Key Takeaways
What you need to know
Embedding decommissioning and data archiving into ERP project lifecycles significantly reduces operational costs, enhances security, and improves data governance.
Retaining legacy applications solely for data access introduces long-term risks and inefficiencies, making secure archiving a smarter alternative.
Decommissioning is not a one-time event but an ongoing process essential for maintaining a scalable, compliant, and efficient enterprise IT environment.
Decommissioning legacy applications is a critical but often underappreciated phase in upgrades or deployments of enterprise applications, including enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Effective application decommissioning that addresses both the applications as well as associated data can reduce operational technology costs, eliminate inefficiencies, enhance organization wide data governance, and make data available to analytics and AI tools. This white paper discusses the strategic importance of retiring both applications and associated data, and how to integrate this process into ERP and enterprise projects for long-term savings, better governance, and the ability to derive value.