End-to-End Information Governance Solutions Support Data Quality and Aligned Business Processes Throughout Data Migrations to SAP S/4HANA
ORLANDO, Fla. – May 5, 2015 – Further supporting enterprises’ plans to implement SAP® Business Suite 4 SAP HANA® (SAP S/4HANA), BackOffice Associates, a worldwide leader in information governance and data modernization solutions, today announced that its data management solutions are available to help enterprises orchestrate the end-to-end data migration and modernization process for implementations of SAP S/4HANA. BackOffice Associates’ comprehensive solutions include its flagship Data Stewardship Platform (DSP) and its dspCloud solution, featuring a rich business-to-data reference model with pre-built migration and data quality content. The company brings a deep knowledge base of cloud solutions from SAP and data quality requirements for moving to SAP S/4HANA. Additionally, as part of the previously announced global reseller agreement, SAP is reselling two integrated BackOffice Associates applications as SAP Data Services Migration Accelerator by BackOffice Associates and SAP Information Steward Accelerator by BackOffice Associates.
With many organizations planning to move onto the next-generation business suite SAP S4/HANA, BackOffice Associates’ platform streamlines the preparation of data for migration, modernizes the data as it moves to SAP S4/HANA, monitors the data post migration, cleanses the data through remediation of data quality issues, establishes and enforces information governance around data-focused business processes, and helps ensure that legacy data not needed for SAP S4/HANA is properly archived.
“As SAP S/4HANA is gaining significant market interest among enterprises, we’re excited to expand our support of SAP products even further with a trusted, end-to-end solution that enables and accelerates navigation through all areas of information governance,” said Rex Ahlstrom, chief strategy officer, BackOffice Associates. “With our solutions SAP S/4HANA-ready, we can help guide enterprises throughout the entire data migration journey. Our thorough understanding of legacy data and expertise in applying a proper data modernization approach yields short implementation times for SAP S/4HANA and aligned critical business processes.”
As part of BackOffice Associates’ support for implementations of SAP S/4HANA, the company previewed its new dspGovern solution for Active Data Governance at the SAPPHIRE® NOW Conference being held May 5-7 in Orlando. dspGovern enables companies to collaboratively model and design unique business processes around data governance operations and provides contributors visibility into the design with interactive collaboration among participants and stakeholders.
For more information on BackOffice Associates’ data management platform supporting SAP S/4HANA, visit BackOffice Associates in booth 246 at SAPPHIRE® NOW. SAPPHIRE NOW and the ASUG Annual Conference are the world’s premier business technology event and largest SAP customer-run conference, offering attendees the opportunity to learn and network with customers, SAP executives, partners and experts across the entire SAP ecosystem.
About BackOffice Associates
BackOffice Associates is a worldwide leader in information governance and data modernization solutions, focusing on helping customers manage one of their most critical assets – data. The company’s range of products, built on a revolutionary platform, address the needs of business users seeking to unlock the value of their data assets. BackOffice Associates’ products and services enable organizations to accelerate growth, gain actionable visibility and reduce risks. Founded in 1996, BackOffice Associates has an unparalleled record of success in the most complex data environments across a variety of industries. Customers include many Fortune 1000 companies including Eli Lilly, Kraft and Graybar. BackOffice Associates is a global corporation headquartered in Massachusetts with additional offices in the U.S., Australia, Canada, Dubai, India, Singapore, Switzerland and the U.K. To learn more, please visit www.boaweb.com.
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