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Restoring Files: A $9 Billion Waste of Time

A survey of 300 IT managers conducted by Quantum finds that a staggering amount of IT personnel time is wasted restoring files. Just about everybody in IT is aware of the nuisances associated with having to restore a file. But not many people have taken into account that, on average, 131 hours of IT time […]

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Dec 6, 2010

A survey of 300 IT managers conducted by Quantum finds that a staggering amount of IT personnel time is wasted restoring files. Just about everybody in IT is aware of the nuisances associated with having to restore a file. But not many people have taken into account that, on average, 131 hours of IT time a year is spent on restoring files. And when you add that all up across all the companies in North America, a big number emerges.

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Click through for results from a survey conducted by Quantum regarding file restoration.

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IT people spend a lot of time restoring files.

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On average, almost two hours a week goes toward restoring files.

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More than it takes to screw in a light bulb.

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Databases are the biggest culprits.

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A big number, no matter how you slice it.

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