iTera
Echo2 for AS/400 is an availability management solution that enables organizations to provide consistent, predictable access to the applications and data that their business requires. Implementing Echo2 virtually eliminates downtime from planned events such as nightly backups, software or hardware upgrades, and database reorganizations, and from unplanned events such as server failure, fire, floods and power outages to provide your business with the power of information availability.
E-business runs 24 hours a day. Consumers expect to be able to visit your Web site at their convenience, not yours. People in time zones around the world expect to be treated equally. Businesses running multiple shifts expect to be able to interact with your systems whenever their workers are on the job.
Business information must be available whenever and wherever you need it.
Today, we rely so heavily on information systems that a computer outage leaves tens, hundreds or even thousands of well-paid employees with little or nothing to do. Possibly worse, when competitors are only a click away, the potential loss of customer loyalty and revenue is enormous.
- 98% of respondents in a 1999 International Data Corporation (IDC) survey stated that unscheduled system downtime significantly affects their business.
E-business, ERP solutions, business intelligence, and virtual organizations have created a new requirement for organizations, keeping applications and data available for users around the clock. In today's business environment, this has become a necessity, not a luxury. System reliability is not enough, and managing planned and unplanned downtime has become a corporate directive and significant issue for IT departments.
- 59% of respondents in the IDC survey said they could not conduct business or have lost revenue during unscheduled downtime.
In every company, there is at least one "business critical application" on which the company's day-to-day operations and overall health of the enterprise depend. If that application is not available to users at the time they need it, business opportunity is lost. This can translate into idle workers, lost revenues, and significant business risk.
- A 1992 survey of 450 Fortune 1000 companies, conducted by the Strategic Research Division of Find/SVP, found that downtime costs U.S. business over $4 billion per year.
Consider the cost of downtime. If your data and applications are not available for use for even one hour--what is the financial impact? What is the cost? Compare this cost to Echo2 and the ROI is often seen within 3-6 months.
Implementing Echo2 virtually eliminates downtime from planned events such as nightly backups, software or hardware upgrades, and database reorganizations, and from unplanned events such as server failure, fire, floods and power outages--to provide your business with the power of information availability.
Get back to business with iTera's Echo2.
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