Data and Data Management

Efficient data management, encompassing the systematic collection, organization, and retrieval of data, is fundamental for enhancing productivity, efficiency, and informed decision-making. Regardless of their scale or industry, organizations benefit significantly from implementing a robust data management strategy and adopting a modern data management system. This ensures streamlined operations and optimized use of information, facilitating better decision-making processes. The integration of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions further enhances the effectiveness of data management, providing organizations with comprehensive tools to manage and utilize data seamlessly across various facets of their operations.

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Data and Data Management

SAPinsider Las Vegas: Why Enterprise Data Architecture Must Change for the AI Era

At SAPinsider Las Vegas, Gaurish Dessai explored how enterprise data architecture must evolve for the AI era, shifting focus from reporting to decision-making and from centralized data to connected data products.

ERP Strategy and Planning

SAP Positions Itself as the Digital Backbone of New York Fashion Week

SAP is evolving its role at New York Fashion Week from event sponsor to infrastructure provider, collaborating with N4XT Experiences to create a connected, data-driven platform that enables real-time integration of enterprise systems and analytics for designers.

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Data and Data Management

Beyond the Hype: 3 Structural Shifts Every SAP Leader Must Make In 2026

At this year's Digital Lounge @ Davos, over 200 leaders acknowledged the industry's shift from the allure of AI capabilities to focusing on data sovereignty, accountability, and governance as critical components for ensuring responsible AI implementation, underscoring the importance of addressing legacy data management and integrating AI within a broader risk landscape.

DMI and Data Migration

Data and Data Management

New Year, New Core: Why 2026 Is the Year to Finally Let Go of SAP Legacy Data

As SAP organizations approach 2026, the imperative to eliminate legacy data and systems is heightened by the need for a Clean Core strategy. The JiVS Information Management Platform offers a solution to effectively decouple historical data and streamline data migration to SAP S/4HANA.

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Governance, Risk, and Compliance

SAP Sustainability Control Tower: New Analytics Tab Enhances Reporting

SAP has enhanced the Sustainability Control Tower with an Analytics tab in the Analyze ESG Data app, allowing detailed, customizable views of ESG metrics, facilitating compliance with EU sustainability regulations, and enabling teams to manage reporting data efficiently.

ERP Strategy and Planning

RISE with SAP: Cloud ERP Adoption Accelerates Ahead of 2027 Deadline—SAPinsider Benchmark Report

SAPinsider’s RISE with SAP 2025 benchmark shows cloud ERP adoption accelerating as the 2027 end-of-maintenance deadline approaches. New data reveals how generative AI, security readiness, and organizational size are shaping SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private migration decisions.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Shedding Data Baggage for a Leaner SAP Cloud

Migrating to SAP Cloud ERP Private promises streamlined processes and agility, but organizations must first conduct a thorough assessment of their data to avoid complicating the transition with unnecessary legacy information, which can drive up costs and hinder performance.

Supply Chain Management

Creating Supply Chain Value Through Analytics and AI

AI and analytics are transforming supply chain management by automating repetitive tasks, redefining planner roles into strategic storytellers, and providing decision intelligence to navigate disruptions.

Human Capital Management

SAP, Oracle Lead the Charge as AI-Driven Performance Management Market Targets USD 6.33B by 2030

The employee performance management market is expected to grow from $3.52 billion in 2025 to $6.33 billion by 2030, driven by a shift towards continuous, analytics-enabled performance cycles embraced by major firms like Adobe and Microsoft, with AI-centric platforms at the core, as organizations increasingly link performance to skills-based talent strategies and digital transformation efforts.

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Data and Data Management

The Gift No CIO Asks For (But Always Gets): Why SAP S/4HANA Projects Keep Inheriting the Past

CIOs face the challenge of managing legacy systems and historical ERP data, which often drains resources and complicates migration to SAP S/4HANA, but organizations can overcome this by decoupling data from applications using platforms like JiVS.

Analytics and AI

SAP, Microsoft Tighten Their Data Fabric to Boost AI Value for the Enterprise

SAP and Microsoft are enhancing their partnership with SAP Business Data Cloud Connect for Microsoft Fabric to enable bi-directional data sharing without replication, facilitating immediate access to SAP data for analytics and AI within a unified platform that supports cross-cloud interoperability and improved user experience.

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Data and Data Management

Decommissioning SAP Legacy Systems: Turning Technical Debt into Strategic Value

To mitigate the significant costs and risks associated with maintaining legacy ERP systems, organizations should adopt a structured decommissioning strategy that focuses on total cost of ownership reduction and compliance risk mitigation through a phased approach involving data analysis, extraction, and secure archiving.

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Data and Data Management

Good Enough Isn’t Good Enough When it Comes to Your Data: Kevin Campbell

A recent Syniti report highlights that while 70% of organizations have a data strategy, 86% worry data management issues will hinder AI adoption, with 79% identifying data management as a challenge for SAP S/4HANA migrations, emphasizing the need for a business-driven, data-first culture and skilled teams to succeed.

