Root cause analysis is the process of identifying the source of problems. The idea behind it is that an effective management strategy will not only solve problems but also prevent them in the future.

The gap between the beginning of a major public outage and full recovery has stretched significantly over the last five years. Nearly 30% of these outages in 2021 lasted more than 24 hours, a disturbing increase from just 8% in 2017.

Monday became “Black Monday” for those who rely on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The 8-hour outages on these apps left people confused — and services, such as Twitter,  booming with the extra traffic.

Industries most vulnerable to data center outages, like banking and finance, government, health care, manufacturing, media and communications, retail, and transportation/utilities, have average downtime costs of over $5 million per hour.

This white paper examines the various threats that can lead to a UPS failure and addresses the specific ways in which a preventive maintenance service plan can dramatically minimize those risks.

Core and edge data center downtime can cost businesses millions — with a major impact on critical applications.