It’s Halloween night, you’re the last one in the office. The sounds of thunder echo

throughout the dark and empty room. The only source of light is the glow from your trusty

desktop computer. You’re getting ready to save your end of the month report when a bolt of

lightning lights up the room. Your computer screen goes dark. Your report vanishes before your

very eyes, before you could save it.

This technology scenario, and nightmare, is becoming an all too common reality

amongst businesses nowadays. In 2016, the average cost of a data center being down cost a

business $2.4 million. That’s an increase of 39% from 2013.

Without a secure backup and recovery strategy in place, a business is at high risk of

losing all of their company data. Listed below are some valuable statistics about the cost of

network downtime and the likeliness that your backup strategy is working the way it should.

Partial Downtime vs. Total Unplanned Outage

Partial Downtime

2016 Average partial downtime was 64 minutes, mean average cost of $8,851 per minute of

downtime on the data center. 12% increase from 2013

Total Unplanned Outage

In 2016, a duration of 130 minutes for total unplanned outages. 9% more than in 2013. In

addition to the frequency of total unplanned outages increasing, costs also increased 5% to

$946,788.

Is your backup strategy actually working like it should?

In 2016, statistics showed that most businesses are not prepared when it comes time to

see if their backup and recovery solution is properly functioning. Only 30% of businesses

reported having a fully documented disaster recovery strategy in place.

A total of 32.1% of businesses reported to having a plan that outlines the specific

business critical applications and components that need to be recovered. 33% of businesses

revealed that their disaster recovery plan proved inadequate when deployed in a response to

an outage. Lastly, a shocking 15.4% of businesses hadn’t even developed a backup and recovery

plan.

Don’t let your business become another statistic, take the time to plan out your backup

and recovery strategy before it’s too late! CCR is here to offer support every step of the way!

Source: https://www.storagecraft.com/blog/business-continuity-statistics-tech/

Create Website Shortcuts for your Desktop

There are two ways to create a desktop shortcut for a website on your desktop.

In Internet Explorer, open the website you’d like to save. Right-click any blank space on the webpage. A context window will pop up and click Create Shortcut.

You will get a dialogue ox asking you if you want to put the shortcut on your desktop. Click Yes.

A shortcut opening the website will be placed on your desktop.

The second way is to just drag the icon that to the left of the URL in the address bar.

Drag the icon to your desktop and that’s it. You have your shortcut. This second way will work for all web browsers including Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox.

Tech Tip Provided by: Rachel Rakes Immediate Response Engineer

Annual CCR U of M vs. MSU Tailgate

For one week in October, CCR’s office becomes divided between two Michigan

collegiate sport teams, two colors and two mascots. Our Sterling Heights location interior

transforms from your typical office décor to a sea of maize and blue and green and white.

Here’s an inside look from CCR’s 2017 U of M vs. MSU tailgate!

It got pretty spooky around here…