End-of-Sale Perpetual License Model Announcement
Overview
VQ Communications Ltd announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the VQ Conference Manager perpetual license model. The last day to order the affected product(s) is 1 May 2021. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the VQ Support as shown in Table 1 which describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product(s). Table 2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement.
For customers with active and paid VQ Conference Manager Perpetual License service and support contracts, support will continue under the terms and conditions of the customer’s existing service contract and may be extended. This announcement only effects new customers.
End-of-life milestones
Table 1. End-of-life milestones and dates for the VQ Perpetual License model
| Milestone | Definition | Date |
| End-of-Life Announcement Date | The date the document that announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life of a product is distributed to the general public. | 1st May 2021 |
| End-of-Sale Date: App SW |
The last date to order the VQ Conference Manager perpetual license. The product is no longer for sale after this date. | July 31, 2021 |
| Last Ship Date: Software Support |
The last-possible ship date that can be requested. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time. | July 31, 2021 |
| End of SW Maintenance Releases Date: App SW |
The last date that VQ Engineering may release any final software maintenance releases or bug fixes. After this date, VQ Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software. | Not affected |
| End of New Service Attachment Date: App SW |
For software that is not covered by a service-and-support contract, this is the last date to order a new service-and-support contract or add the software to an existing service-and-support contract. | July 31, 2021 |
Product part numbers
Table 2. Product part numbers affected by this announcement
| Part Number | Product Description | Replacement Product Part Number | Replacement Product Description |
| VQConfAdvPMP | VQ Conference Manager Perpetual License for Cisco PMP+ | VQ-LIC-PMP | VQ Conference Manager license per Cisco PMP+ |
| VQConfAdvSMP | VQ Conference Manager Perpetual License for Cisco SMP+ | VQ-LIC-PMP | VQ Conference Manager license per Cisco SMP+ |
| VQAdd-in | VQ Conference Manager Perpetual License for either Outlook Add-in | VQ-LIC-1SSA | Single App, either Outlook Add-in, Jabber Extension or iOS |
| VQiOS | VQ Conference Manager Perpetual License for iOS | VQ-LIC-1SSA | Single App, either Outlook Add-in, Jabber Extension or iOS |
| VQUAPBundle | VQ Conference Manager Perpetual License for all Apps | VQ-LIC-SSAP | Apps Pack per knowledge worker – Outlook Add-in, Plug in, iOS phone app |
| AdvAnalytics | VQ Conference Manager Perpetual License for Advanced Analytics | VQ-OPT-ES | Annual Elastic Subscription per Elastic Data node |
| VQConfAdvMaint-1yr | VQ Conference Manager Perpetual License Annual Support – 1 yr | Replaced by VQ Subscription license model | |
| VQConfAdvMaint-2for3yr | VQ Conference Manager Perpetual License Annual Support – Special Offer – Pay for 2 years get 3 | Replaced by VQ Subscription license model | |
| VQConfAdvMaint-3yr | VQ Conference Manager Perpetual License Annual Support – 3 yr | Replaced by VQ Subscription license model | |
| VQConfAdvMaint-5yr | VQ Conference Manager Perpetual License Annual Support – 5 yr | Replaced by VQ Subscription license model |