A recent poll* asked small businesses how often they typically experience a system or software failure that impacts key business applications? The Results were surprising:
| Daily or more frequently | 16% |
| Weekly | 12% |
| Monthly | 11% |
| Less frequently than monthly | 61% |
This Poll shows that ALMOST 40% of companies experiece a monthly outage.
The same companies were asked what the data failure did to their company:
| Loss of customers and revenue | 57% |
| Loss of new revenue opportunities | 47% |
| Lost employee productivity due to unavailable application data | 71% |
| Lost IT staff time | 55% |
| Damage to company reputation | 47% |
| Damage to supplier relationship | 30% |
Why is Offsite Backup better for your company?
*Meta Group - 2004 Study