14 December 2010
Three important archiving questions answered - read the blog by Lynda Kershaw from Macro 4
Continuing my series of posts about SAP archiving, here I want to address three commonly asked questions: How can archived data be accessed? Does data archiving fulfill auditing requirements? When should you start archiving?
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24 November 2010
Regulatory and legal pressures will drive ILM adoption by users of SAP software, according to a UK survey from Macro 4
Of users surveyed, 88 per cent expect more data regulation, and 52 per cent are concerned about more litigation
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17 November 2010
Macro 4 talks Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) at SAP User Group Conference
Macro 4: Stand 30, SAP UK & Ireland User Conference
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21 October 2010
Macro 4 ILMLink 1.0 achieves SAP-certified integration with SAP NetWeaver® Information Lifecycle Management
Macro 4 supports SAP NetWeaver Information Lifecycle Management to help address compliance challenges, maintain optimum system performance and reduce costs
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04 October 2010
Why bother to archive SAP data? Part 2 - read the blog from Macro 4’s Lynda Kershaw
In my previous post I suggested that SAP archiving is underutilized and deserves more attention. Here I want to build on this by first looking at an example of a typical user organization that is continuing to retain data from closed business transactions within the live database.
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17 September 2010
Rise of insurance comparison web sites drives IT performance headaches
Processing costs soar due to flood of automated requests from popular comparison sites
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18 August 2010
Why bother to archive SAP data? Part 1 - learn more from the SAP Community Network blog
By helping to control the growth of the SAP database, SAP data archiving plays an important role in maintaining good application performance and reducing the demand placed on system resources. Yet when my company, Macro 4, surveyed SAP user organisations in Europe about their use of SAP archiving, only 43 per cent said it was something they did - in some countries it was as low as 31 per cent...
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06 August 2010
Macro 4 announces its participation in SAP® EcoHub solution marketplace
Macro 4, an expert in the management of SAP data and documents, goes live on SAP’s online solution marketplace, where customers can discover, evaluate and purchase trusted partner offerings.
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21 July 2010
How archiving can free you from legacy application headaches - article in Enterprise Systems Journal
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