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The vendor's agreements were benchmarked against thousands of vendor forms and are in the top 3% for customer favorability.

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Deal Breakers

90% customer favorability, based on 750 plus contract signals powered by Certify.

90%
Customer Favorable

Indicates balanced, low-risk terms favorable to the customer.

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Top 3% IT contract. No structural blockers. Procurement-ready.

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Liability and Risk Allocation
90% Customer Favorable

Insurance

Insurance requirements

  • BMC Helix must carry general liability insurance
  • BMC Helix must carry workers' compensation insurance
  • BMC Helix must carry automobile insurance
  • BMC Helix must carry professional liability insurance
  • BMC Helix must carry errors and omissions insurance
  • BMC Helix must carry directors and officers insurance
  • BMC Helix must carry some other form of insurance TermScout was unable to classify - see citation

Summary

Liability cap

  • BMC Helix's liability is capped at all fees paid (or payable)
  • There is no secondary cap on BMC Helix's liability
  • Customer's liability is capped at all fees paid
  • There is no secondary liability cap on Customer's liability

Exceptions to the liability cap

  • Claims related to violations of Customer's IP rights are excluded from the cap on BMC Helix's liability
  • Claims related to gross negligence or recklessness are excluded from the cap on BMC Helix's liability
  • Claims related to fraud or willful misconduct are excluded from the cap on BMC Helix's liability
  • Claims related to death or personal injury are excluded from the cap on BMC Helix's liability
  • Indemnification obligations relating to IP infringement are excluded from the cap on BMC Helix's liability
  • Claims related to violations of BMC Helix's IP rights are excluded from the cap on Customer's liability
  • Claims related to gross negligence and/or recklessness are excluded from the cap on Customer's liability
  • Claims related to fraud and/or willful misconduct are excluded from the cap on Customer's liability
  • Claims related to death or personal injury are excluded from the cap on Customer's liability
  • Indemnification obligations relating to IP infringement are excluded from the cap on Customer's liability

Excluded damages

  • One or more forms of indirect damages are excluded from BMC Helix's liability
  • One or more forms of indirect damages are excluded from Customer's liability

Exceptions to excluded damages

  • The damages excluded from BMC Helix's liability do not include claims related to violations of Customer's IP rights
  • The damages excluded from BMC Helix's liability do not include claims related to gross negligence or recklessness
  • The damages excluded from BMC Helix's liability do not include claims related to fraud or willful misconduct
  • The damages excluded from BMC Helix's liability do not include claims related to death or personal injury
  • The damages excluded from BMC Helix's liability do not include indemnification obligations relating to IP infringement
  • The damages excluded from Customer's liability do not include claims related to gross negligence or recklessness
  • The damages excluded from Customer's liability do not include claims related to fraud and/or willful misconduct
  • The damages excluded from Customer's liability do not include claims related to violation of BMC Helix's intellectual property rights
  • The damages excluded from Customer's liability do not include claims related to death or personal injury
  • The damages excluded from Customer's liability do not include indemnification obligations relating to IP infringement

Timing of claims

  • There are no limits on when claims must be brought by Customer
  • There are no limits on when claims must be brought by BMC Helix

Claims

  • BMC Helix indemnifies Customer for claims based on third-party IP infringement
  • Customer indemnifies BMC Helix for claims based on third-party IP infringement

Scope of obligations

  • BMC Helix's IP indemnification covers all types of IP
  • BMC Helix's indemnification obligations are the exclusive remedy for indemnified claims
  • BMC Helix's indemnification includes the obligation to provide a defense
  • BMC Helix's indemnification does not include the obligation to hold harmless
  • Customer's IP indemnification covers all types of IP
  • Customer's indemnification obligations are limited to third-party claims
  • Customer's indemnification obligations are the exclusive remedy for indemnifiable claims
  • Customer's indemnification includes the obligation to provide a defense
  • Customer's indemnification does not include the obligation to hold harmless

Limitations, conditions, or exclusions

  • Obligations include conditions regarding Customer's cooperation or BMC Helix's control of the defense
  • BMC Helix's indemnity obligations include conditions regarding settlements
  • There are time constraints on when Customer must notify BMC Helix of an indemnifiable claim
  • Obligations include conditions regarding BMC Helix's cooperation or BMC Helix's control of the defense
  • Customer's indemnity obligations include conditions regarding settlements
  • There are time constraints on when BMC Helix must notify Customer of an indemnifiable claim

