DELAWARE
S4 / HANA MIGRATIONS MADE SIMPLE WITH DATAVARD
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One of the things that is happening in the SAP market right now is the ongoing release of SAP S / 4HANA , the latest generation of its ERP system ,” says Derdeyn . “ S / 4HANA first hit the market in 2015 , but SAP platforms have a very long lifecycle , so the previous generation is very slowly easing towards its end-of-life in 2027 . It ' s only 2021 , but an ERP platform is typically of such magnitude and is intertwined with so many different business processes that converting from one generation to another is typically not a straightforward process .”
A classic SAP migration – called a brownfield – involves a technical database conversion . While the process is common throughout many industries , and generally quite an achievable task , Derdeyn warns that it has some downsides . “ If you are moving to a new platform and you had heavily-customised your old one , a brownfield migration means
that all that customised code gets carried over to your new platform ,” he explains . “ It ' s not really a fresh start . It could take a long time , be difficult to manage , or result in periods of downtime that your company just cannot afford – from several days to even a week .”
When delaware looks at finding alternate migration strategies for its customers , the company believes in selecting the right tools . Datavard , a key partner of delaware , is providing those tools as part of a collaborative project the two companies are engaged in to migrate a Singaporean customer to SAP S4 / HANA .
“ By using the tools that Datavard provides , we can ensure that , instead of having a downtime of several days for the migration – which our customer simply cannot afford – they won ' t experience downtime of more than 10 hours ,” Derdeyn says .
226 May 2021