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Data and Data Management

The SAP S/4HANA Data Dilemma: Why Data Strategy Can’t Be an Afterthought

The journey to SAP S/4HANA necessitates a fundamental rethinking of data management, emphasizing a selective migration of relevant data, prioritizing data quality especially in an AI-driven landscape, and effectively managing legacy data, all of which are crucial for transforming organizations' data from a liability to a strategic asset.

Data and Data Management

Chris Niederman to Lead Snowflake’s Alliances & Channels Business

Snowflake has appointed Chris Niederman as Senior Vice President of its Alliances & Channels business, effective July 21, 2025, to enhance its global partner system and drive growth through Snowflake AI Data Cloud amidst a rapidly expanding partner network.

Data and Data Management

Cutting Clean: How SNP Enabled Lulu Group’s IPO-Ready SAP Carve-Out in Record Time

Lulu Group International achieved a significant business transformation by successfully migrating 20% of its 6-terabyte SAP database from non-retail units in India, Egypt, and the UAE to new systems with minimal downtime, thanks to SNP SE's technology-driven approach, ahead of its IPO, setting the stage for future SAP S/4HANA migration.

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Data and Data Management

Adeptia’s Innovation Engine: Deepak Singh on Simplifying Data Integration for the Modern Enterprise

Adeptia, an enterprise-class data integration platform led by Deepak Singh, distinguishes itself with a no-code, drag-and-drop interface that empowers non-technical users to automate data connections without heavy IT reliance, offering flexible deployment options and AI-driven automation to enhance operational efficiency and customer experience.

Beneath the Surface: The Hidden Danger of Migrating to SAP S/4HANA Without Clean Data

Data and Data Management

Beneath the Surface: The Hidden Danger of Migrating to SAP S/4HANA Without Clean Data

Migrating to SAP S/4HANA promises numerous advantages, but achieving a 'Clean Core' and effective digital transformation hinges on maintaining clean data, as unaddressed data quality issues can complicate the migration process and undermine potential benefits.

Turning Manufacturing Data into Competitive Advantage with CData

Data and Data Management

Turning manufacturing data into competitive advantage with CData

Recordati, a pharmaceutical manufacturer, improved its data integration processes and achieved a 31% annual revenue growth by implementing CData Sync to automate real-time data replication across multiple systems, overcoming challenges of manual data handling and disparate ecosystems.

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Data and Data Management

SAP Archiving in Microsoft Azure: Where to Start?

As enterprises embrace cloud solutions, integrating SAP archiving with platforms like Microsoft Azure has become a priority for many.

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Data and Data Management

Carbon and financial accounting get sustainable with SAP Green Ledger

The newly launched SAP Green Ledger aims to enhance data accuracy and compliance with evolving sustainability regulations, thereby supporting organizations in achieving financial optimization and carbon neutrality.

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Data and Data Management

Magicians of Migration: Two Journeys to SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Migrating to SAP S/4HANA Cloud can present various challenges, but solutions like Data Migration International's JiVS platform have helped companies like Bühler AG and Hawle Armaturen AG effectively streamline their data migration processes, reduce costs and ensure compliance.

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Data and Data Management

The connecting power of ERP: How DMI’s Digital Lounge 2024 united SAP partners and users

Data Migration International recently hosted its 3rd Annual Digital Lounge event, gathering over 300 participants from various countries to explore innovative strategies and technologies for enhancing business efficiency and productivity, while emphasizing the importance of collaboration and networking in the evolution of ERP solutions.

Data and Data Management

Infor’s recent acquisitions place importance on data-driven decision-making

Infor has announced the acquisition of Albanero and Acumen to keep its data-driven decision-making up to par.

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Data and Data Management

Star Automotive Hellas: Critical data migration journey

The Mercedes-Benz dealer in Greece had the task of extracting the necessary data in a human-readable format and finding a suitable method to retain and archive the information needed.

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Data and Data Management

Data does not have to be a burden during cloud migration, here’s how

In this blog, ERP Today spoke to Thomas Iseler, global strategic partnerships advisor at Data Migration International (DMI), about his views on the transformation possibilities in retrospect of the SAP Adoption Catalyst event held in the spring of this year.

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Data and Data Management

JiVS capability guide: Mastering data complexity and optimizing data management

Drawing on insights from the SAPinsider 2023 Buyer’s Guide for Data Management and Analytics, this Capability Guide summarizes some of the main trends in the industry and the challenges facing SAP organizations.

Data and Data Management

Data Reduction Potential Analysis: How to reduce data volume before migrating to SAP S/4HANA

One of the pain points of migrating to SAP S/4HANA is understanding exactly how much and which data needs to be transferred to the new environment. the DRPA provides a simulation demonstrating how much they can potentially reduce their data by.

Data and Data Management

JiVS One Click Transformation to SAP S/4HANA with just a click of a button

The One Click Transformation approach is DMI’s answer to simpler and faster data migration, giving the customer a 360° view of their data in a leaner system environment.

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Data and Data Management

Upgrading your business to SAP S/4HANA doesn’t need to be bogged down by pre-projects

One of the main factors slowing down the update to SAP S/4HANA is the fear of how much effort will be needed for the development of pre-projects in preparation for the mass data migration. However, there is a solution to that.