OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES
- CONTEST DESCRIPTION: Tell us how technology and an IT makeover would improve your business productivity, sales, growth, workflow and automation by answering these three questions: (a) Why do you deserve the Xtreme IT Makeover? (b) What would you like to do with technology that you cannot currently do? (c) How will this IT Makeover change your business or organization?
- WINNER SELECTION: All eligible entries will be reviewed by a panel of judges consisting of, but not limited to, All Covered’s executive management team, the marketing team and individuals from All Covered’s field consulting team. Submissions will be judged based on the following criteria: (a) Impact of the IT Makeover on the contestant’s business – 50%; (b) Vision on how the technology could be used – 35%; (c) Clarity of presentation – 15%.
Three (3) Finalists will be selected and one (1) Grand Prize Winner will be selected from the group of Finalists. Prior to selecting the Grand Prize Winner, All Covered may contact each Finalist for more information about its application. This interview, in conjunction with the application, will be used in making the final decision. Decisions of the contest judges are final.
- PRIZES: One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive an IT Makeover valued at over $30,000 in goods and services, consisting of
- One (1) Dell PowerEdge server
- Two (2) Dell Optiplex desktop computers
- One (1) Dell Latitude laptop computer
- SonicWALL firewall with wireless capabilities
- InFocus Projector and installation services
- HP laser printer
- Microsoft Windows 2008 server (25-user license)
- Microsoft Exchange 2007 (25-user license)
- Microsoft Vista Ultimate (3 copies)
- Microsoft Office 2007 (3 copies)
- 1 Year subscription for secure, off-site server backup (up to 30GB) from Iron Mountain Digital
- 1 Year subscription for managed anti-spam, anti-virus software (25 users)
- Symantec Multi-tier Protection (25 users)
- Symantec Backup Exec
- Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery for Servers
- Assessment of network and computer environment, installation of the above prizes into the existing network and six (6) months of support services from All Covered
Prizes are not redeemable for cash or transferrable, and must be accepted as awarded. All Covered reserves the right to substitute a prize with another prize of greater or equal value at All Covered’s sole discretion. Federal, state and/or local taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the winners.
*Network assessment and installation shall not exceed four (4) full days (8 hours per day). If the work required to install and integrate all the hardware and software into the Winner’s network environment will exceed four days, All Covered and Winner will agree on the scope of a partial installation and integration which can be done within that time frame. On-going support services after completion of installation and integration includes one (1) 4-hour on-site visit, monitoring of three (3) key network elements, and three (3) help desk tickets each month for a total of six (6) months (including the month in which installation and integration are completed.)
- ELIGIBILITY: The Contest is open only to companies or organizations with at least 10 employees and whose place of business is located within 30 miles of one of All Covered’s offices (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York City, Northern New Jersey, Orange County, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, St. Louis, and Washington D.C.) Contestants must have a business location and cannot be operated out of a home. Contest applicants must be legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (including District of Columbia) who are at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of entry and an employee of the company or organization. Current All Covered clients, employees and directors of All Covered, and Prize Contributors (including All Covered, Microsoft, Dell, Symantec, Iron Mountain Digital, InFocus, SonicWALL, and HP) and their respective affiliates, parent companies, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, and the immediate family members (parent, child, spouse, and sibling) and household members of each are not eligible to enter.
The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and is void where prohibited. By entering, contestants agree to abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of All Covered, which are final and binding in all respects.
- HOW TO ENTER: No purchase is necessary. To enter, complete the contest application at www.allcovered.com/xtreme/. All applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. (PDT) on September 30, 2008. Incomplete or late applications will not be eligible. One entry per contestant. All Covered assumes no responsibility for lost or late entries, or for any computer, online, telephone, human, or other error or for any technical or other malfunctions that may occur.
- DATA COLLECTION: By entering the contest, you understand and agree that All Covered may collect information about you. All such information is subject to All Covered’s Privacy Policy (www.allcovered.com/about/privacy.asp).
- PUBLICITY: By claiming the Grand Prize, the Winner agrees to: (a) make itself available to All Covered and its designees for Contest-related promotional appearances and as otherwise requested; (b) allow All Covered and its designees to record it by any means (i.e., video, audio, photography, etc.) during the IT makeover process, Contest-related promotional appearances, and as otherwise requested ("Recordings"); (c) grant to All Covered and its designees the right to use its name and organization name, image and/or likeness, voice and biographical information in connection with the exploitation of the Recordings in all media, in any manner, throughout the world, in perpetuity; and (c) sign any necessary documentation deemed necessary for All Covered and its designees to make use of the Recordings as described herein. Finalists may be subject to the same publicity conditions as the Grand Prize Winner. Any contestant unwilling or unable to agree to these publicity conditions should not participate in the Contest.
- GENERAL CONDITIONS. All Covered reserves the right, at its sole and absolute discretion, to cancel or modify the Contest without notice if fraud or any other factor impairs the integrity of the Contest. All Covered’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
- RELEASE: By participating in this Contest and/or claiming any prize, you agree to release and hold All Covered and all Prize Contributors, and their respective related companies, franchisees, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless from and against any claim or cause of action arising out of your participation in the Contest or receipt or use of any prize.
- LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER ALL COVERED AND THE PRIZE CONTRIBUTORS (COLLECTIVELY “SPONSORS”) SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY CLAIMING THROUGH YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF YOUR ENTERING THE CONTEST OR INSTALLING THE PRIZES INTO YOUR NETWORK. IN NO EVENT SHALL SPONSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (E.G., FOR LOSS OF DATA, REVENUE, PROFITS OR USE OR FOR COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES) HOWEVER ARISING, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT, EVEN IF SPONSORS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY REPRESENTS A REASONABLE ALLOCATION OF RISK.
- DISPUTES: Any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or any prizes awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the courts located in the County of San Mateo, California. Any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest but in no event attorneys’ fees. Under no circumstances shall contestants be permitted to obtain awards for and by entering the Contest, contestants waive all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket costs, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.
- LIST OF WINNERS: The Finalists and Grand Prize Winner will be posted to All Covered’s website www.allcovered.com/xtreme/ after September 30, 2008.
