Information Lifecycle Management

Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) is the cumulation of the policies, processes, practices, and tools used to align the business value of information with the most appropriate and cost-effective IT infrastructure from the time information is conceived through it’s final disposition. We offer several services within ILM including data archiving, legacy system decommissioning, and GDPR/CCPA/Compliance solutions.

DATA ARCHIVING

Bigger isn’t
always better

Growing data volumes are becoming more and more of a concern for most enterprises. By 2025 IDC estimates that there will be 463 exabytes of data created each day. The cost of storage isn’t getting any cheaper and your move to S/4HANA can get costly depending on the amount of storage you need.

SAP data archiving is the process of moving infrequently accessed historical data from closed transactions, from high cost storage to low cost archive storage, retaining real-time and same look and feel access from SAP screens.

Business Challenges

With 463 exabytes of data ( that’s the equivalent of over 212 million DVDs) being created daily by 2025 as predicted by the World Economic Forum, managing this data explosion is a growing concern. Many enterprises are facing the following challenges:

Deterioration of application performance & user productivity
High costs due to large Tier-1 enterprise storage volumes with redundancy
High administrative and maintenance costs
Long system downtime during upgrades and restorations resulting in loss of business

Benefits of Data Archiving

Improves system performance and access times
Reduced total cost of ownership including operational, system infrastructure, and administrative savings
Prepare data in readiness for migrations to S/4HANA
Mitigate risk and comply with data regulations
Allows you to control the growth of your data volume and effectively plan your infrastructure

How Auritas Can Help

Our proven SAP data archiving methodology provides more than just a standard framework for archiving, we deliver best practices and proven solutions that reduce your data volume while providing a user-friendly way to access business data.

We work with you to meet your goals for a lean, flexible, efficient infrastructure that provides significant savings, performance gains, and lays the foundation for leveraging SAP HANA
Certified automation tools that ensure you continue to see benefits even after the end of the project
On-site workshops to train your team as well as full knowledge transfer and extensive documentation to ensure the solution is sustainable and maximizes ROI

Additional Resources

Have questions around Data Archiving? Feel free to look through some of our related resources below or reach out to us directly at info@auritas.com

LEGACY SYSTEM RETIREMENT

Simplify your IT landscape,
lower your costs

As enterprises modernize their IT landscape legacy systems are often left behind. These legacy systems are often kept on to reference historical data, but in order to meet compliance regulations, legacy systems must be maintained and supported to ensure the data stored on them is accessible. Keeping legacy systems operational just to maintain access to historical information is expensive, systems take up valuable space, specialized support expertise is usually required, and it complicates your IT landscape.

Legacy System Decommissioning is the process of moving legacy data, including documents, to a repository where it can be easily accessed through modern technology. By doing this, you keep the data that is required for purposes such as audits, inquiries, and compliance regulations while significantly lowering your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Business Challenges

Most enterprises struggle with what to do with their legacy systems. They need them on in order to reference historical data, but that comes with the following challenges:

Benefits of Legacy System Retirement

Reduce on-going maintenance costs, releasing budget for new innovative tech and other revenue earning initiatives
Mitigate risk and increase legal compliance
Free up space, simplify storage. and make the move to S/4 less costly
Reduced energy consumption delivering “green” IT
Continued direct access to data and documents, with the same look and feel as previously, for tax, audit, and business purposes

How Auritas Can Help

With over 15+ years of expertise in legacy system decommissioning we can help you safely shut down your SAP and non-SAP legacy systems while keeping your necessary data accessible. In most cases we achieve a reduction of up to 80% in TCO among the following benefits:

Proven decommissioning and archive tool and technology, including 150+ pre-built accelerators, with flexible options for the migration and storage for your decommissioned data
Centralized tools for managing data and document retention periods to facilitate compliance with any regulatory or audit requirements
Easy access with the same look and feel as previously for your decommissioned data

Additional Resources

Have questions around retiring your legacy systems? Feel free to look through some of our related resources below or reach out to us directly at info@auritas.com

RETENTION MANAGEMENT & DATA PRIVACY

Be prepared for
the data privacy wave

The explosion of data combined with technological advances such as AI has made the demand for data greater than it ever has been before. With data privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA coming into effect and companies such as Facebook and Mariott making headlines for non-compliance, it is becoming critical for every modern enterprise to be compliant. It’s no wonder a staggering 79% of Americans are concerned with the way companies user their data.

SAP ILM data retention management mitigates risk, increases compliance, and reduces costs associated with SAP data growth.

Business Challenges

With data privacy being in the forefront of every consumer’s mind, and more legislation on the horizon, enterprises are becoming increasingly concerned with their data privacy and compliance, which comes with their own list of challenges:

Not fully understanding of the ever-changing data privacy laws, such as GPDR and CCPA, and how they impact your enterprise
No streamlined processes to respond to consumer requests regarding their data
56% of companies are unable to locate where all of their Personal Identifiable Information (PII) data is stored
Generic data retention policy that's not suited to your specific needs

Benefits of Retention Management

Automate and enforce your retention policy
Mitigate risk, both financial and reputational, and increase legal compliance
Retain data for audit and reporting purposes
Reduce risk by automating data for legal cases
Reduce database cost and storage size

How Auritas Can Help

With 15+ years of experience in data management we’re the go-to partner for over 25% of the Fortune 500. Our in-house experienced data and content management and data privacy experts will help your enterprise navigate the transition to compliance. Our in-house team has the knowledge of SAP ILM best practices and understanding of GDPR, CCPA, and future data privacy legislation compliance.

In-house data privacy experts that understand present and future legislation and how it relates to your SAP system
Extension of SAP’s ability to manage the retention of your data using SAP NetWeaver ILM software
In-house data + content management experts to help you create ILM rules, based on a data retention policy tailored to your business needs

Additional Resources

Have questions around retention management or more information about GDPR, CCPA, and future data privacy legislation? Feel free to look through some of our related resources below or reach out to us directly at info@auritas.com