How GoAnywhere prevented a Customer’s SAP budget blowout

Confronted by the prospect of a crippling increase in cloud data storage costs, one of our customers leveraged GoAnywhere to help manage the archiving of their data in a far more cost-effective way. 

Here’s what happened… 

Extensive ERP Data 

Our customer is responsible for the reliable distribution of a vital consumer service across some of the most populous regions of Australia.  Due to their critical role, they’re required by government to maintain stringent auditing and record keeping across their organisation. 

The organisation has moved its enterprise resource planning to an outsourced cloud-based SAP system.  Over time, that system has consumed and generated many terabytes of data in archived interface files - all of which have needed to be safely retained for audit purposes.  

The Tier Trap 

Now, the service provider for the cloud SAP system allows for a fixed amount of cloud data storage as part of their service agreements.  But our client’s data was quickly consuming that allowance - and about to go over.  That would trigger contract negotiations for expensive additional cloud data storage. 

Our client needed to quickly find a way to automatically archive their data at a lower cost. 

Fortunately, their prior investment in a GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) solution was about to pay off for them (again!) 

GoAnywhere Saves the Day  

One of the capabilities that makes GoAnywhere the world’s leading Managed File Transfer solution is its advanced automation.  A simple drag-and-drop interface enables administrators to define how an organisation’s files are monitored, translated, and securely and reliably moved between internal IT systems and those of their supply chain partners and customers.   

GoAnywhere’s modular approach to defining file transfer processes is simple and intuitive – no programming experience required.  

Our customer was able to quickly define a new “archive SAP data” process in GoAnywhere which bypassed their reliance on the expensive default cloud storage service.  Now, on a set schedule, GoAnywhere routinely searches for files which have been sent to, or originated from, the SAP system.  It then automatically, reliably and securely archives those files to inexpensive Azure Blob storage. 

No human intervention is necessary.  Audit trails are being automatically created.  And significant incremental storage costs are being avoided. 

Here For You, Too 

At Generic Systems Australia, we’re Australia and New Zealand’s experts in helping businesses take advantage of GoAnywhere’s many capabilities.  We’ve assisted hundreds of organisations to automate their data flows, making their file transfers secure, reliable and efficient, boosting their efficiency. 

If you’d like to discuss how we can boost your organisation’s efficiency, please feel welcome to contact me.  I’m always happy to have an obligation-free chat and explain how easily we can transition you from your current approach to a new world of productivity.   

At Generic Systems Australia, we’re your local experts in data transfer.