The path forward for SAP S/4HANA and beyond: What happens to the data left behind?

About this webinar

Many organisations continue running legacy systems long after they stop supporting daily business operations. These systems still contain valuable historical data that organisations need to access for analytics, reporting, audits, or regulatory compliance. In some cases, systems are maintained purely to ensure historical information remains available if it is ever required in the future.

This challenge becomes even more common when organisations are moving to SAP S/4HANA, migrating to other platforms, or replacing SAP systems as part of broader transformation initiatives. Even after the transition, legacy systems are often kept running solely to preserve access to historical data.

However, maintaining legacy systems can become costly and complex. Whether SAP or non-SAP, infrastructure must still be supported, security updates must still be applied, and specialist expertise is often required simply to keep the system accessible.

In this webinar, we explore how organisations can simplify their system landscape by decommissioning legacy systems – whether SAP or non-SAP – while maintaining access to historical data for analytics, reporting, and compliance purposes.

During the session, you will:

• Understand why organisations continue operating legacy systems, including SAP and non-SAP systems, for historical data access
• Learn about the risks and ongoing costs of maintaining legacy systems
• Explore how data archiving enables organisations to decommission legacy systems
• See how organisations can retain access to historical data for analytics, reporting, and compliance
• Discover how Archive Central provides secure, web-based access to archived data across SAP and non-SAP systems.

Who should attend this webinar?

• Organisations planning to retire or replace legacy SAP systems
• Existing SAP customers moving to SAP S/4HANA
• Customers moving from non-SAP to SAP S/4HANA
• SAP IT leaders managing legacy SAP landscapes
• Data governance, compliance, and audit teams responsible for historical SAP records
• SAP Basis and system landscape architects
• HR, finance, and audit teams responsible for historical SAP data.