SAP Legacy System Retirement

Retire Your SAP Legacy Systems in Days, Not Months — Without Losing Access to Your Data.
From R/2 and R/3 to ECC, JiVS IMP enables secure, compliant system retirement up to 20× faster than traditional methods — cutting IT costs by 80 %, data volume by 90 %, and risk to zero, while keeping every record instantly accessible.

THE CHALLENGE

WHY SHOULD YOU RETIRE/ARCHIVE YOUR SAP LEGACY SYSTEM NOW ?

Financial Impact

  • Average cost of maintaining a single legacy system: $30 million annually

  • 60-80% of IT budgets consumed by legacy system maintenance

  • Only 16% of IT budgets allocated to innovation

 

Security Risks

  • 36% of global businesses face increased security vulnerabilities

  • Attackers only need 72 hours to turn a patch into an attack

  • IT teams spend up to 25 hours weekly on patch management

 

Compliance

  • GDPR penalties up to €20 million or 4% of annual turnover

  • Increasing regulatory complexity for data management

  • Legacy systems need to comply with regulations and legal requirements

Strategic Consequences

  • Increased operational complexity

  • Limited resources for digital transformation

  • Innovation hampered by manual labor  

 

THE SOLUTION

WHY APPLICATION RETIREMENT WITH JIVS IMP

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Reduction in IT operational costs

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Access to Historical Data

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Compliance

Simplify, cleanse, and modernize your IT landscape

Pre-defined Business Objects ot SAP

Retired SAP Systems

Successful Implementations

NEW BUILT HISTORY

Retire your SAP system in days, not months!

Retiring SAP systems has long been one of the most complex and costly IT challenges. Today, thanks to three decades of innovation, automation, and standardization, JiVS IMP transforms this process into a fast, secure, and effortless experience.

With JiVS New Build History for SAP, system retirement becomes fully automated and intuitive — a “Netflix-like” experience for accessing historical data. Enterprises can now retire entire SAP systems in just 10 man-days — with full compliance, zero downtime, and complete access to all historical information.

WHY LEADING GLOBAL COMPANIES CHOOSE JIVS IMP
The JiVS IMP is the leading platform for information management and system retirement, offering unparalleled benefits:

ZERO RISK

Our technical approach guarantees zero data loss, as we always transfer 100% of the data from the legacy system to JiVS. Our automated platform ensures complete data migration with minimal need for business department involvement, providing a comprehensive completeness report.

 

FAST

Our cutting-edge technology enables rapid data transfer of up to 30 TB per day from legacy systems to JiVS IMP, significantly reducing project timelines. Data access configuration is streamlined through the activation of pre-existing business objects, typically completed within a day. These business objects include all SAP ECC logic, ensuring a seamless, easy, and user-friendly application experience post-migration.

 

COST-EFFECTIVE

By retiring legacy systems, you cut IT operational costs by up to 80% and eliminate hidden expenses associated with outdated infrastructure. Our platform allows you to consolidate multiple systems, reducing licensing fees, maintenance costs, and the need for specialized legacy expertise.

 

CERTIFIED

JiVS IMP ensures full regulatory compliance as it is certified for commercial and tax law (IDW PS880) as well as information security ISO 27001 and ISO 27017. The platform has also undergone extensive penetration testing. These certifications underline JiVS IMP’s commitment to data integrity, security, and regulatory compliance.

 

FLEXIBLE

JiVS IMP offers highly automated “any-to-any” data migration across SAP and non-SAP systems. It offers flexible deployment options including private cloud, public cloud, and on-premises. This unified solution replaces multiple tools, streamlining processes for migration, data quality enhancement, retention management, and M&A activities, thereby creating significant operational synergies.

 

USER FRIENDLY

Our highly automated platform has an intuitive and easy-to-use web-user interface designed to effortlessly tackle complex business challenges. For seamless integration, we can also set up access to historical data directly from SAP S/4HANA. This simplicity allows your team to focus on strategic initiatives rather than endless training and technical complexities.

 

PROVEN

With more than 2,000 predefined business objects tailored to SAP and the in-depth knowledge gained from more than 1,500 retired SAP systems and a total of more than 3,000 successful implementations, JiVS IMP has a proven track record in complex enterprise environments.

 

Trusted by Global Leaders for Seamless Application Retirement

DuPont Retires 17 Legacy Systems in Just 12 Months

After years of mergers, divestitures, and a corporate split, DuPont was left managing 17 outdated SAP systems—kept alive only for audit and compliance. Partnering with Accenture and powered by JiVS IMP, DuPont retired all 17 systems in just one year, cutting costs, reducing risk and environmental impact, and unlocking new agility for innovation.

Cenovus Retires Legacy Systems Partnering with DMI & DXC

Faced with aging SAP systems that needed to remain accessible for audit and tax purposes, Canadian oil and gas leader Cenovus Energy sought a smarter way to preserve historical data without the cost and complexity of maintaining full legacy infrastructure.

Bühler Cuts Legacy IT Costs by 80% with JiVS IMP and Accelerates SAP S/4HANA Transformation

Bühler AG, a global leader in food and materials processing, leveraged JiVS IMP to decommission legacy SAP systems, cut operational IT costs by 80%, and simplify their move to SAP S/4HANA. With seamless access to historical data and reduced system complexity, Bühler now benefits from long-term compliance, agility, and a clean digital foundation.

Star Automotive Hellas Critical Data Migration Journey

Trade and service business of Mercedes Benz Greece was sold to buyer Emil Frey. The financial data had to be transferred to the buyer. With the help of JIVS and the implementation partner DXC, the project was completed in just 4 months without any risks.

Powering Down Legacy, Scaling Up Efficiency: How Energy Transfer Retired SAP Systems

As one of the largest and most diversified midstream energy companies in North America, Energy Transfer needed to keep historical SAP data accessible for compliance—without carrying the cost of legacy systems. By leveraging JiVS IMP, Energy Transfer decommissioned outdated SAP systems and transferred historical data into a secure, compliant, and searchable platform.

Volkswagen Eliminates Legacy Baggage Driving 80% Data Reduction

For Volkswagen, proactively decommissioning their extensive SAP and non-SAP legacy systems, including the ‘Abschaltoffensive’ initiative, with JiVS IMP has led to 80% System and Data Reduction, Auditor-Validated Compliance, and a Head Start on S/4HANA, and positioned them for major benefits in the upcoming S/4HANA implementation.

GE Power Protects IP and Cuts Operating Costs by 80%

“JiVS allowed us and still allowing us to simplify our application portfolio, reducing our infrastructure footprint and energy consumption while achieving great savings and keeping customer satisfaction.”

Ready to retire your SAP systems — fast, secure, and compliant?