agreement by reference and together collectively constitute the Agreement. The Agreement is the complete and exclusive agreement between the parties regarding its subject matter and supersedes and replaces any prior agreement, understanding or communication, written or oral.

Revised: 6/14/06