PHASE 1 (1–2 weeks)
Migration Assessment.
Inventory, dependencies, sizing, business case, risk catalog.
Output: Migration plan + cost projection.
PHASE 2 (4–12 weeks)
Wave Execution.
Pilot, waves, cutover.
Reversible until decommission.
Rollback plan per wave.
Output: Live cluster, workloads migrated.
PHASE 3 (2–4 weeks)
Post-Migration Hardening.
HA validation, DR drill, runbook handover.
Optional transition into 24x7 Managed.
Output: Hardened cluster + handover.
Downtime is never just technical. It creates financial loss, operational paralysis, and management risk.
How much downtime is acceptable?
The average SMB loses €8,000–€10,000 per hour of downtime.
What data loss would cost the company?
Prolonged data loss puts your business at risk. For many companies, a 10-day outage can lead to bankruptcy.
What level of protection is needed?
This is your recovery time. The faster the recovery, the more structured and tested the setup must be.
A backup and data recovery strategy isn’t a luxury. It’s a business essential that turns disruption into a controlled, manageable event.
More than just a technical problem: Why Windows Server 2012 EOL affects your entire company.
Trigger
Microsoft will end extended support for Windows Server 2012/R2 on October 10, 2023.
Domino effect 1
No more security patches – your servers are vulnerable and become a weak point in the network.
Trigger
Specialist applications on old servers can no longer be operated securely. Many software manufacturers are discontinuing support.
Trigger
Verifiable compliance violations (GDPR, NIS2, KRITIS) with penalties of up to €20 million or 4% of annual revenue.
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We create a complete "map" of your IT dependencies before any decisions are made, so you can feel comfortable taking the next step. We create a complete "map" of your IT dependencies before any decisions are made, so you can feel comfortable taking the next step.
We create a complete "map" of your IT dependencies before any decisions are made, so you can feel comfortable taking the next step. We create a complete "map" of your IT dependencies before any decisions are made, so you can feel comfortable taking the next step.
We create a complete "map" of your IT dependencies before any decisions are made, so you can feel comfortable taking the next step. We create a complete "map" of your IT dependencies before any decisions are made, so you can feel comfortable taking the next step.
We create a complete "map" of your IT dependencies before any decisions are made, so you can feel comfortable taking the next step. We create a complete "map" of your IT dependencies before any decisions are made, so you can feel comfortable taking the next step.
What Sets us Apart
It combines proven processes, AI-supported tools, and senior experts who take full responsibility from decision to stabilization. CTM isn’t theory. It’s a method built from hundreds of real-world projects — tested, measurable, repeatable.
We audit your environment, identify all dependencies, and assess the specific risks of Windows Server 2012 EOL. We check: Which applications are running on which servers? Which interfaces exist? Where are the compliance risks?
We develop the target vision (Windows Server 2022, cloud migration, or hybrid), the detailed migration plan, and define clear roles and responsibilities. We plan downtime windows and create the decision template for your management.
We manage the implementation, monitor the critical transition phase, respond to unplanned events, and hand over stable, documented operations.
The biggest mistake is to view change as purely an IT issue. Companies immediately talk to system vendors about new products before the dependencies of the specialist departments.
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“The combination of precise planning and consistent responsibility enabled us to make a risk-free transition without a fallback environment. Sysfacts proved that the right approach saves costs and ensures quality.”
Thomas Berger
IT manager at a medium-sized manufacturing company
“The combination of precise planning and consistent responsibility enabled us to make a risk-free transition without a fallback environment. Sysfacts proved that the right approach saves costs and ensures quality.”
Thomas Berger
IT manager at a medium-sized manufacturing company
“The combination of precise planning and consistent responsibility enabled us to make a risk-free transition without a fallback environment. Sysfacts proved that the right approach saves costs and ensures quality.”
Thomas Berger
IT manager at a medium-sized manufacturing company
“The combination of precise planning and consistent responsibility enabled us to make a risk-free transition without a fallback environment. Sysfacts proved that the right approach saves costs and ensures quality.”
