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DMI Hosts the First UK Edition of Its Digital Lounge Series
Following the hugely successful Digital Lounge@Lakeside in Switzerland in the summer, DMI focused its attention on expanding its partner network at the UK Partner edition Digital Lounge@Brooklands. The DMI team was delighted to meet with representatives from SAP and...
Saving Energy in IT– It´s Time to Ask the Right Questions and Take Actions!
Skyrocketing fuel prices, cyber-attacks, penalties for non-compliance with GDPR: there seems to be no end to the modern-day (and expensive) business challenges. Now faced with energy bills that are spiraling out of control, cutting back on energy consumption is a...
Circumnavigating the IT Skills Shortage in the Race Towards Digitalization!
As the race towards digitalization gathers pace, the digital skills gap continues to grow and is impacting industries across the board. From cybersecurity, data analytics, and big data to cloud operations and enterprise architecture, Chief Information Officers (CIOs)...
Creating Synergies With SAP Partners at Connect 2022
We. Needed more than ever. The motto of the tenth edition of Connect 2022: SAP Partner Summit in Hamburg emphasized the important role that SAP partners play today and will continue to play in the future. After two years of meeting virtually, DMI and hundreds of other...
Back in the Driving Seat at DSAG 2022
The motto of this year’s DSAG Annual Congress in Leipzig, October 11-13, was “On the search for… success” and saw many discussions centered around flexibility, sovereignty, sustainability, transformation, and cooperation. Over the three days, the event attracted SAP...
Accelerating Change in the Automative Sector: a Look Back at Automative IT Congress 2022
One of the biggest trends in the automotive sector today is connected cars. Millions of vehicles around the world already incorporate a range of technologies – from diagnostics and analytics to GPS navigation, from over-the-air updates to infotainment and full in-car...
Hello Vienna! DMI Joins SAP Professionals at SAPinsider EMEA 2022
Rounding off this year’s busy calendar of SAP events, DMI travelled to Vienna for the last major event of the year on November 15-17. Like every year, SAPinsider EMEA 2022 brought together a global community of SAP users, experts, and partners. As an exhibitor and...
Top 5 Reasons for Choosing the Right Data Migration Partner to Drive Data Excellence
In today’s digital world, data is king, and company data holds valuable nuggets of information that are key to business success. Exploiting the value of this data requires data excellence, which in turn requires careful data management. This is especially true in the...
Better Quality for a Best-In-Class Customer Experience
In the digitized world, data has never been bigger, it’s expanding 24/7, and there are no signs of this slowing down. As huge volumes of data are collected, processed, stored, and archived, organizations have an opportunity to generate real business value and deliver...
The Digital Lounge @Lakeside – Where Thought Leaders Come Together
Every year, influencers, thought leaders, and executives from information and communications technology come together at the Digital Lounge, organized by DMI. And the 2022 edition was no exception, with more than 150 leaders and C-suite executives from high-profile companies such as Google, SAP, BMW, General Dynamics Land Systems, AMAG, IWC Watches, Holy Fashion/Strellson, ZF Friedrichshafen, IBM, and Stadler Rail.
A Resilient and Sustainable Conversion to SAP S/4HANA – Yes, It’s Possible!
Converting to SAP S/4HANA brings several challenges for existing SAP customers. Keeping costs to a minimum, preparing the strategic transformation to the new environment, creating the basis for future digital business models using high-quality data, and ensuring...
Top Tips for Data Migration With Mergers and Acquisitions
As companies seek to enter new markets and grow their market share, mergers, carve-outs, and acquisitions are a common affair. But before and after the companies sign on the dotted line, a lot of work needs to be done by both the selling and the acquiring company....
Retire Your Application but Hang Onto Your Legacy
Learn how you can manage data throughout its entire lifecycle, from initial creation through to ultimate deletion, which – due to legal retention periods – it can be anything from ten to 150 years, depending on the sector.
DMI Presents JiVS Information Management at Global SAP SAPPHIRE Events
After two years of virtual events, it felt fantastic to be back in person at SAP Sapphire surrounded by familiar and new faces from the global SAP community. And with visionary leaders, inspiring talks, and insights into transformational technologies around SAP S/4HANA, the 2022 events in Orlando and Zurich certainly didn’t disappoint. DMI were invited along to network with fellow thought leaders and influencers who are helping to shape the digital transformation. Here’s a quick round-up from the two days on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Benefits of Rightsizing Before Migrating to the Cloud
In our world of ever-increasing data volumes, rightsizing has become a fundamental step in the process for migrating to a new ERP system. Faster migration, lower costs, and compliance with legal regulations are some of the benefits that customers can look forward to by rightsizing their data.
Protect Historical Data and Comply With GDPR – or Face the Consequences!
