The statistic shows the leading causes of unplanned application or data center outages or downtime, as of 2015, according to a survey of IT professionals. As of 2015, 61 percent of respondents indicated that human error had been the cause of unplanned data center or application downtime.
Unexpected causes of application or data center outages worldwide, as of 2015
IT professionals currently using or evaluating SDS technology
Supplementary notes
The question was phrased by the source as: "What unexpected incidents have caused application or data center outages?"
Multiple responses were possible.
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DataCore Software. (April 15, 2015). Unexpected causes of application or data center outages worldwide, as of 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/679012/worldwide-application-data-center-outage-causes/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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