Live Webinar
ECC to S/4HANA Migration: The Strategic Role of Archiving
We’ll break down how a structured archival approach helps reduce the S/4HANA data footprint, supports ECC decommissioning, and preserves compliant access to historical data without overpaying for storage.
Date: April 16, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM IST
Host - Jagadeesh K
Enterprises planning their move from SAP ECC to S/4HANA often assume technology is the hardest part of migration. In reality, data becomes the biggest bottleneck.
ECC systems carry decades of payroll, finance, supply chain, operations, and compliance data. Much of this data must remain accessible for audits, regulatory reviews, and business reference. Very little of it belongs inside an expensive in-memory S/4HANA environment.
Migrating everything increases system size and cost. Leaving data behind keeps ECC systems running longer than planned. This is why archiving has become a mandatory step in ECC to S/4HANA transitions.
What We Will Explore
- Why ECC to S/4HANA migration programs slow down without a data strategy
- How archiving reduces the cost and complexity of S/4HANA environments
- What data must migrate and what should remain archived for compliance and audit
- How an archival layer enables ECC retirement without losing data access
- How Archon Data Store supports compliant retention and retrieval of ECC data
What You Will Take Away
- A clear understanding of why archiving is mandatory in ECC to S/4HANA migration
- A practical way to decide what moves forward and what does not
- Insight into preserving regulatory, audit, and business access without increasing infrastructure cost
- A realistic view of how ECC decommissioning fits into modernization using Archon Data Store
Who This Session Is For
- SAP Program and Transformation Owners
- Compliance and Data Governance Leaders
- Enterprise Architecture and IT Infrastructure Teams
- Finance and Audit Teams