Warranties Offered

SLAs

  • BMC Helix offers an SLA regarding uptime
  • The specified remedy for BMC Helix's violation of the uptime SLAs is credit or refunds
  • The specified remedy for BMC Helix's violation of an uptime SLA is the exclusive remedy
  • BMC Helix offers some other form of SLA
  • There is no specified remedy for BMC Helix's violation of the other form of SLA

Other warranties

  • BMC Helix warrants that the services will meet specified standards of care or conduct

Implied warranties

  • BMC Helix disclaims some or all implied warranties
Data & Privacy
100% Customer Favorable

Data Rights

Data provided by Customer

  • BMC Helix does not claim ownership of any data provided by Customer
  • BMC Helix does not receive usage rights in any data provided by Customer beyond what is necessary to improve or provide the services

Data Security

Subprocessor obligations

  • The contract lists or references a list of some subprocessors
  • BMC Helix is required to ensure that subprocessors are bound by data or privacy requirements similar to those in this contract

Security commitments

  • BMC Helix makes contractually binding data security commitments

Third party audits, standards, or certifications

  • BMC Helix commits to comply with at least one third-party data security audit, standard, or certification
  • BMC Helix commits to Soc 2 audits
  • BMC Helix commits to ISO 27001 standards and/or certification
  • BMC Helix commits to complying with one or more NIST frameworks
  • There are no qualifications and/or limitations to BMC Helix's commitments to comply with third-party data security audits, standards, or certifications

Data breach notification policy

  • BMC Helix commits to notifying Customer of a security breach impacting Customer's data

Summary

Vendor's confidential information

  • Customer must provide some protection of BMC Helix's confidential information

Customer's confidential information

  • BMC Helix must provide some protection of Customer's confidential information
  • BMC Helix explicitly commits not to disclose Customer's confidential information, except as necessary to provide the services
  • BMC Helix explicitly commits not to use Customer's confidential information, except as necessary to provide the services

Mutuality

  • All commitments concerning confidential information are mutual

Residuals clause

  • There is no residuals clause

Warranties Offered

Compliance with documentation/specifications

  • BMC Helix warrants that the services will comply with certain documentation and/or specifications without conditions or qualifications

Other warranties

  • BMC Helix provides warranties regarding malware, malicious code, spyware, viruses, or similar
Commercial & Payment Terms
60% Balanced Favoring Customer

Payment Terms

Late payment penalties

  • There are penalties for late payments

Payments due

  • Customer has at least 30 days to pay

Vendor's expenses

  • BMC Helix does not reserve the right to bill Customer for any expenses incurred by BMC Helix
Term, Termination, & Control
80% Customer Favorable

Summary

Customer's termination rights

  • Customer has certain rights to terminate for cause
  • Customer has certain rights to terminate for convenience

Refunds

  • Customer's termination rights include the right to a refund

Auto-renewal

  • The contract and/or any order under it does not auto-renew

Vendor's termination and suspension rights

  • BMC Helix does not receive the right to terminate the contract for convenience
  • Customer has between 11 and 30 days to cure a breach before BMC Helix can terminate for cause
  • BMC Helix may suspend Customer's access to the service for material breach of the contract
  • BMC Helix may suspend Customer's access in order to prevent material harm
IP & Ownership
50% Balanced

Customer's IP

Licenses to Customer IP

  • BMC Helix receives a right to Customer's suggestions and/or feedback

Assignment of Customer IP or work product

  • Customer does not assign any work product or other IP to BMC Helix
Restrictions & Controls
100% Customer Favorable

Summary

Non-compete

  • There are no restrictions on Customer's ability to compete as long as Customer doesn’t violate the agreement or use the services to compete

Non-solicit

  • There are no restrictions on Customer's right to solicit

Exclusivity

  • There are no restrictions on Customer's ability to procure similar products or services from other vendors

Vendor's assignment rights

  • BMC Helix's assignment rights are not addressed

Customer's assignment rights

  • Customer is allowed to assign in the event of a merger or acquisition
  • Customer is allowed to assign in the event of a corporate reorganization
  • There are no consent requirements restricting Customer's ability to assign the contract
  • There are notice requirements restricting Customer's ability to assign the contract
  • Notice requirements apply to Customer's assignment rights in the event of a merger or acquisition
  • Notice requirements apply to Customer's assignment rights in the event of a corporate reorganization
  • There are restrictions or conditions on Customer's right to assign to a competitor of BMC Helix

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When a contract is benchmarked and certified as Balanced or Customer Favorable, buyers know the core terms are already aligned with market norms and defined fairness criteria. That reduces the instinct to redline broadly, because the agreement has already cleared a credibility threshold before negotiation begins.

