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Can you Continue to Ignore Data Encryption in SAP?

Introduction to Dolphin Legacy Decommissioning

<PRESENTER NAME>Dolphin Enterprise Solutions Corporation

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Teaming with Dolphin

Focus: SAP Customer Only

Proven solutions for the SAP customer leveraging SAP technology and certified by SAP

Stature: 1/3 of all Fortune 100TM companies running SAP are Dolphin customers

Stability: Employee owned; private; independent of other stakeholders; organic growth;

Longevity: Established in 1995

Global Solutions : Hundreds of scalable, flexible and cost effective deployments

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A Few of our Customers

You’re in Good Company!

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Business Drivers for Decommissioning

move to the cloud,

consolidate data centers,

introduce new, more agile systems,

financial audits and legal matters

Consolidating Service &

Data Centers

Move to the Cloud

Impact of Audits and

Legal

New, More Agile Systems

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Decommissioning SAP Applications

“Like any other application, previous

SAP instances need to be retired and

the data managed systematically for

cost and governance reasons, with

support for ongoing access to data.” Gartner Inc., " Application Retirement Drives Structured Data

Archiving", G. Landers, et al, April 2014.

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Benefits of Decommissioning

Lower Costs

Eliminate high infrastructure, support and maintenance costs of obsolete, unused systems.

Reduce Risk

Keep legacy data secure, comply with changing regulations, and follow data retention requirements.

IncreaseProductivity

Reduce system complexity and improve access to legacy data for reporting and analytics.

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Decommissioning Goals

Minimize Total Cost of Ownership

Retire legacy systems

Control Data

Move data and documents to long term low cost storage

Fast & Efficient Reporting

Update reports to point to legacy data

Seamless Access

Provide visibility

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Decommissioning Solution: Option One

Move Decommissioned Data

Outside of SAP

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Decommissioning Solution

Outside of SAP

Business Application

(ECC, BI, CRM, SRM etc.)

Business Users

Legacy Data

StorageOptions

Business Application

(ECC, BI, CRM, SRM etc.)

Business Application

SAP (ECC, BI, CRM, SRM etc.), or Other System

Reports, Documents, Tables

Decommission Data &

Documents

Decommissioned System

Online Systems

Content Repository

Cloud

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Moving Data Outside of SAP

PBS ECS

Legacy SAPSAP (ECC, BI, CRM, SRM

etc.), or Other System

Archived Data (Documents)

Print Lists

Documents PDF, TIF, XLS,

etc.

PBS ECS

Migration toolset

Migration toolset

Archive Repository

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Advantages of Moving Data Outside SAP

Archive from multiple systems into a single ECS instance

No need for standing SAP instance to access information

- Reduced license and maintenance fees

- Consolidate servers (reduce complexity)

- Compliant

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Retrieving Data Moved Outside of SAP

PBS Enterprise Content Store

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Select Legacy Data Source

View Detailed Data

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Retrieving Data Moved Outside of SAP

PBS Enterprise Content Store

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Decommissioning Solution: Option Two

Move Into Another SAP System

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Decommissioning Solution

Migrate to Another SAP Instance

Business Application

[ECC, BI, CRM, SRM etc.]

Business Users

Business Application

[ECC, BI, CRM, SRM etc.]

Business Application

[ECC, BI, CRM, SRM etc.]

Reports, Documents, Tables

Decommissioned System

Online Systems

Migrated Data & Docs

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Moving Data Into Another SAP System

Business Application

SAP (ECC, BI, CRM, SRM etc.), or Other System

Archive Legacy Data &

Documents

SAP SystemSAP (ECC, BI, CRM, SRM

etc.), or Other System

Migration toolset

Migrated Archived

ArchiveRepository

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Benefits of Moving Data into Another SAP System

Fast Extraction of Legacy Data

Business Users Can Define Extractions, No dependence on Basis or

IS Analysts

Unlimited file size

[Large extracts can be scheduled during off hours]

Auditors extract data into easily accessible formats (AIS, CSV, Text

Files) for further manipulation

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Retrieving Data from SAP System

Pre-defined variants, scheduled extracts, black out dates

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SAP: Dolphin Toolset

Pull specific reporting

data

Online data

Archived data

ECS

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Define Data from SAP System for Migration

Asset Data Migration

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Select Tables and Fields via Archiving Obj.

Define Extraction

Parameters

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Validation of Data from SAP System

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Details of Extracted data

View Extraction Jobs

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Implementation Details

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Decommissioning Solution Components

1. Conduct System Analysis, Workshop, & Archive Blueprint:Determine priorities, dependencies, deliverables, etc.

2. Define the Decommissioning Process:Dolphin determines priorities for data migration & reporting

3. Determine Requirements for Data Retrieval and Display:Standard SAP or Dolphin toolsets

4. Select a Document and Data Storage Solution: Choose appropriate storage solution (i.e., Archive Link compatible, flash, etc.)

5. Include Document Migration from SAP DB:Migrate attachments and documents stored in the DB to storage

Dolphin Best Practice Approach

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Dolphin Best

Practices

Dolphin Project Approach

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Analyze & Design

Implement Test Execute

ConfigurationBlueprint

Functional Analysis

Technical Analysis

Prototype Env.

Development

Documentation

Testing

Knowledge Transfer

Typically 30 – 60 days

Variable depending on the complexity and amount of data

Dolphin needs to understand your requirements and availability to plan the project. Dolphin can provide a team of experts to accelerate the project timeline as required.

Time Required

Staffing

Ongoing Support

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Best Practices for Decommissioning

Project Methodology

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Plan

Engage

Design

Implement

Sustain

Develop an Decommissioning Strategy & Approach• Analysis & Blueprint• Approach for technical, operational, and functional objects

Engage Key Stakeholders and Executive Sponsors• Project Plan • Clearly state objectives, timeline, projected results & impact

Collect Requirements Using Templates• End User and Business Requirements• Understand retrieval, reporting, and audit/legal compliance issues

Implement Solution with Best Tools/Processes • Dolphin Best Practices for Decommissioning• Ensure you are using the right tools & processes for success

Automate and Support Change Management• Automate and support; publish wins and results• Manage the lifecycle of the data incl. legal holds

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Requirements for Customers

Human Resources

Access to Basis, DBA, Security,

& network teams as needed

Access to SAP Functional

resources & data owners as

needed

Project Manager

Project Sponsor with decision

power

Technical Resources

Onsite access (badges, desks,

telephone)

Remote access (vpn, citrix, etc.)

Location to store project

documentation

Laptops (optional)

Meeting room, training facility

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Dolphin requires the following resources for data archiving projects:

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