SANDY, Utah, Sept 4 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Nearly nine in ten organizations have experienced an increase in network outages over the past two years, with more than a quarter reporting increases of 25% to 50%, according to new research from Opengear, a Digi International company (NASDAQ, DGII, (www.digi.com). The rise in outages has cost more than a third of businesses between $1m and $5m in the past year alone.
Over half of organizations also noted a 10-24% increase in outages over the two-year timeframe. The survey, designed to identify critical pain points affecting data center operations, polled over 1,000 CIOs, CSOs, and network engineers across the UK, US, France, Germany, and Australia. The survey highlights how network outages are causing significant disruptions across data center operations, affecting everything from system availability to business continuity.