{"id":357,"date":"2022-05-27T08:36:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T08:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.extnoc.com\/blog\/?p=357"},"modified":"2025-11-26T12:40:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T12:40:31","slug":"denying-the-true-cost-of-network-downtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.extnoc.com\/blog\/denying-the-true-cost-of-network-downtime\/","title":{"rendered":"Working in the Dark: Denying the True Cost of Network Downtime [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping your Network running and avoiding downtimes is a vital task for every Network Administrator. Network Downtimes, regardless of whether in the form of server failure, hardware failure, power outages or inevitable human error are all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.extnoc.com\/blog\/reasons-for-network-downtime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">causes of Network Downtimes<\/a> and can directly impact your company\u2019s performance and profits.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know how much your organization risks with every potential outage? Regardless of your deployment, your company risks losing potential revenue and market share with downtime.<\/p>\n<p>If your organization isn\u2019t prepared or doesn\u2019t have the skills internally to quickly resolve network downtimes then you are putting your organization at risk. There are ways to prevent downtime from occurring and to protect a business, its profits, and its reputation by outsourcing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.extnoc.com\/network-monitoring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>network monitoring<\/b><\/a> and maintenance. Check out the infographic for better Understanding the real cost of network downtime and how to eliminate it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"b1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ccc;\" title=\"Network Downtime Infogrpahic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.extnoc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/network-downtime-infogrpahic.jpg\" alt=\"Network Downtime Infogrpahic\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"b2\">Key Points to Take Away From Infographic \u2013<\/h4>\n<h2 id=\"b21\">How to eliminate network downtime?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Strengthen your shields<\/strong><br \/>\nThe first level of defense is ensuring firewalls are configured properly &amp; systems are patched with the latest security updates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Automate your incident management processes<\/strong><br \/>\nIdentify &amp; solve any incoming incidents before they have the chance to cause serious problems to your systems, applications and\/or the entire network.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Employ sophisticated notifications and escalations procedures<\/strong><br \/>\nIn order for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.extnoc.com\/network-operations-center\/tiered-incident-management\/\">incident management process<\/a> to be executed flawlessly, the right individuals must receive notification in a timely and efficiently a manner as possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Achieve full transparency of the entire incident management process<\/strong><br \/>\nEveryone in the IT department, but particularly those in management, should be able to determine who is working on what, the status of each incident &amp; what next steps are needed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facilitate data analysis to develop and hone best practices<\/strong><br \/>\nGenerate in-depth reports on incident resolution performance &amp; mean time to repair (MTTR), which will provide valuable insight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assign responsibility<\/strong><br \/>\nOwnership empowers &amp; confers accountability. It is extremely important to designate someone in the IT organization to be responsible for the security posture of the company.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"b3\">Conclusion:<\/h2>\n<p>ExterNetworks.com, managed IT service provider, recommends the first step to address <a href=\"https:\/\/www.extnoc.com\/blog\/top-7-major-causes-of-it-downtime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">downtime<\/a> time is through business continuity management(BCM) which will identify varied threats to the organizations and ensure essential resources function persistently. Technology experts at ExterNetworks also recommend that 24\/7 monitoring of Applications, Network Devices, and Servers prevent of any critical device and enterprise network from downtime.<\/p>\n<p>Although it may not be possible to completely avoid downtime risks, the risk can be minimized with the help of uptime maintenance service. Uptime Maintenance supports the lifecycle of your assets, facilitates rapid response to incidents and restores failed devices in accordance with Service Level Agreements tailored to your business objectives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping your Network running and avoiding downtimes is a vital task for every Network Administrator. Network Downtimes, regardless of whether in the form of server failure, hardware failure, power outages or inevitable human error are all causes of Network Downtimes and can directly impact your company\u2019s performance and profits. 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