Rounding out the top three unplanned downtime causes is network or server hardware failure. When the servers that host your data, applications and resources fail, it can bring operations to a halt. Typically, the cause of failure is hardware that needs to be replaced or repaired. This can take several hours or days, depending on your provider and service level agreement.
5 Things to Consider Before Moving to Cloud-Based Email Many startups and small businesses subscribe to cloud-based applications for their email, given the popularity and simplicity of that model. But, many mid-sized to large companies still host their email on on-premise servers. Email servers and software tend to need upgrading or replacing every several years.…
How much downtime is too much? According to an IHS study, outages cost enterprises $700 billion a year. Though this statistic is alarming, it doesn’t quite hit home for many businesses. But, doing the math for your specific organization and calculating your true cost of downtime is critical to understanding how much you can really…
Feel Like You’re Constantly Dodging Downtime? How much of your day is consumed with worrying about the next IT outage? When your technology isn’t working, your people aren’t productive, sales aren’t closing, customers aren’t being serviced and products aren’t being delivered.
