Of the 200 companies surveyed, small enterprises lost, on average, more than $55,000 in revenue due to IT failures each year, while midsize companies lost more than $91,000 and large companies lost more than $1,000,000.A data center outage by itself can cost an average of $5,600 per minute.n average, the businesses surveyed said they suffered 14 hours of IT downtime per year. Half of those said IT outages damage their reputation and 18% described the impact on their reputation as very damaging.. Headlines about IT failures certainly don't help.
On the other hand, environmentalists say the downward drilling process, if done poorly, releases chemicals into both ground and surface water. Both arguments are strong, which is why no one can agree whether fracking is a good or bad thing.
(Verb) Slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracking is the drilling method that uses water, sand and other additives to expand fissures in underground rocks to free oil or natural gas trapped within them.Before the development of fracking, it was not commercially viable to try to mine these resources with existing technology.(Noun) hydraulic fracturing.(Noun) hydraulic fracturing; the process of creating cracks in rock formations by injecting fluid into cracks to force them open to collect the gas that seeps out. (Noun) The extraction of natural gas through the process of hydraulic fracturing.racking is the drilling method that uses water, sand and other additives to expand fissures in underground rocks to free oil or natural gas trapped within them. Before the development of fracking, it was not commercially viable to try to mine these resources with existing technology. (Noun) hydraulic fracturing.