What is Downtime?

Computer crashes cost American business at least $4 billion a year, according to a first-of-its-kind survey that says as business reliance on computers grows, the cost of computer downtime will mushroom exponentially. Average Fortune 1000 company has Nine crashes per year, with each lasting around Four Hours. The most important highlight of the survey is the discovery that most company information executives feel that the cost of computer downtime will grow as computer dependence increases. Factors increasing company exposure to a computer crash include increasing dependence on data communications and networking.

Computer downtime

Computer downtime can result from numerous circumstances.

  • Viruses and spyware are waiting to infect your PC through the internet, email and even commonly used applications.
  • Internet hacking, identity theft and other cyber crimes are all on the rise.
  • Compatibility issues, hardware malfunction, power failure and missing or corrupt drivers plague both hardware and software alike.
  • Computer slowness can make you crazy and costs you valuable time.
  • Problems with the installation and use of everyday programs can cause no end of headaches.
  • There are many more reasons could cause computer downtime...

SMSBs & Computer Downtime

Especially the Small and Midium-Sized Businesses are much easier to be affected by the computer downtime due to they have less IT support resources. Most of SMSBs don't have in-house IT person therefore lack of proper treatment when they face computer downtime.

Unlike big companies, majority of SMSBs don't have well organized and managed IT system. They lack proper computer knowledge, heavily rely on out source support, no effective control over their own IT system, etc. The fact is if SMSBs had choice they would probably never adopt computers for their business operations.

Downtime Calculator

Impactek provides an online downtime calculator to enable our customers and clients to assess the potential cost of IT system downtime.

Click here to estimate the impact of the IT system downtime could bring to your business.