The threats to your business are vast and complex. They include:
- Environmental: Over-heating, liquid spills, electrical surges, power spikes and outages, fires, hardware failures, high humidity, chemical spills, etc.
- Natural: Floods, earthquakes, tornados, landslides, avalanches, electrical storms, wild fires, etc.
- Human: Thief, cracker, social engineering, worms, trojans, viruses, unauthorized access, disgruntled employees, mistakes, workplace violence, etc.
- Technology Changes: Speeds, feeds, flavors, trends, etc.
The chart below shows the impact that natural disasters have had on major companies over the past 10 years. 
"93% of companies that lost their data center for 10 days or more due to a disaster filed for bankruptcy within one year of the disaster." "50% of businesses that found themselves without data management for this same period filed for bankruptcy immediately." (Source:? National Archives & Records Administration in Washington)
Courtesy of ZeroNines
Average Cost of Downtime
Even if you company survives a disaster, the costs are staggering: | Brokerage | $6M - $7M / hour | | Banking | $5 - $6M / hour | | Credit Card | $2M - $3M / hour | | Pay Per View | $1 - $2M / hour (up to $50M for fights) | | Airline Reservations | $1M / hour | | Home Shopping | $100K / hour | | Catalog Sales | $100K / hour | | Tele-ticket | $70K / hour | | Package Shipping | $30K / hour | | ATM Fees | $20K / hour |
Average mean time to repair or recover: 4.0 hours TierPoint has built the services and infrastructure you need to keep your information safe from today's threats. Peace of mind - it's an intrinsic part of every solution at TierPoint.
Contact us at (509) 688-2555 or toll-free at (866) 531-2550 to find out how we can help. Learn more about why TierPoint is located in Eastern Washington.
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