Streamline your IT infrastructure and protect the privacy rights of your consumer data with the SAP Information Lifecycle Management (SAP ILM) component. You can automate data archiving and retention, as well as the decommissioning of legacy systems, while balancing the total cost of ownership, risk, and legal compliance.
Mitigate business risk with compliant data archiving and retention
Key Benefits
Control your data volumes and manage your risk
Establish a strategy for data governance by enabling native integration; optimized data compression; and automated, rule-based retention management.
Lower cost and complexity of your IT landscape
Eliminate the time, money, and resources needed to maintain redundant and obsolete systems, while retaining on-demand access to data in legacy systems.
Improve compliance with legal requirements
Adopt a complete, flexible, and automated approach to information lifecycle management to help your business adapt to changing regulations consistently.
Key Capabilities
Data archiving and management
- Manage data volumes while keeping business context completely intact
- Move outdated data securely into long-term, less-expensive storage
- Provide convenient access to archived data
Retention management
- Support the complete lifecycle of structured and unstructured data
- Define data management policies and rules
- Know where data is stored, how long data is retained, and when data can be destroyed
System decommissioning
- Shut down legacy systems and bring data from SAP and third-party systems into a central warehouse
- View data even after the original system has been shut down
- Provide on-demand data access and reporting options
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Help ensure compliant data protection and privacy
Keep pace with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements, as well as other similar policies and regulatory mandates.
Control data with proven best practices and software
Handle the complex challenges of managing various data policies, complying with regulations, and meeting business demands.
Migrate data to SAP S/4HANA with greater ease
Provide full access to structured data and unstructured content, while establishing a legally compliant foundation for comprehensive, enterprise-wide information management.
Accelerate your move to SAP S/4HANA
Reduce costs and risk by preparing, optimizing, and managing the data foundation for SAP S/4HANA with SAP ILM. You can get started with a right-sized data footprint to reduce your total cost of ownership and continue to maintain high standards and regulatory compliance with automated data retention policies.
Technical Information
This product is deployed on premise, and system and software requirements vary by specific customer scenarios.
Installation and setup
Follow the setup instructions so you can start running your SAP software quickly and confidently.
Configuration
Optimize configuration of SAP Information Lifecycle Management with our comprehensive configuration guide.
Integration
Find out how you can seamlessly integrate SAP Information Lifecycle Management with your existing IT landscape.
Get Started
Jump-start your implementation and drive ROI by collaborating with industry experts, consultants, and support engineers throughout your journey.
Services
Transform your business quickly and effectively by taking advantage of our holistic service and support plans, expert consulting services, custom application development, proven best practices, and deep industry and technical knowledge.
Support
Help keep your SAP solutions running at peak performance with our IT experts and support services, including long-term plans, embedded teams, remote technology support, self-service portal, and innovation strategies.
Security and compliance
Focus on your business and customer relationships, while keeping your data safe and reliable. SAP takes a proactive, predictive approach to maintaining compliance and data security in the cloud and within an on-premise data center.
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