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title: "Standby Virtual Desktops: A Foundation for a Sound Business Continuity Plan. - TetherView"
description: Natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, and snowstorms often restrict, if not put a complete halt on, business operations – many times
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## Standby Virtual Desktops: A Foundation for a Sound Business Continuity Plan.

[ Michael Abboud ](https://tetherview.com/blog/author/michael-abboud)

 Feb 8, 2022 12:00:00 AM

Natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, and snowstorms often restrict, if not put a complete halt on, [business operations](https://www.securitymagazine.com/keywords/279-business-continuity) – many times without warning. These outages and disruptions result in millions of dollars in cleanup and lost business.

Natural disasters matched with the myriad of cyberthreats, data breaches, human error and hardware malfunction only add to the possibility that a business will experience some type of costly outage or disruption. According to Gartner, the average cost of [IT downtime](https://blogs.gartner.com/andrew-lerner/2014/07/16/the-cost-of-downtime/) is $5,600 per minute…[Read More Here](https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/88904-standby-virtual-desktops-a-foundation-for-a-sound-business-continuity-plan)

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