Wednesday, 14 May, 2025 at 4:00 PM BST

DuPont, a global Fortune 500 leader in science and innovation, faced a complex and fragmented IT landscape after years of mergers, divestitures, and organizational change. The challenges of maintaining 17 separate legacy SAP systems, primarily for compliance purposes, were becoming unsustainable. The operational costs involved in supporting these obsolete systems were escalating, systems faced increased cybersecurity exposure, outdated hardware was causing energy inefficiencies, new global compliance requirements needed to be met, and the amount of technical debt had resulted in an overall lack of IT agility. To address these challenges, DuPont launched a bold initiative: retire all 17 legacy SAP systems and archive more than 50 terabytes of historical data, including hundreds of ADK and archival files, without compromising compliance, auditability, or business continuity. Together with Accenture and powered by JiVS Information Management Platform (IMP) from Data Migration International, the company achieved results few believed possible.

This ERP Today live session will cover how DuPont were able to substantially reduce IT costs by decommissioning legacy infrastructure, eliminate compliance and cybersecurity risks with audit-proof access to historical data, streamline global system architecture, reduce complexity, and eliminate technical debt. Despite the goals, the entire project was completed in just 12 months, an industry-record timeline for a project of this scale. In addition, the project delivered significant gains in energy efficiency in support of ESG targets.

By attending this session, you will be able to:

• Identify the financial, compliance, and cybersecurity risks associated with continuing to run outdated SAP ECC systems.
• Explain how legacy system retirement can reduce IT operating costs by up to 80% while maintaining audit-proof data access.
• Describe the key steps and best practices in executing a large-scale SAP system decommissioning project without disrupting business operations.
• Assess how a platform-based approach like JiVS IMP can simplify IT landscapes and support long-term data governance and ESG goals.

Speakers

Jean Marc Pestoni  – Head of North America Business, Data Migration International

Jean Marc Pestoni is the Head of North America Business at Data Migration International (DMI), bringing extensive national and international experience in management, sales, consulting, and SAP project and program management. Jean-Marc has led major cross-functional and interdisciplinary reorganization and transformation projects within banking, insurance, manufacturing, and consumer goods and services. His educational background spans economics and business administration, and he holds an MBA in organizational behavior.

Bill Wohl – Enterprise Communications Leader | Former SAP & HP Executive | ERP Industry Veteran

Bill Wohl brings over three decades of enterprise communications and technology industry experience to the conversation. A former senior executive at SAP and Chief Communications Officer at HP, Bill has advised global CEOs, led crisis communications during high-stakes transformations, and shaped the narrative of digital change across industries. As host of this ERP Today Live session, Bill brings sharp insight and deep familiarity with the ERP landscape—ensuring an engaging, focused discussion on what it really takes to decommission legacy SAP systems at global scale, without compromise.

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