Certification gives internal stakeholders a common, data-backed basis for approval, which lowers the time spent debating whether the contract is “acceptable”. In practice, that lets procurement, legal, and finance move from review mode to decision mode much faster.

A certified contract signals transparency: the vendor is willing to have its terms independently assessed and publicly displayed as fair, balanced, and market-aligned. That kind of external proof reduces suspicion about hidden risk and makes buyers more comfortable moving forward.

Because certification removes uncertainty early, buyers can spend less time negotiating standard terms and more time deciding whether the product is the right fit. TermScout positions this as a way to cut negotiation friction and accelerate time to signature, which directly shortens the overall deal cycle.

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Objective Scoring

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Deal Breakers

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Benchmarking

Compares your contract to market standards.

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Certified Contract Reports, Explained

Verified™ contract reviews are reviews of contracts that have been carefully checked by contract experts. This review is designed to help users understand the rights and obligations associated with the Cloud Services Master Agreement ("CSMA") for BMC Helix, Inc.. We looked at the issues found in 'Term Sheets' and did not look for any other issues.

For more information on TermScout's contract review process, visit our methodology page.

In order to qualify for Certification, a contract must meet the following criteria:

  • Achieve a TermScout rating of Balanced or Customer Favorable, and
  • Be free of all designated Deal Breaker clauses.

The difference between certified Balanced and certified Customer Favorable is the TermScout favorability rating achieved by the contract. Each of these criteria is more fully described below.

A contract is balanced when it allocates risks between the parties in a roughly equal manner, as determined by TermScout's two-step, data-driven analysis. First, we use our proprietary AI to abstract over 750 defined data points from each contract we analyze. Then, we use an algorithm to objectively score that data. Because TermScout looks at the exact same set of data points and uses the exact same scoring algorithm in every contract analysis we conduct, you can now compare contracts on an apples-to-apples basis. (You can read more about the data points that TermScout analyzes in every IT contract here.)

This enables us to objectively rate contracts at both the agreement level and by key topic area (e.g., limitations of liability, indemnification, warranties, etc.) and show you which contracts are vendor favorable, which are customer favorable, and which are balanced.

Not all risks are created equal. Even if a contract shifts only a single risk to the buyer, the contract still may not merit certification if that risk is material enough. Examples of these types of Deal Breakers include exclusivity, complete disclaimers of liability, etc. Accordingly, TermScout will not certify a contract if it contains any of the following Deal Breaker clauses,² which TermScout identified by reference to market data and input from prominent buy-side and sell-side legal experts from TermScout's Innovation Advisory Council:

This makes it nearly impossible for a customer to recover from a vendor, no matter what goes wrong - even if the vendor violates other provisions of the contract.

Signing non-competes means contractually promising not to engage in a certain line of business. This is something most businesses want to avoid where possible.

Agreeing not to solicit a vendor's employees, customers, or vendors sounds reasonable, but it places challenging burdens on the customer to ensure they comply.

Agreeing not to procure similar services from other companies can severely hinder a company's ability to do business.

Privacy laws require companies to follow strict rules with respect to how they handle certain types of data. This clause presents major risks to a company's ability to comply with such laws.

It's extremely rare for a customer to need to assign IP rights to an IT vendor. Doing so can materially jeopardize a company's rights in its own IP.

Since most IT services today are delivered "as a service", customers often upload wide varieties of information onto vendors' servers. Confidentiality commitments are expected by most customers.

The goal of TermScout's reports is to provide users with the data necessary to make an informed decision about whether they can accept the terms. The data provided in TermScout's reports includes:

  • Term Sheet: A full report of the key rights and obligations contained in the agreement.
  • Overall Ratings: TermScout's overall impression of the favorability of the contract vis a vis the parties. These ratings are algorithmic approximations of favorability that are based on market data and the subject views of contract experts with experience in the specific type of contract.
  • Rare Clause Radar: TermScout identifies and surfaces a list of the most rare and material clauses that favor your counterparty.
  • Playbooks: Playbooks are a way of programming into TermScout's software a specific set of acceptance criteria for a contract type. All accounts have access to sample Playbooks for select templates, and Pro accounts have the ability to build custom Playbooks.
  • Comparable Contracts: We'll show a list of contracts sorted by favorability ratings and allow for the comparison of similar contracts based on position, industry, and contract type.
  • Market Data: Any right or obligation in a contract can be compared to market data for similar contract types, including data from TermScout's Contract Market Database™ of thousands of public contracts and anonymized and aggregated data from hundreds of negotiated contracts.

