By PR Newswire
Publication Date: 2026-05-19 12:00:00
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$600 Billion Annual Impact: Aggregate downtime costs for the Global 2000 have soared 50% in two years.
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$15,000 Per Minute: The average cost of downtime for organizations, highlighting the immediate financial impact of service disruptions.
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3.4% Stock Price Drop: The average decline in shareholder value following a single downtime incident.
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Cisco today announced the release of Splunk’s latest research, The Hidden Costs of Downtime, revealing the aggregate cost of unplanned downtime for Global 2000 companies has surged to $600 billion annually – a 50% increase in just two years.
In partnership with Oxford Economics, the Splunk study shows that the financial toll of an outage is immediate, severe, and potentially long-lasting. Downtime has become a systemic business crisis that threatens revenue, brand equity and shareholder value, costing an organization $95 million in…
