Software Pricing

Software Upgrade for Voisus and Telestra

Part Numbers:

(where 'ver' represents the new software version)

The cost of a software upgrade is based on two factors:

  1. The total value of software on a system, calculated at current pricing, excluding 3rd-party licensing, and
  2. Time since last update, measured from either the original shipment date or the most recent software update, whichever is more recent

Customers pay a percentage of the total software value that is determined by the time elapsed since the system was last updated. An example will follow; the rates are:

12% for systems that were shipped or updated between 12-23 months ago
24% for systems more than 2 years (i.e. 24-36 months after ship date)
36% over 3 years
48% over 4 years
60% over 5 years
75% within 6 years

If more than 7 years have passed since the system in question was shipped or updated, software upgrades are full price (i.e., 100% of the cost of the software on the system).

Pricing Example

An ASTi system is purchased with software valued at $10,000 and shipped to the customer. No software maintenance is purchased with this system. Thirty months after shipment in the field, the customer wants to update his system to run ASTi's latest software.

Since the upgrade will be purchased 2 years + of the system's ship date, the upgrade price equals 24% of the software value ($10,000), or $2,400.

Software Maintenance Agreements

ASTi offers 4 types of Software Maintenance Contracts/Subscriptions, for Telestra (TL-)and Voisus (VS-) (or combined (TV-)):

ASTi offers 4 types of software maintenance agreements:

  1. Software Maintenance (P/N:(TL/VS/TV-)SW-M)
  2. Software and Information Assurance (IA) Maintenance (P/N: (TL/VS/TV-)SW-IA-M) (Most Common)
  3. Software and IA Maintenance No RedHat subscription (P/N: (TL/VS/TV-)SW-IA-M-NS)
  4. Software and IA Maintenance plus Support Services (P/N: (TL/VS/TV-)SW-IA-M-S)

ASTi is an official Red Hat Embedded Partner. Products provided by ASTi based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) include Red Hat software integrated with ASTi’s installation. ASTi now includes a Red Hat subscription with the purchase of our Software and Information Assurance (SW/IA) maintenance products. Systems with active maintenance receive Red Hat software updates and support directly from ASTi.

Customers not on ASTi SW/IA maintenance (OS Subscription Excluded; Option 3 above) are required to obtain their own subscription from Red Hat if OS updates including security patches are required for their application.

Pricing for maintenance starts at 9.25% of the Total Software Value to be covered under the contract (at the current sales price) per year plus a per system media charge. The minimum contract is $1,250. The percentage decreases as the value of the software covered increases.