Teams come to system decommissioning for different reasons – a migration already under way, or a goal like cutting cost, getting data AI-ready or meeting GDPR. Whatever the reason, Cella retires the system and keeps the data. Find the use case that fits your situation below.
System decommissioning use cases One platform, every decommissioning scenario.
50+ enterprises and 600+ systems decommissioned across Europe, the Americas and Asia.
Six use cases
Find the use case that fits your situation
Organisations reach decommissioning from different starting points – a move to S/4HANA, an ERP change, a deal, a cost target, an AI programme or a GDPR obligation. Each of the six use cases below has its own page, with the detail, proof and FAQs for that situation. They all end the same way: the system retired, the data kept.
SAP / HANA
SAP / HANA transition
Moving to S/4HANA or RISE? Retire your old SAP ECC system without losing a single record. Only current data makes the move – Cella takes the decades left behind, keeps them searchable and reportable, and lets you switch ECC off for good before its support clock runs out.
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ERP
ERP migration support
Keep accessible, auditable history when you migrate to a new ERP, whatever the vendor. Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Infor or bespoke – the new system takes only the data it needs to run, while Cella holds the full history for reporting, audit and compliance.
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M&A
M&A carve-outs
Separate, retain and access the right data through mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Cella extracts exactly the in-scope records – by entity, company code or business line – so buyers get their history, sellers get their systems back, and transition agreements stay short.
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Cost
Legacy IT cost reduction
Cut up to 80% of the cost of running systems you only keep for the data. Licences, infrastructure, support and security all go with the retired system – while every record stays accessible in one governed store, and the savings help fund the next retirement.
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AI
AI data readiness
Free decades of historical data from legacy systems so it is ready for AI and analytics ready for AI-powered natural language search and analytics across your data.
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GDPR
GDPR digital disposal
Dispose of legacy data compliantly, with retention rules, legal hold and a full audit trail. Keep what the law requires and delete what it forbids you to hoard – through an approval workflow with dual 4-eye verification that evidences every disposal.
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One platform, every scenario
Different reasons, the same platform
Whichever use case brought you here, the mechanics are the same. Cella extracts the data from the systems you’re retiring, holds it in one secure, reportable store, and lets you switch the old systems off for good – application decommissioning and data retirement handled together, rather than with a stack of separate data decommissioning tools. One platform covers every scenario above.
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System decommissioning FAQs
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System decommissioning is fully retiring a legacy application and migrating its data to a standalone platform such as Cella, so the system – and its cost and risk – can be switched off while the data stays accessible for reporting, audit and compliance.
Six in total: SAP / HANA transition, ERP migration support, M&A carve-outs, legacy IT cost reduction, AI data readiness and GDPR digital disposal. Some start from a change already under way, others from a goal – but every one ends with the legacy system retired and its data kept accessible.
Start from what’s in front of you. Moving to S/4HANA or RISE – SAP / HANA transition. Changing ERP, whatever the vendor – ERP migration support. Buying, selling or divesting – M&A carve-outs. Chasing lower cost, AI-ready data or GDPR compliance – legacy IT cost reduction, AI data readiness or GDPR digital disposal. Cella covers all six with one platform.
Application decommissioning is retiring an individual application and preserving its data elsewhere. It’s the building block of system decommissioning – Cella does it across SAP and non-SAP applications alike.
No. Rather than a stack of separate data decommissioning tools, Cella is one platform that handles extraction, reporting, retention and shutdown across every use case above.
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