💸 What Does Downtime Really Cost?

The cost of downtime is more than just IT repairs. It affects:

• Revenue: Lost transactions, delayed sales, and halted operations
• Productivity: Employees waiting for systems to come back online
• Reputation: Customers lose trust in your reliability
• Compliance: Potential legal or regulatory penalties
• Recovery: Emergency fixes and extended overtime

💡 According to Gartner, the average cost of IT downtime is $5,600 per minute. But for some businesses, it can soar to tens of thousands.

🧨 What Causes Downtime?

• Ransomware attacks
• Power outages or natural disasters
• Server or hardware failure
• Human error (accidental deletions or misconfigurations)
• Software or patch issues

No company is immune — but those with a plan recover faster, and better.

🔁 How Backup & Recovery Save the Day

Backup is no longer just a box to tick. It’s your lifeline when things go wrong. Here’s how a modern backup strategy protects you:

✅ Fast Recovery Time Objectives (RTO)

Recover your systems and data quickly so operations don’t stall for hours or days.

✅ Versioning & Rollback

Restore from a known-good version if data is corrupted, deleted, or encrypted.

✅ Automated & Continuous Backups

Eliminate human error with daily (or even hourly) automated backups to the cloud or local storage.

✅ Cloud-to-Cloud Protection

Back up cloud platforms like Microsoft 365 — emails, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams — which aren't automatically protected.

✅ Geographically Redundant Storage

Store copies of data in multiple locations to protect against regional outages or disasters.

🛡️ Where IxoraDC Comes In

Our Data Continuity & Protection Services ensure that your business:

• Stays online with minimal disruption
• Can instantly restore files, systems, and VMs
• Meets compliance requirements with secure, encrypted backup
• Has access to Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) options All managed from a single, easy-to-use platform — Ixora Cyber Shield.

📌 Real-World Example

Imagine this:

Your business is hit with a ransomware attack. Your systems are locked. You’re told to pay a ransom to get your data back.

But you don’t panic — you simply roll back to a clean backup from 2 hours ago. Zero ransom paid. Zero downtime. No lost data.

That’s the power of proactive backup.

🔚 Final Thoughts

Downtime is inevitable. But the damage isn’t. With the right backup and recovery tools in place, you can turn potential disasters into minor hiccups — and keep your business moving forward without missing a beat.

🔐 Protect your uptime.
Get in touch with IxoraDC today to learn how our backup and continuity solutions can future-proof your operations.