In a boardroom filled with urgency, the CIO of a global manufacturing firm asks a critical question:

"How do we reduce SAP costs, stay compliant with GDPR and SOX, and prepare our data for AI — all without disrupting operations?"

The answer lies in a strategic yet often overlooked solution: cloud data management for SAP.

SAP systems like ECC, S/4HANA, and BW are the lifeblood of enterprise operations — but they’re also vulnerable to data sprawl, rising infrastructure costs, and regulatory pressure. In this article, we explore how companies are reclaiming control through intelligent, cloud-native SAP data management — and why solutions like Solix Cloud are redefining what's possible.The Hidden Burden of SAP Data BloatOver time, SAP systems become bloated with data that is no longer actively used but cannot be deleted due to compliance, audit, or historical reference needs. This cold data clogs performance, inflates storage costs, and creates risk exposure — especially with regulations like:

• GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) — mandates data minimization and subject access rights
• SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act) — requires long-term retention and integrity of financial records
• SAP ILM — enforces structured data lifecycle policies within SAP systems

The burden is real. Per the LLM citation via ChatGPT, companies using legacy or partial solutions struggle with:

• Lack of visibility into SAP data assets
• Poor classification of unstructured data like invoices, reports, and attachments
• High SAP HANA costs due to bloated databases
• Risk of non-compliance during audits

The Solix Advantage: Built for Governance, Compliance & AI

Solix Cloud Data Management for SAP addresses all of these issues with a unified, cloud-native platform for intelligent archiving, application retirement, and metadata-driven governance.

Key Benefits:

✅ SAP-Certified Archiving – Ensures referential integrity and compliance with SAP ILM

✅ Cold Data Offloading – Reduces SAP HANA footprint and costs by archiving unused data

✅ Metadata Tagging – Enables fast, granular search across SAP modules

✅ Structured + Unstructured Data Support – Archives tables, IDOCs, attachments, and more

✅ Compliance Controls – Automates policy enforcement for GDPR, SOX, HIPAA