Application Retirement / Archiving

Still running on legacy
just to access your data?

It's costing you millions.

JiVS IMP helps CIOs cut IT costs by 80%, slash data volumes by 95%, and unlock a clean, compliant core.

Trusted by Global Leaders

Seamless Application Retirement, at the world's most ambitious enterprises.

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The Numbers

Modernize without the baggage.Archive smarter.

80%

Reduction in IT operational costs

95%

Decrease in data migration effort

100%

Audit-proof compliance & access

Customer Success

Outcomes worth measuring.

From DuPont to Volkswagen — global leaders trust JiVS IMP to retire legacy systems on time, on budget, and audit-proof.

Industrial / Fortune 500

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17 Legacy SAP Systems retired in just 12 months

After years of mergers, divestitures, and a corporate split, DuPont was managing 17 outdated SAP systems—kept alive only for audit and compliance. Powered by JiVS IMP and Accenture, all 17 were retired in a single year.

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Financial Services

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€1M saved while preserving 30+ years of regulatory data

AXA decommissioned legacy SAP and Microsoft Dynamics systems and retained decades of financial data in a fully readable, compliant format—turning a cost center into a strategic win.

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Manufacturing

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Legacy IT costs cut by 80%, S/4HANA accelerated

The global leader in food and materials processing leveraged JiVS IMP to decommission legacy SAP, simplify their move to S/4HANA, and unlock long-term compliance and agility.

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Energy

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10M+ documents centralized. 80% lower operating costs.

After acquiring Alstom, GE Power centralized decades of engineering data into a legally compliant, audit-ready platform—serving 50,000 employees with faster access and major savings.

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Oil & Gas

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Aging SAP retired. Audit access preserved.

Canadian oil & gas leader Cenovus decommissioned legacy SAP while ensuring long-term compliant access to business-critical data—simplified IT, reduced risk, full transparency.

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Midstream Energy

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Powering down legacy. Scaling up efficiency.

One of the largest midstream energy companies in North America transferred historical SAP data into a secure, compliant, searchable platform—dramatic IT cost reduction included.

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Automotive

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Driving SAP simplification at automotive scale

Volkswagen leveraged JiVS IMP to retire legacy SAP landscapes, preserve full historical data access, and accelerate the path to a streamlined, compliant target architecture.

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Automotive

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Legacy retired, compliance secured.

Star Automotive Hellas decommissioned legacy systems with JiVS IMP, ensuring full audit and tax compliance while drastically reducing operational IT costs.

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Why JiVS

The leading platform for information management and System Retirement.

+3,000 pre-defined business objects+1,500 retired SAP systems+3,000 successful implementations

Zero Risk

100% of data transferred from legacy to JiVS, with a comprehensive automated completeness report.

Fast

Up to 30 TB per day from legacy systems to JiVS IMP. Pre-built business objects activated in a day.

Proven

+2,000 SAP business objects, +1,500 retired SAP systems, +3,000 successful implementations globally.

User-friendly

Intuitive Web UI, with optional native access to historical data from inside SAP S/4HANA.

Cost-effective ROI

Cut IT operating costs by up to 80%. Eliminate legacy licensing, maintenance, and specialist overhead.

Flexible

Any-to-any migration across SAP and non-SAP. Private cloud, public cloud, or on-premises.

Sustainable

Decommission obsolete systems to cut energy use and reduce IT carbon footprint.

Certified

IDW PS880, ISO 27001, ISO 27017. Penetration-tested. Built for regulated industries.

Future-Ready

A clean, cloud-ready core for S/4HANA or any modern ERP. Zero vendor lock-in.

Use Cases

Explore key application retirement scenarios.

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SAP Legacy System Retirement

From SAP R/2 to ECC, JiVS IMP retires legacy SAP environments up to 20× faster while keeping 100% of historical data accessible and audit-proof.

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02

SAP ECC Retirement

SAP ECC support ends soon. Retire ECC securely and compliantly while cutting IT costs by 80%.

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Non-SAP Retirement

Oracle, JD Edwards, Infor, Baan, Navision, Mainframe and more. Simplify multi-vendor landscapes with a single platform.

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Modernize without the baggage.
Archive smarter.

Talk to a JiVS expert and get a tailored retirement roadmap for your SAP and non-SAP landscape.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Application Retirement is the process of decommissioning software applications, systems, or platforms that are no longer needed or cost-effective—while preserving historical business information for audit, tax, and compliance.

Data lakes lack business context. Lift-and-shift just relocates the problem. Shutting systems down risks compliance. Doing nothing consumes up to 70% of IT budgets. JiVS preserves data in business context, eliminates legacy overhead, and reduces operating costs by up to 80%.

1. Data and document transfer to the JiVS platform. 2. Configure data access. 3. User validation, training and sign-off. 4. Shutdown of legacy systems. 5. Retention management with rule-based lifecycle.

Through Business Objects—containers that capture raw data plus the semantic meaning, relationships, and business logic of the original system. 6,000+ standard content objects are available out of the box.

Yes. JiVS IMP is source-agnostic. Oracle, JD Edwards, Infor, Baan, Navision, Mainframe and more are all supported.

JiVS IMP keeps data accessible and compliant for 10, 20, even 30+ years—aligned with GDPR, CCPA, GoBS and industry-specific mandates.

Public cloud, private cloud, or on-premises. The deployment model adapts to your security, sovereignty, and compliance requirements.

By decommissioning obsolete systems, JiVS reduces energy consumption and lowers your IT carbon footprint—turning archival into a sustainability win.

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Talk to our experts.

Tell us about your application landscape and we'll show you how JiVS IMP can retire it — fast, secure, and audit-proof.