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Proceed Group joins the SAP australian user group
Proceed Group has joined the SAP Australian User Group (SAUG), bringing its global experience in SAP data management to support local businesses tackling S/4HANA, RISE and cloud transitions. Members can expect practical tips on reducing data volumes, managing legacy systems and optimising OpenText.
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#ITWebBI2025: Proceed has your back with legacy data management so you can retire your legacy systems
Our South African team will be attending the ITWeb BI Summit 2025 on 12 to 13 March at The Forum, Bryanston. Ahead of the event, we spoke with the ITWeb team about the legacy challenge, something many organisations are facing and one we’ll be discussing at the summit. This article is a nice introduction to the topic.
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Media mention: Syniti Acquires Proceed Group’s Rightsizer Software
Syniti acquires Proceed Group’s Rightsizer software. Empowering businesses with early data optimisation, Rightsizer ensures a seamless transition to SAP S/4HANA. This strategic move positions Rightsizer as a cornerstone for businesses navigating the complexities of SAP transformations.
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Blog
Articles from the Proceed Group team, covering all areas of SAP data and document management.

What is RISE with SAP?
To kickstart and accelerate business transformation, SAP launched RISE with SAP. Here we explain what it is and provide insight on how it can support enterprise businesses to become truly intelligent enterprises.
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Efficient data management takes centre stage in 2022
What will 2022 look like in the data management world, as data continues to play a key role in keeping businesses lean and financially more efficient? Here are our thoughts on compliance, the deadline to move to S/4HANA closing in, the hidden costs of moving to the cloud and more.
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Tips for running data management projects remotely
Now that all communication is happening digitally, and our consultants are no longer travelling to work with clients in their offices for the length of a project, here’s what we have learnt about running data management projects remotely
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Why you should use an expert when decommissioning legacy SAP systems?
As applications and systems reach the end of their lifecycle, they’ll be replaced with newer, more modern user interfaces. Keeping these ancient systems alive to preserve data is costing you money. This is where getting a decommissioning expert involved is recommended.
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Proceed further strengthens relationship with SAP
To further our relationship, Proceed has recently signed a Worldwide Master Service Agreement with SAP.
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Sunflag Steel decreases data sprawl
An earlier archiving project, left the business with a number of issues, including some documents that were supposed to be archived, that were still not. Proceed helped resolve Sunflag Steel’s existing open document and data issues, successfully reducing their data volume by 26%.
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Why many decommissioning projects fail?
Decommissioning projects can add immense value to a business, however not getting it right can be costly and put your business at risk. Here we reveal the common reasons for project failures.
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Drivers for Managing Unstructured Data
When referring to managing unstructured data, we are in essence talking about the “elephant in the room” – how do we add “structure” to unstructured data and optimise this process to add measurable business value.
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Regular SAP Archiving: Myths Vs Reality
With a regular SAP archiving strategy in place, businesses can quickly regain control of database growth
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Dutch Rail archiving and decommissioning project
The project has two key objectives: firstly, to decommission a set of legacy SAP ECC systems using SAP’s Information Lifecycle Management solution…
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Regular archiving – Benefits and challenges
As we like to say: “If you have not done any archiving yet, start today. If you are already archiving, do more!
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Steps towards decommissioning success
Learn how to avoid common mistakes and achieve decommissioning success. Based on our years of experience, we know what it takes.
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