Certified Contract Reports contain only a subset of the above data. To access all of the data available, create a free account here and search for the desired contract in Triage.

Please note that this report focuses on the identification of terms from the contract documents listed under 'Scope of Review' and compares them against a defined set of criteria. Certain services may be subject to additional terms not available to TermScout, such as purchase orders and other deal-specific documents. You should always review the terms associated with the specific service you are using and know that TermScout's ratings generally do not cover (a) services purchased through a reseller, (b) offline variants of any of the Agreements, (c) service-specific terms that override any of the terms discussed here, or (d) free services. You also should consult your legal counsel if you have any questions about the meaning, significance or assessment of any agreement or provision.

TermScout prepared this report with an average use-case customer in mind and operated under the assumptions listed below (the "Key Assumptions"). To the extent that provisions in a contract vary based on specific circumstances that differ from the Key Assumptions, TermScout ignores those variations. Additional contract-level assumptions, if any, are disclosed in 'Notes to Customer'.

Key Assumptions

  1. Customer is an average "end user" of the service (i.e. not a partner, distributor, or developer).
  2. Customer is not a government entity.
  3. Customer is a US-based company and is using the service in the US.
  4. Customer is a paying user (i.e. not a user of free services).
  5. Customer is not using beta services.
  6. Unless otherwise noted, service-specific terms that may override or supersede the terms of the Agreement are not reviewed by TermScout.

We reviewed the CSMA for BMC Helix and any documents specifically listed under 'Scope of Review'. For purposes of this report, "Customer" means the party contracting with BMC Helix and "Vendor" means BMC Helix.

References herein to the "Agreement" are to the following documents:

  • The Primary Document: Cloud Services Master Agreement ("CSMA")
  • The following Secondary Document(s) expressly incorporated by reference into the Primary Document and reviewed by TermScout as part of this analysis:
    • Code of Conduct ("CC")
    • Information Security Requirements ("ISR")
    • Enterprise Support Policy ("SP")
    • Information Security Requirements ("SLA")

TermScout did not review any documents other than those listed above. If other documents form part of this Agreement, the answers provided by TermScout may be incomplete or incorrect. TermScout's accuracy commitments only cover documents specifically identified in this section.

No additional notes to customer for this report.

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Enterprise buyers frequently challenge agreements that permit unrestricted movement of operational or customer data across regions, subprocessors, or infrastructure environments without meaningful customer oversight. Additional scrutiny is common when vendors reserve broad authority to relocate hosting environments or expand processing jurisdictions without structured notification obligations. Buyers generally expect infrastructure providers to maintain tighter governance controls around data movement because these platforms often support sensitive operational and production workloads.

Infrastructure vendors frequently operate distributed environments spanning multiple jurisdictions, cloud regions, and subcontracted operational layers. Legal, compliance, and security teams therefore evaluate whether transfer provisions align with internal governance frameworks, regulatory obligations, and operational continuity requirements. Review complexity increases when agreements provide limited transparency into replication practices, regional failover environments, or third-party processing dependencies that may affect long-term oversight and compliance management.

Buyers increasingly focus on whether contractual transfer rights create manageable operational oversight after implementation. Concerns often arise when vendors can modify infrastructure locations, introduce subprocessors, or shift operational workloads without structured customer visibility. Enterprise teams also pay close attention to whether transfer obligations remain enforceable across backup environments, redundancy systems, and distributed operational architectures that support critical infrastructure continuity.

Market-aligned agreements generally define transfer boundaries clearly, provide operational transparency around infrastructure locations, and maintain structured controls over subprocessor expansion and regional processing changes. Contracts become harder to approve when vendors rely heavily on discretionary transfer rights while limiting customer audit visibility or operational recourse. Buyers often interpret overly flexible transfer structures as indicators of elevated governance complexity and long-term operational risk.

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