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 What's Your Cost of
Downtime?
It's probably more than
you think.
When your computer
systems fail, the cost to your organization might be measured
in one or more ways. Productivity loss can be very expensive,
and is easily measured. Other costs might not be so easily
measured, such as:
- Losing a big
opportunity because of a missed deadline.
- Having to
re-enter months or years of data because your tape backups
were incomplete or unrecoverable.
- Fines for
violating federal laws related to data availability and
security
- Costs to repair
problems that could have been avoided through a proactive
maintenance plan.
- Missed
manufacturing and/or delivery schedules
- Loss of
reputation with clients. (How would we look to you if you
found out that our system went down?)
To calculate
Productivity Loss
Take the number of employees
affective by an outage, then multiply them by an average cost
to the organization (pay plus benefits, per hour.) Then
estimate the amount of productivity loss when your systems are
down. In most organizations, some work cannot be done at all.
Other times, work may be done manually, but it is very costly
to re-enter that information when the systems come back up and
operations need to continue. Most organizations figure
downtime costs them at least 50% productivity loss.
What's your Cost
of Downtime ?
Number of employees
________ x $ ________ Average Pay/hour
(including
benefits) = $ _______ per hour x 8 hours = $ _______ per
day
Let's look at some
numbers.
Small
Business
10 employees x $ 15 per hour = $ 150/hour
$
150 x 50 % productivity loss = $ 75/hour, x 8 hours, or $ 600
per day !
Medium
business
50 employees x $ 20 per hour = $
1,000/hour
$ 1,000 x 50 % productivity loss = $ 500/hour, x
8 hours, or $ 4,000 per day !
Large
Business
150 employees x $ 20 per hour = $
3,000/hour
$ 3,000 x 50 % productivity loss = $ 1500/hour,
x 8 hours, or $ 12,000 per day !
Hard to believe?
Did you ever think downtime costs this much?
The good
news is that there are simple ways to prevent costly downtime.
From network assessments to disaster recovery plans to full
managed services, Databranch can help you analyze your risks.
We can show you different ways you can protect yourself. Call
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