Easy Access to Decommissioned Data and Simplified Reporting - Data GUARD & SAP Datasphere

One of the key challenges of adopting new technology is what to do with data residing in legacy systems. Organizations constantly deal with the complexities of managing ever-increasing volumes of data. When legacy data comes in, this gets even more challenging.

This is where?Data GUARD ?comes into play. Designed to simplify the decommissioning of legacy systems while maintaining seamless access to historical data, Data GUARD offers a robust and cost-effective infrastructure for?data decommissioning?and?full system retirement.

Data GUARD by Auritas?is a comprehensive solution designed for?data decommissioning, which is the process of archiving and retiring legacy systems while ensuring that historical data remains accessible for business continuity, auditing, and compliance. With Data GUARD, organizations can decommission their full legacy IT systems, reducing maintenance costs, storage requirements, and overall IT complexity, while still retaining easy access to critical data.

Built on BTP, one of the unique features of Data GUARD is its integration with?SAP Datasphere. Datasphere enables businesses to access and analyze historical data that has been archived from legacy systems, combining it with data from other sources to provide unified insights. Here’s how the integration works.

Data GUARD + SAP Datasphere

• Consolidated Analytics: With?SAP Datasphere, data stored in Data GUARD can be accessed and integrated with live systems to provide a single view of information across the enterprise. Organizations can create consolidated analytics that include both historical data from decommissioned systems and real-time data from their current ERP and other business systems.
• Cross-System Views: Data GUARD's ability to connect with Datasphere allows businesses to build?views?that combine data from multiple original source systems. This means businesses no longer need to worry about accessing individual systems for specific reports or historical information. All data, whether archived or live, can be accessed through a single interface in SAP Datasphere, which improves decision-making by providing a holistic view of the organization's data.

It’s important to note that not all decommissioned data needs to be loaded into SAP Datasphere . Legacy systems are often retired for?audit purposes, with their entire data archives stored to address any questions that might arise later. Loading all this data into Datasphere would be cost-prohibitive and unnecessary from an analytics standpoint, as only specific datasets are needed for reporting or strategic decision-making. Therefore, businesses can store the full data archive in Data GUARD and selectively access the relevant portions through Datasphere.

• Compliance and Auditing: For industries like healthcare, life sciences, and finance, having access to historical data is critical for compliance and auditing purposes. With Data GUARD, organizations can easily retrieve legacy data for audits or regulatory checks without the need to maintain the entire original system.

Legacy Decommissioning with Data GUARD

Data GUARD provides a flexible, secure, and cost-effective solution for managing the retirement of legacy systems and the archiving of historical data. Integrated with SAP’s Business Technology Platform and SAP Datasphere, it ensures that businesses can decommission outdated systems while maintaining full access to critical historical data. By combining the power of consolidated analytics through Datasphere, organizations can make more informed decisions, reduce costs, and streamline their IT landscapes as they move forward with modern technologies like SAP S/4HANA.

With Data GUARD, legacy system decommissioning no longer has to be a costly, resource-intensive process—it's an opportunity to optimize infrastructure and make data work smarter, not harder.