E3 Magazine Cover Story December
It all started with MDM, Master Data Management. Many years ago, it was the first initiative in the IT scene to focus the spotlight on the topic of data economy. This gave rise to many constructs and buzzwords. Another milestone was the start of S/4 conversion, when the topic of algorithms and data structures emerged. SAP's existing customers quickly realized that even with the Hana database release change, the future focus would be on valuable data. And Thomas Failer from
SAP partner Data Migration International always has an answer.
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AI Help in the Shadows
IT pioneer Thomas Failer and his company have broken new ground in data management for the SAP community. With his data management tool, which works with the help of AI, converting to SAP S/4 is possible without pre-projects.
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One Click Transformation With JiVS From Data Migration International: The Shortest Route to S/4
It is now widely recognized within the SAP community that data and its dependencies considerably prolong the upgrade to the next SAP generation. But there is an ideal remedy: a shortcut via One Click Transformation.
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Risks Rather Than Bonanza
All too often, SAP customers migrate far too much data to S/4, and in poor quality, losing its business context in the process. This turns a treasure trove of data into a risk for the data-driven enterprise of the future.
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Into S/4 Without Pre-Projects
The transformation to S/4 is possible without pre-projects. What is needed is an approach that decouples data management and application lifecycles management from each other, but which optimally aligns them at the same time.