There are clear legal requirements for the retention of historical business data. However, the practical implementation of these requirements is complex. You might be challenged identifying the exact data volume that is to be retained and store this compliantly, economically and future-proof, while providing proper access to authorized users and auditors. Finally, outdated data and documents need to get destroyed consistently once their retention period has expired.
Just continuing to run existing legacy systems as a read-only or virtual instances does not address requirements properly: such operation will become too expensive, cumbersome and often does not comply with applicable auditing requirements.
With Outboard DataFridge we offer a tool-based decommissioning procedure for the cost-effective and legally compliant storage of your SAP and non-SAP systems and data – without the need for additional hardware.
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Application data growth, M&A activity and continuous application modernization efforts create siloed and unmanaged legacy data plus infrastructure technical debt. This research gives I&O leaders a market overview of the technology that improves data management and enables application retirement.
Outboard Datafridge is a lean solution for decommissioning legacy systems. It supports mass archiving and moves your obsolete data to a cost-effective storage solution – including retention management, legal hold, data destruction and flexible access to data and documents.
We recommend using cost-effective cloud-based solutions to store the data. However, DataFridge also supports other on premise and cloud platforms including compliant storage – certified by SAP SE.
Your legacy data is accessible via standard SAP UI, making it easy for users to view their data and documents. This allows you to search, display, export and analyze legacy data effectively, conveniently and at any time, for example when requested for a tax audit.
Datafridge also allows you to define individual retention rules depending on the document type. This means that no longer required data is deleted from your system once retention periods expire with an automated process. This ensures compliance with current data privacy legislation and keeps your data hosting costs within your budget.
Datafridge has been certified by KPMG according to IDW PS 880 to comply with German GoBD standards.
Legacy systems are expensive to maintain and bring no business value. Because they are no longer supported, they increase your operational risks. There are no patches available to fix new issues, it is harder to recover from downtimes and there are less and less people who know how to deal with outdated technologies.
Legacy systems that are no longer supported require extra work and attention from your team, draining on your resources. Your specialists lose time on keeping those old systems running instead of working on their key projects. This is especially important if you are planning a migration to S/4HANA where you will need all hands on deck to drive the transformation.
Legacy systems store sensitive personal information that needs to be deleted or made inaccessible. Implementing such regulations is especially difficult with outdated systems, and the easiest way out is to retire these.
Use your existing SAP NetWeaver or S/4HANA platform for the legacy data.
Minimize the effort of your Basis and Application teams.
Browse and display your legacy data in a familiar frontend. No training needed
Archive your data and documents in a cloud-based platform and save up to 90 % of storage costs
Do not risk downtimes with technology that is no longer supported
Be prepared for audits by setting and maintaining proper retention rules and legal holds
