E3 Category: Coverstory 22-02

In the background, the biggest ERP change in IT history is probably taking place. In contrast, the version change from the mainframe-based SAP R/2 to the three-tier client-server system SAP R/3 was only a mild spring breeze.

Data and content from operational applications that are no longer processed there should be continuously transferred to a legally secure and system-independent platform such as JiVS IMP.

DMI is taking steps to radically simplify the transformation to SAP S/4 Hana. To this end, the company, which specializes in information management, advises SAP existing customers to have their own data layer for all information that is no longer processed operationally.

Back at Sapphire 2019, SAP emphasized the importance of data to the future of enterprise software in general and the transformation to S/4 and C/4 in particular. Here's the concept SAP's existing customers should follow.

It all started with the introduction of a central SAP client. In the meantime, the JiVS platform supports the Swiss SAP existing customer Bühler not only in decommissioning legacy systems but also in agile business scenarios such as mergers and acquisitions and carve-outs.