Fewer than one in ten CIOs can claim that they have avoided a network outage, according to
new research by
Opengear, a Digi International company and provider of secure and
Smart Out of Band
management solutions.
This finding is among new research by Opengear of both CIOs and network
engineers globally. The scale and frequency of network outages is
revealed by 91% of CIOs stating that they experience downtime at least
once a quarter.
Further survey statistics reveal that network downtime has a significant
financial impact for businesses. Figures show that in the US for each
minute of disruption, 24% of organizations lose between $2,501 and
$5,000. As an average, this figure equates to $4,344 for every minute of
downtime incurred.
Due to continued network outages and rising economic pressures, 79% of
US CIOs now say it's harder to meet customer expectations in today's
environment, a concern also reflected by 68% of US network engineers.
92% of US CIOs have therefore increased their budget over the last 12
months to improve their network resilience, with almost half (44%)
dedicating over 50% of their IT budget to infrastructure spend in order
to secure their operations.
"Our research findings lay bare the challenges that organizations
globally are facing with network outages in 2023," said Gary Marks,
President at Opengear.
"It's perhaps unsurprising that CIOs are
allocating more investment to network resiliency to ensure that downtime
doesn't occur. The key is where this investment is being targeted. From
critical first day deployments and everyday maintenance, to worst day
scenarios such as network outages, organizations need always-on access
to their critical resources to ensure business continuity. Smart Out
of Band technologies can enable remediation of network issues from any
location, helping to reinforce business resilience in a difficult
economic climate."