Downtime costs companies over US$21mThe 2017 Veeam Availability Report, a survey of more than 1,000 senior IT leaders from 24 countries paints a grim picture of the ability of enterprises around the world to counter security, recovery and availability challenges. The report, which is now in its sixth year, found that the reputational and financial cost to companies reached US$21.8 million over the past year. Claude Schuck, regional manager for Africa at Veeam, says these costs are hindering the ability of many of the businesses to execute their digital transformation strategies. You need to make sure that your business is up and running and that service are available. Downtime is often attributed to cyber-attacks, infrastructure failures, network outages, and natural disasters according to the report.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 28, 2017 06:22 UTC