Cost of downtime up, frequency down since 2011
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia [January 6, 2014] – Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR) and a global leader in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, today released its “2013 State of the Data Center” infographic. The latest iteration illustrates the rapid, continuous growth of feature-rich, data-intensive IT applications, and how that influences the increasing criticality of data centers.
Now more than ever, businesses are relying on data centers and are more aware of the risks and costs of downtime. Complete outages are down 20 percent since 2011, but financial losses owing to these outages are up 33 percent in the same period, with a global average of Php 40 million for each incident. Businesses average one complete outage every year, so this cost is significant.
“The data center plays an increasingly critical role in supporting operations as the world grows more digital each day,” said Russell Perry, senior director for marketing and solutions, Emerson Network Power in Asia. “Technologies have pushed the world to move at a faster pace, and businesses must keep up to meet service-level agreements with their customers.”
Some of the facts explored in the Infographic:
- One in every nine people on earth is a Facebook user.
- Nearly 28,000 photos are uploaded onto Instagram every minute.
- 1.9 trillion gigabytes of data will be generated in this calendar year alone.
- 25 percent of viewers drop off when the video they are watching buffers for more than five seconds. If the video buffers for more than 10 seconds, nearly 50% of viewers will be gone.
- Global e-Commerce sales topped $1.25 trillion in 2013.
- 172 million e-Readers are expected to be sold this year.
“The data reflects what we hear every day from our customers and partners, and that’s a growing reliance on the data center as an indispensable business asset,” said Scott Barbour, executive vice president, Emerson, and business leader of Emerson Network Power. “They are investing in their IT systems and infrastructures because the cost of downtime is becoming more and more prohibitive. The facts presented in the infographic confirm the relentless expansion of our society’s electronic dependence and the increasing importance of data centers.”
The infographic also shows increasing reliance on data centers in areas that were traditionally offline pursuits and consumers’ high expectations of speed and performance.
To view the full infographic, visit the Emerson Network Power newsroom. For more information on Emerson Network Power products and solutions that support the data center, visit www.EmersonNetworkPower.com.
About Emerson Network Power
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR), delivers software, hardware and services that maximize availability, capacity and efficiency for data centers, healthcare and industrial facilities. A trusted industry leader in smart infrastructure technologies, Emerson Network Power provides innovative data center infrastructure management solutions that bridge the gap between IT and facility management and deliver efficiency and uncompromised availability regardless of capacity demands. Our solutions are supported globally by local Emerson Network Power service technicians. Learn more about Emerson Network Power products and services at www.EmersonNetworkPower.com.
About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets around the world. The company is comprised of five business segments: Process Management, Industrial Automation, Network Power, Climate Technologies, and Commercial & Residential Solutions. Sales in fiscal 2013 were $24.7 billion. For more information, visit www.Emerson.com.