Novasoft Targets Stalled SAP S/4HANA Decisions Ahead of the 2027 ECC Cutoff

Consulting Company Novasoft, a.s., a SAP Silver Partner serving the Czech and Slovak markets, is pressing organizations that have not restarted their SAP S/4HANA transition plans to act before support for the current version of SAP ECC ends in 2027. Novasoft fields a team of 50 consultants, programmers, analysts, and testers built over more than 20 years of SAP implementation work, and it frames the approaching deadline as an opportunity to revisit process design across finance, operations, and integration.

Why the 2027 ECC Deadline Is Reopening Stalled Migration Conversations

The end of support for the current SAP ECC version in 2027 sets a fixed planning horizon for any organization still running it. Novasoft recommends that clients begin preparations as soon as possible, citing the time required to plan and execute a full transition, a message aimed at companies that shelved their migration decisions in prior years.

SAP’s ECC maintenance deadline has been a widely discussed industry milestone, prompting many organizations to delay or restart their migration planning as the date approaches. Novasoft positions the S/4HANA transition as an opening to optimize how the business runs, extending beyond a straightforward migration of existing configurations onto new infrastructure.

Novasoft also points to a performance argument. SAP HANA’s in-memory database increases transaction speed and improves analytics compared with the databases underlying legacy ECC deployments, a technical benefit companies can weigh alongside the support deadline when deciding whether to restart a stalled migration.

Mapping a Path Back: Greenfield, Brownfield, and BTP-Enabled Modernization

Novasoft structures its transition work around two deployment paths. A greenfield approach fits organizations that want a new, standardized solution, deployed on-premise or in a private or public cloud. A brownfield approach instead lets organizations retain the features and data of their existing system, again available on-premise or in a private cloud. Greenfield, brownfield, and hybrid strategies are standard terms across the SAP partner ecosystem, describing tradeoffs between standardization and continuity rather than an approach unique to any one firm.

Before committing to either path, Novasoft analyzes a client’s existing processes and proposes the steps needed for a successful transition, then carries that plan into implementation using the SAP Activate methodology, SAP’s own standard implementation approach used broadly across its partner ecosystem, while managing the secure migration of client data. Analysis, path selection, and execution follow in that order, giving organizations a structured way to reenter a migration conversation they had previously paused.

Novasoft extends that conversation beyond the core ERP move through SAP BTP, a cloud-based integration platform that connects external systems to SAP and opens access to artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other emerging technologies such as IoT and analytics. Extending core ERP functionality with cloud-native services has become a common pattern across the SAP market, one that lets organizations add capability without deep customization of the ERP core. The BTP layer turns the ECC deadline into an entry point for a longer modernization roadmap for customers restarting a stalled migration.

What This Means for SAPinsiders

• ECC deadline compresses migration decision windows. Organizations that paused S/4HANA planning now face a tighter runway to evaluate greenfield versus brownfield options before 2027. Delaying further shrinks the time available for proper process analysis and testing.
• Path choice reshapes internal readiness needs. Choosing greenfield over brownfield changes the scope of data migration, testing, and process redesign work required internally. Teams should size these workstreams differently depending on which path they select.
• BTP integration adds new governance considerations. Connecting external systems and AI or machine learning services through SAP BTP requires planning for integration governance beyond core ERP support. SAP teams restarting migration talks should factor this governance layer into staffing plans early.