In their most recent statement, Web Service Guard releases information on the five major causes of website service interruptions and IT Failures.

Orlando, FL, November 2008 – In this day and age where we rely on technology to run a business and the majority of companies own a website, extra caution should be taken to make sure that their website is always up and running.  Web Service Guard a company that specializes in website monitoring recently released a statement on the five major causes of website service interruption and more startling website outage statistics.

According to Steve Walterhouse, Vice President of Web Service Guard, the five major reasons for IT failure are; software application failure, operating system failure, hardware server failure, network failure, and misconfiguration.

Any website downtime can harm a company if customers try to visit it and find that the website is down, Walterhouse said.

“Every minute is vital when running a website in your business, as it is the easiest way for potential customers to learn about your company.  But unfortunately, an average business owner with a website will experience at least one hour of IT failure each month,” said Steve Walterhouse, vice president of Web Service Guard.  “Our company understands that importance and it’s our job to notify you as soon as the site goes down so it can be fixed and minimal time is lost.”

A recent study has shown that about 20 percent of service interruption can be caused by technology failures and environmental factors, 40 percent can be caused by application crashes like bugs or incorrect updates, and another 40 percent is from human error.

Making matters worse, when a business web site goes down, many business owners may not learn about it on their own for hours or even days, resulting in disgruntled customers and possible lost sales, and harming the company’s image, Walterhouse explained.

For more information, go to www.webserviceguard.com.

About Web Service Guard:

Web Service Guard is a website and server monitoring company that watches a website and notifies the customer at the first sign of interruption.  Web Service Guard understands the importance of a company website and offers a number of services such as e-mail alerts, error details, website monitoring and server monitoring, to make sure your website is running correctly.

Web Service Guard, the premier website monitoring company, offers uptime and performance monitoring for websites and servers.  For more information, check our Website Monitoring page.