Thomas Berger
IT manager at a medium-sized manufacturing company
“The combination of precise planning and consistent responsibility enabled us to make a risk-free transition without a fallback environment. Sysfacts proved that the right approach saves costs and ensures quality.”
Thomas Berger
IT manager at a medium-sized manufacturing company
“The combination of precise planning and consistent responsibility enabled us to make a risk-free transition without a fallback environment. Sysfacts proved that the right approach saves costs and ensures quality.”
Thomas Berger
IT manager at a medium-sized manufacturing company
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Yes, absolutely. We see ourselves as a partner to your system house. We create the strategic and planning basis so that your system house can fully leverage its strengths in technical implementation.
Yes, absolutely. We see ourselves as a partner to your system house. We create the strategic and planning basis so that your system house can fully leverage its strengths in technical implementation.
Yes, absolutely. We see ourselves as a partner to your system house. We create the strategic and planning basis so that your system house can fully leverage its strengths in technical implementation.
Yes, absolutely. We see ourselves as a partner to your system house. We create the strategic and planning basis so that your system house can fully leverage its strengths in technical implementation.
Find out in just a few days how your transition can be secure, fast, and budget-friendly with our Transition Readiness Check (TRC).
Speak directly with a senior Sysfacts architect about your current system, upcoming changes, and possible transition scenarios.
Protect your business against downtime, ransomware, and audit risk.
Data is the heartbeat of your business — and losing it can mean losing everything. From ransomware and accidental deletion to natural disasters and cloud outages, threats to your business continuity are everywhere. The question isn’t if something will happen — it’s when.
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Our Clients:
Without clearly defined recovery targets and regularly tested recovery, even a short disruption can escalate into lost revenue, operational standstill, audit exposure, and reputational damage.
Strong data recovery strategy ensures:
Data protection
Your most critical data isn’t just stored. It’s protected, verifiable, and recoverable when it matters, not just when systems say “backup completed”.
Business Continuity
Work doesn’t stop when technology fails. Your people keep moving, decisions continue, and the business stays in control instead of improvising under pressure.
Customer trust
Reliability is invisible until it’s missing. Proven recoverability shows clients and partners that your business is built to withstand disruption.
Predictable recovery
Downtime isn’t a surprise anymore. Recovery happens within clearly defined, management-approved timeframes that protect revenue and operations.
Regulatory confidence
When auditors or authorities ask, you don’t explain. You provide. Documentation, evidence, and standards are ready to hand over without stress.
Sysfacts Assurance turns Backup & DR into a reliable corporate insurance policy: governance-driven, audit-ready by design, technically implemented, and continuously validated.
Monitoring & alerting across the Backup/DR chain
Without clearly defined recovery targets and regularly tested recovery, even a short disruption can escalate into lost revenue, operational standstill, audit exposure, and reputational damage.
Recovery tests per plan + evidence (protocol/certificate)
Without clearly defined recovery targets and regularly tested recovery, even a short disruption can escalate into lost revenue, operational standstill, audit exposure, and reputational damage.
Findings-to-remediation management
Without clearly defined recovery targets and regularly tested recovery, even a short disruption can escalate into lost revenue, operational standstill, audit exposure, and reputational damage.
Monthly reporting (KPIs, status, risks, action tracking)
Without clearly defined recovery targets and regularly tested recovery, even a short disruption can escalate into lost revenue, operational standstill, audit exposure, and reputational damage.
Offsite storage / immutability options (architecture-dependent)
Without clearly defined recovery targets and regularly tested recovery, even a short disruption can escalate into lost revenue, operational standstill, audit exposure, and reputational damage.
Fully managed backup operations (run & optimize)
Without clearly defined recovery targets and regularly tested recovery, even a short disruption can escalate into lost revenue, operational standstill, audit exposure, and reputational damage.
Example of why this is critical:
If you have an automated high-bay warehouse, a backup from midnight today won't be of much use to you at 8 p.m. today because so many movements have taken place in the warehouse in the meantime that the 20-hour-old data is worthless. You have to look at this from a business perspective and “snatch” it away from IT.
A fixed, standardized path from discovery to strategy to implementation, followed by ongoing assurance operations. Standardized in method and deliverables—scalable via scope, tiering, data volume, and service level.
