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DOWNTIME
Server downtime may seem inevitable when running a business. What's a few
minutes here or there each month, or even each week? Find Out just how much
it's costing you when it all adds up.
SERVER INEFFICIENCIES COSTLY
73% Of businesses have had some type Of operations interruption in the past 5 years
THAT TIME, BUSINESSES HAVE LOST
sn MILLION
due to an average of 7.5 hours of downtime per year in the cloud
THAT EQUATES TO LESS THAN
99.9% EFFICIENCY
GOAL •
99.999%
Of companies both in and Out Of the
cloud aren't meeting this goal
WHAT THE TOP CAUSES DOWNTIME?
25%
19%
15%
13%
POWER
STATION
NETWORK HUMAN
FAILURE
ERROR
FIRE
OTHER
1%
TORNADO
HARDWARE
FLOOD SOFTWARE HURRICANE WINTER TERRORISM
FAILURE
FAILURE
BREAKDOWN OF DOWNTIME
STORM
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HOURS
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HOW DOWNTIME IMPACTS BUSINESS
SALES:
NO ACCESS = NO CONVERSIONS
DATA MAY BE CORRUPTED OR LOST
Nearly 1 in 2 small
businesses (2 - 20
employees) have
endured data loss
- PRODUCTIVITY
EMPLOYEES IN A PAPERLESS /
SERVER-BASED WORKFORCE
CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE
NO SALES = UNHAPPY CUSTOMERS
OF BUSINESSES SURVIVE SEVERE DATA Loss
REDUCE THE IMPACT OF DOWNTIME BY ENSURING YOUR SERVICE
PROVIDER/NETWORK VENDOR IS TRUSTWORTHY AND HIGHLY
RESPONSIVE IN A DISASTER
DISASTERS BY:
Backing up your files regularly,
preferably on a physical drive as
well as virtually
Chcx)sing a network host
with a service uptime
guarantee and a sound SLA
Maintaining patch
management
SOURCES
Ensuring your power
and cooling sources are
reliable, to avoid power
outages
Monitoring pur usage
at all times to avoid
risky circuit overloads
Training staff to use
these methods
Having a high-quality,
high-speed internet
connection
Using reliable anti-malware
and firewall protection
against security breaches
Enacting data loss and intrusion
prevention measurements, so the
focus isn't on recovering data, but
on never losing it at all!
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