How the best companies avoid downtime costs

On average downtime costs an enterprise $686,000 per hour, leading to lost revenue across the economy of more than $26 billion.

Hosting and disaster recovery specialist Sungard Availability Services has put together an infographic looking at the threat of downtime and how the best companies are better placed to deal with it.

The best prepared businesses report 75 percent fewer downtime incidents and a massive 90 percent less downtime per event. They're also able to recover faster, averaging 1.13 hours as opposed to 5.18 hours for other businesses.

Part of being prepared is that firms are more likely to have recovery time objectives and test their disaster recovery processes more often. They're also more likely to measure and track their recovery performance.

You can find the six traits that define best-in-class recovery and more in the full infographic below.