Assurance Discovery
Identify business requirements, risk appetite, criticality, and target objectives.
Criticality and dependency overview
Tier-based RPO/RTO target matrix
Gap analysis / quick wins
Roadmap & budget boundaries
Assurance Blueprint
Audit-proof strategy as an executive/management artifact.
DR strategy document
Governance & accountability model incl. escalation
Runbook structure + initial runbooks (top services)
Test & evidence plan (Evidence Pack)
Assurance Build
Implement the target architecture incl. technical validation.
Implementation (backup/offsite/monitoring/restore processes)
Initial recovery validation (protocols)
Operational handover, operating documentation
Assurance Managed
Continuous assurance, evidence, and ongoing updates.
Monthly Backup & DR report
Restore tests incl. certificates/protocols
Quarterly Assurance Review Workshop
Continuous updates of concepts and documents
Data is the heartbeat of your business — and losing it can mean losing everything. From ransomware and accidental deletion to natural disasters and cloud outages, threats to your business continuity are everywhere. The question isn’t if something will happen — it’s when.
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Sysfacts Assurance gives CFOs and legal teams something rare in Backup & DR: clear accountability, audit-ready evidence, and proven recoverability that stands up to insurers and authorities.
KPIs and Evidence (Assurance Proof)
Sysfacts Assurance tracks a focused set of KPIs to continuously prove recoverability and readiness. These cover backup reliability, recovery test coverage by tier, documentation freshness, failure detection speed, and the resolution of identified issues, giving management a clear view of operational risk at all times.
The Evidence Pack provides audit-ready proof of recoverability, including restore test results, test certificates, a versioned DR strategy with decision logs, and a complete action history. It can be handed directly to auditors, insurers, or authorities without additional explanation.
Sysfacts Assurance shifts Backup & DR from an IT task to a management-approved risk decision, creating defensible accountability for executives and legal teams.
Risk-based tiering connects recovery requirements with economic impact, allowing management to define how much protection is needed and what it is worth.
Sysfacts Assurance gives CFOs and legal teams something rare in Backup & DR: clear accountability, audit-ready evidence, and proven recoverability that stands up to insurers and authorities.
Assurance Discovery
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Assurance Workshop
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Assurance Retainer
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Assurance Essential
This is your recovery time. The faster the recovery, the more structured and tested the setup must be.
Assurance Essential
This is your recovery time. The faster the recovery, the more structured and tested the setup must be.
Assurance Essential
This is your recovery time. The faster the recovery, the more structured and tested the setup must be.
We guarantee money-back guarantee
A fixed, standardized path from discovery to strategy to implementation, followed by ongoing assurance operations. Standardized in method and deliverables—scalable via scope, tiering, data volume, and service level.
Projects without critical failures.
Risk reduction within three months.
Budget accuracy across 30+ projects
Customer satisfaction score
Cloud backup is a tool. Sysfacts Assurance is a governance program that includes strategy, implementation, evidence, and continuous validation. You get the proof—not just the data.
Most companies do. They have backup running, but unclear targets, no recent test results, and no governance. We bring the strategy and proof layer on top.
Compliance means you pass an audit today. Assurance means you stay compliant as threats and laws change. We continuously update your strategy and documentation.
Depends on scope. Usually 6–12 weeks from strategy approval to live operations. Then you're on the retainer with no end date.
RTO/RPO guarantees depend on your tier, data volume, and infrastructure. We set realistic targets with your business, validate them monthly, and back them with evidence.
We deliver a complete, versioned documentation package. You have all runbooks, architectures, and procedures. You can transition to another vendor or operate independently. Liability and money-back guarantee included.
No. IT still owns implementation and operations. We bring the governance and evidence layer. The business defines risk and targets. IT executes. We moderate and prove.
Part of the retainer. Restore tests happen monthly (for key systems) or quarterly (for lower tiers). Every test produces a certificate you can show auditors.
Sysfacts Assurance gives CFOs and legal teams something rare in Backup & DR: clear accountability, audit-ready evidence, and proven recoverability that stands up to insurers and authorities.
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