Digital sovereignty has outgrown its niche as an IT concern and is now firmly on the boardroom agenda. This has been fueled in no small part by geopolitical concerns. However, while geopolitics may have pushed it into the spotlight, at its core digital sovereignty is about one thing: keeping the business running no matter what happens. When critical systems fail, there is always a cost.
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UK manufacturers are losing up to £736 million every week due to downtime, according to new research, with outages lasting for days on end. Across the UK, US, and Germany, new data from Fluke Corporation shows 46% of manufacturers reported between six and ten downtime incidents weekly, while for 15% the figure is between 11 and 20. Nearly half (45%) said outages last up to 12 hours, with 17% reporting that incidents had stretched to 72 hours.
The truth is, these teams are working on the same event. They're just seeing it from different angles. If they aren't connected, response becomes fragmented and valuable time gets lost. Connecting the Dots in Real Time This is where a unified approach to critical event management makes a real difference. It's not about layering on more tools. It's about connecting the ones already in place and giving people a shared view and a clear process when something goes wrong.