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ERP Solution for Decommissioning

Data GUARD by Auritas provides a single source of truth for decommissioning and controlling multiple systems while applying your corporate retention policies.

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Shed outdated systems, foster innovation!

In the realm of legacy decommissioning, Auritas doesn't just bid farewell to outdated systems; we ignite a spark of innovation and sustainability. By retiring old, unused applications, we help organizations unlock new avenues for growth, fostering responsible stewardship of resources.

Working with Auritas for Legacy Decommissioning

  • Comprehensive Expertise: Proven track record in handling complex legacy system decommissioning across various industries, helping companies decommission up to 200 legacy applications at once.
  • Minimizing Costs and Risks:  Our data experts help reduce these costs and risks by safely decommissioning obsolete systems, consolidating and maintaining data easily accessible.
  • Tailored Solutions:  Auritas has completed over 950 success projects, including tailored decommissioning strategies for SAP and non-SAP applications.
  • Expert Approach: Auritas applies advanced technology and best practices to ensure your legacy data is stored in a way that is accessible for future audits, analytics, or compliance needs.
  • Future-Proof Solutions: Auritas's Data Suite, offer domain expertise in legacy retirement, including Data GUARD by Auritas.
  • Business Continuity: Decommissioning a legacy system can be complex, but Auritas prioritizes minimizing downtime and ensuring business continuity throughout the process.

By choosing Auritas, companies benefit from an end-to-end decommissioning solution that enhances operational efficiency, ensures compliance, preserves vital data, and paves the way for future digital transformation—all while lowering costs and mitigating risks.

 

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Legacy decommissioning in the context of SAP refers to the process of retiring outdated SAP systems or other legacy platforms while ensuring that important historical data remains accessible. As organizations transition to newer SAP solutions, such as S/4HANA, legacy systems like older versions of SAP ERP can become inefficient, costly, or incompatible with modern business needs. SAP decommissioning allows businesses to retire these systems while securely archiving necessary data for future use, such as audits or regulatory compliance.

Key Benefits of SAP Legacy Decommissioning:

  • Cost Savings:
    By decommissioning older SAP systems, businesses can reduce the cost of maintaining outdated hardware and software, freeing up resources for more strategic investments.
  • Enhanced Security:
    Older SAP systems may no longer receive security updates, making them vulnerable to cyber threats. Decommissioning ensures data is moved to a secure, modern environment, reducing risks.
  • Regulatory Compliance:
    SAP legacy decommissioning ensures that businesses meet legal and regulatory requirements for data retention, even after the original system is retired, by archiving data in a compliant manner.
  • Improved System Performance:
    Removing outdated SAP systems from the IT landscape reduces complexity and allows for more streamlined, efficient operations.
  • Smoother Transition to S/4HANA:
    Decommissioning legacy SAP systems supports the migration to SAP S/4HANA by eliminating outdated components, making the transition more seamless and future-proofing the organization.

Why It’s Important for SAP Environments:

Legacy decommissioning within SAP environments allows businesses to optimize their IT landscapes by retiring inefficient systems while maintaining access to critical data. It reduces costs, mitigates security risks, ensures compliance, and supports the smooth adoption of modern SAP solutions like S/4HANA. Ultimately, it enables businesses to focus on innovation and growth rather than maintaining obsolete systems.

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Success Stories

  • 200 SAP and Non-SAP Systems Decommissioned

    • US Chemical Company
      • Millions in savings from legacy retirement.
      • Maintain easy access to data from retired systems.
      • Establish clean and compliant data management strategy.

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  • Legacy Decommissioned for Streamlined 

    • Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Government)

      • Significant footprint reduction.

      • Enhanced end-user functionality.
      • Centralized content management.

    • Read more.

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SAP archiving is crucial

capability for efficiently managing data volume in SAP systems. Archiving optimizes storage, helps ensure regulatory compliance, improves system performance, reduces operational costs, enables business continuity, and manages storage more cost-effectively. Overall, archiving is essential for maintaining system health, performance, and compliance and core to managing data throughout its lifecycle

ILM Facts

SAP Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) is SAP’s recommended approach to automate data archiving using retention management. ILM also is used for decommissioning legacy systems. From a data governance perspective, ILM helps manage the total cost of ownership of data throughout the information lifecycle while addressing audit, legal, and regulatory compliance considerations.

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Technical Overview

SAP archiving involves a structured approach to extract, compress, store, and manage data outside the SAP database, while ensuring accessibility, integrity, and compliance with regulatory requirements.

                                                         


Data Extraction: Archiving involves extracting data from the SAP database based on defined criteria such as age, transaction type, or document status.

Data Compression and Storage: The extracted data is compressed to reduce storage space and stored in archive files. These files can be stored on different storage media such as disk, tape, or cloud storage.

Archive Linking:​ Archived data is linked to the original SAP documents or transactions, allowing for retrieval when needed.

Access Control:​ Access to archived data is controlled through SAP authorization mechanisms, ensuring that only authorized users can retrieve and view archived information.

Integration with SAP Applications:​ SAP archiving is tightly integrated with SAP applications, allowing users to access archived data directly from within the SAP user interface.

Data Restoration:​ Archived data can be restored back to the SAP system if required, either in part or in full, maintaining data integrity and consistency.

Monitoring and Reporting: Archiving processes are monitored and logged to track performance, errors, and compliance with archiving policies. Reporting tools provide insights into archived data usage and trends.

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