IT failures cost average of £410,000 - but half could easily be avoided, warns KPMG

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Technology Risk Radar report warns that organisations are not properly managing risk associated with technology

An IT failure costs an organisation an average of £410,000 per incident, but half of the issues that bring businesses grinding to a halt could be classed as avoidable. That is according to a new...

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