Migrate · RISE with SAP
RISE with SAP. Without the Risk.
We built a specific playbook for complex ECC-to-S/4HANA migrations — then proved it by delivering in four months. That same playbook is running for clients right now. Most SIs can't say that. We can.
4 months
ECC to S/4HANA go-live — complex landscape, no revenue loss
10×
Pandemic order volume absorbed on day one of go-live
Active
The same playbook is running for clients right now — not a methodology deck, a live delivery
The deBCor S/4HANA Playbook
Most SIs Have a Framework. We Have a Track Record.
We didn't build our de-risking methodology from best practices on a whiteboard. We built it by doing a complex ECC-to-S/4HANA migration in four months, watching what worked, and codifying it. That same five-step playbook is running in active client engagements today — not a sales pitch, a live delivery.
What makes it different is what happens before the migration starts: landscape analysis, honest path recommendation, and targeted clean-up of the technical debt that would follow you into S/4HANA. Most SIs skip these steps to get to billable delivery faster. We don't.
Landscape Assessment — Weeks, Not Months
AI-powered inventory of your custom code, modifications, integrations, and data complexity. We know what you have before we recommend anything.
Path Recommendation With a Rationale
Greenfield, Brownfield, or Bluefield — we tell you which, and exactly why, based on your landscape. No generic frameworks. No path that maximizes our billing.
Clean-Up Before Migration
Where custom code or modifications add risk without value, we bring you back toward standard before the migration begins. What you carry forward should earn its place.
Delivery With a Senior Architect Accountable
A senior architect owns your engagement from day one to go-live. The same team that built the playbook runs the play.
Post-Go-Live Continuity
We don't hand back the keys. The team that migrated your landscape runs it after go-live — full institutional memory, no knowledge-transfer gap.
The Playbook in Action
iFIT — ECC to S/4HANA. Four Months. Zero Revenue Loss.
A global fitness equipment manufacturer asked deBCor to clean up its technical debt and migrate its ECC landscape to S/4HANA. We started with the landscape assessment, cleaned up what shouldn't follow them forward, then executed the migration. Go-live was in four months. The system absorbed 10× pandemic order volume on day one with no revenue loss. The same deBCor team still runs the landscape today.
“DEBCOR's white-glove approach to consulting isn't just a tagline — it's the reality of their service. They've been our trusted partner for many years because of the integrity of their approach. At our request, they cleaned up our technical debt and prepared us for S/4HANA. The migration only took four months — we were down for maybe a weekend, then back to business with no loss in revenue.”
— Travis Call, CIO, iFIT
The Migration Decision
Greenfield, Brownfield, or Bluefield?
Before we recommend a path, we need to understand your landscape. But here's what each approach actually means in plain English — so you come to that conversation informed, not sold to.
Greenfield
Start Clean
Tear it down, build it right. You adopt SAP best practices from scratch — nothing carries forward, including the technical debt.
~18% of migrations
Brownfield
Convert in Place
Lift what you have into S/4HANA. Your configurations, ABAP code, history, and processes come with you — including anything you'd rather have left behind.
~34% of migrations — most common
Bluefield
Keep What's Worth Keeping
The pragmatic middle path. You choose what migrates clean and what gets rebuilt. The fastest-growing approach in 2026 — because it lets you dial in the right amount of change.
Fastest-growing in 2026
Not sure which applies to you? Read the plain-language Migration Approach Guide →
What RISE with SAP Is
RISE with SAP is SAP's path to the private cloud — SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition.
It's a single-tenant, managed cloud solution that gives you the flexibility of an on-premise system with the benefits of cloud infrastructure, deployed on the hyperscaler of your choice — Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud — or SAP's own data centers.
RISE is the right choice for enterprises with complex customizations, industry-specific requirements, regulatory and compliance overhead, or deep ECC investment they can't simply abandon. Unlike public cloud, RISE preserves your ability to retain custom code and modifications where they deliver genuine business value.
Who RISE with SAP Is For
Complex Enterprises. Regulated Industries. ECC Customers Running Out of Runway.
Existing ECC customers
Facing the 2027 support deadline and needing a clear, risk-managed path to S/4HANA before the runway disappears.
Complex enterprises
With industry-specific processes that don't fit a standardized public-cloud template — and customizations worth preserving.
Regulated industries
Pharma, life sciences, defense, financial services, energy — where control, compliance, and data sovereignty aren't optional.
Organizations with valuable customizations
That want to modernize without discarding years of process investment — and need a partner who can tell them what's actually worth keeping.
The 2027 Deadline
The Organizations That Move Now Choose Their Timeline.
SAP Business Suite 7 mainstream maintenance ends in 2027. SAP's CEO has confirmed there will be no further extensions beyond the optional 2030 extended-maintenance window. For most ECC customers, RISE with SAP is the primary path forward. The planning runway is shrinking. The organizations that move now choose their timeline. The ones that wait inherit one.
Net-new to SAP or going public cloud?
See GROW with SAP →Still weighing your options?
Read the Migration Approach Guide →Need to run it after go-live?
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We have a specific, proven way to de-risk a complex S/4HANA migration — and we're delivering it in active client engagements today. Let's talk about your landscape.