Test Data Management: Mission Critical for SAP S/4 HANA Migration
SAP user companies need to quickly respond to changing conditions such as growing data volumes, system updates, or specific project requirements. SAP also plans to make all applications available only for SAP S/4HANA by 2025. There is growing pressure for companies to adapt their SAP environments quickly and securely. One of the biggest challenges is the provision of test data for development, testing, and training purposes – for example, simulating business transactions, conducting incident analysis, regression testing, or migration projects. Modern test data management solutions provide a remedy. Business Intelligence specialist Transform8 evaluates leading software, and examples from companies like Mercedes Benz USA, Dorman Products, Brown-Forman, and VINCI Energie demonstrate how these solutions have successfully optimized their test data management, laying the foundation for S/4HANA migration.
SAP is considered a critical infrastructure for the global economy. Around 440,000 companies from 180 countries use software products from the world market leader to control their business processes (see [SAP20]). If companies are thinking about a digital transformation of their business processes, they will not be able to avoid the new ERP system S/4HANA, which has been available since 2015. This offers significantly larger transaction volumes, real-time analytics, and many more integration and interaction possibilities with external systems, such as e-commerce integration. As part of the upcoming transitions to this latest version, many companies are considering which migration method they want to choose for their organization. A rough distinction is made between a green-field and a brown-field approach. The first one focuses on a complete new installation with an orientation towards existing best-practice recommendations from SAP and minimal customization of their own.
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