The problem faced by many companies is that a lot of data is stored on outdated legacy systems with limited functionality, where there may not even be the option to press the delete button. On top of this is the issue of inadequate protection against exposure to the risks of cyber-attacks, due to weaknesses in the system design and the lack of system maintenance options such as system upgrades and patches. Managing data on legacy systems can therefore be extremely costly and risky, bordering on virtually impossible.
Why JiVS Is the Answer for Simplifying Migration From and to any System
You may have seen the feedback from Gartner already: “The JiVS approach to switch to SAP S/4HANA is game-changing”. But this statement also rings true for other software environments, as JiVS is designed to work with any source system and any target system, not just SAP. But what makes it a game-changer? And why is it the answer for simpler data migration?
Reasons Why You Need to Reduce Your Data Footprint
Why should you be concerned with reducing your data footprint? Besides helping to lower your carbon footprint, how else can it benefit your business?
Simplifying the Migration to SAP S/4HANA
With disparate legacy systems containing information that dates back years, huge volumes of data, and endless interdependencies, upgrading to SAP S/4HANA may seem like an extremely complex task. And indeed it would be, if companies were to migrate all of their existing data – but this is not the right approach for new system implementation. Instead,…
Busting the SAP S/4HANA Data Migration Myths With JiVS
The clock is ticking for companies to convert to SAP S/4HANA and the number of available SAP consultants is dwindling. So what’s holding companies back from getting started with the inevitable data migration process? Many companies running multiple legacy systems are put off at the mere thought of the “perceived” costs and effort involved in migrating data to SAP S/4HANA. The decision is stalled by several common myths surrounding data migration. Here we explain why – with the right data migration partner – it doesn’t have to be costly and time-consuming, but instead is a game-changer in the transformation of business data.
From Data Silos to Data Fabric
The term data fabric, originally coined by Gartner, essentially refers to an architectural approach for simplifying and integrating data, and making this data easily accessible across an organization. A relatively new concept, a data fabric architecture “weaves together” data from various environments – stored in on-premise, cloud, and hybrid applications. It provides a single, secure, and unified view for managing the company’s information. In this blog, we explain briefly why data fabrics are relevant in today’s world and how they can help companies overcome data complexity challenges and remain competitive.
What Is the One Click Transformation Approach?
The One Click Transformation approach is DMI’s answer to simpler and faster data migration, giving the customer a 360° view of their data in a leaner system environment. Seamlessly integrated with the JiVS Information Management Platform (IMP), this patented approach is compatible with all source systems and all target system environments – SAP and non-SAP applications, both on-premises and in the cloud.
The Datasphere – Invisible but Omni – Present
We live in times where, for example, Facebook algorithms decide which post you ‘want’ to see. We live in times where misinformation spreads like uncontrolled cancer. We live in times where we are targeted victim-like by marketing campaigns.
The databases exist; we only have to find them. So, what are you doing with the data?
Escape the Change Dilemma
The world changes. Every day. Every hour. When the pandemic locked everybody down the change was real, even surreal, touchable for everybody. Consequently, business got in financial jeopardy and distress seemingly overnight, with only a very few options on the table.
Keep the Lights on?
Constant new business requirements driven by the innovative demands of many business leaders may cause dilemmas for the CIOs, materializing in conflicting targets. On the one side, IT leaders must realize the digitization of business ideas as efficiently as possible. Thriving economic success is, for sure, the dominant goal for any company. However, on the other side, the ‘show must go on.’
The Digital Road. Navigating Through a Jungle of KPIs
When I explain ‘Digital Transformation’ to my students, most hear the words but miss the semantics. Clearly, they quickly grasp ‘digital,’ as they grew up with a digital handheld at their side. The mysterious word ‘transformation,’ however, ignites a much fuzzier understanding for them. I think that these experiences around digital and transformation apply to many businesspeople, too.
Cyber Threats Jeopardize Your Crown Jewels. Go off the Grid and Be Safe
Your operational systems that run your day-to-day business are usually well-protected. System access is sophistically controlled, and firewalls enclose the heart of your IT environment. But when it comes to older IT systems, there might be vulnerabilities.
Sustainability and Data Centers – and Unfathomable Dilemma?
The dilemma of sustainability and data centers dominates the IT leaders’ thinking, one way or another. Shall they go green to ‘save the planet’ or shall they go big to secure profits? Before I dive into the topic, let’s first see what sustainability means in general.
Are You Scared? War and Peace With Data Transformation
In former years, companies (maybe yours, too) spent truckloads of money and large chunks of time implementing ERP systems, only to become ‘locked in’ to a software vendor eventually. With the arrival of S/4HANA…
Why Targeting One SAP S/4HANA?
The world changes. Every day. Every hour. When the pandemic locked everybody down the change was real, even surreal, touchable for everybody. Consequently, business got in financial jeopardy and distress seemingly overnight, with only a very few options on the table.