Shrink the move, retire what you leave behind with SAP data archiving

Every terabyte you carry into SAP S/4HANA® software adds migration costs, testing time, and data you will manage for years.

One global automotive leader was carrying 30 terabytes into its RISE with SAP® move. It archived 16 of them, more than half, removing the budget barrier that had stalled its cloud transition.

Start your S/4HANA migration by deciding what to leave behind. In the first post in this series, we asked which data to bring along and which legacy applications to retire. This post answers both, with SAP data archiving and application decommissioning.

How does SAP data archiving reduce migration risk?

SAP data archiving separates the information you actively use from what you only need to retain. Active data moves to SAP S/4HANA. Inactive data goes to a governed archive, where it stays searchable and connected to its business context.

Your SAP S/4HANA migration stays focused on current data, while...

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