“The State of Resilience 2025” Reveals the True Cost of Downtime

The State of Resilience 2025 survey by Cockroach Labs reveals that 93% of senior technology executives worldwide are concerned about the impact of downtime on their businesses, with all reporting outage-related revenue losses in the past year. The cost of being unprepared for such incidents can be significant, ranging from $10,000 to over $1,000,000 per outage. Business resilience is crucial for IT infrastructure and data architecture to withstand disruptions and maintain operational effectiveness. Despite the growing risks, only 20% of executives feel their organizations are fully prepared to prevent or respond to outages, while 79% admit they are not equipped to comply with new operational resilience regulations. The survey also highlights that frequent outages accelerate employee burnout and erode consumer and business partner confidence. Investments in automation, AI-driven solutions, and cloud infrastructure services are seen as crucial for improving operational resilience.