Lufthansa Group relies on scalable archiving solution from kgs

Initial situation

The Lufthansa Group reviews its internal processes and structures at regular intervals in order to align them with new requirements where necessary. During such a review in 2013, it was determined that the existing archiving concept (OpenText) no longer met the changed requirements profile.

The challenge

One particular challenge was that data archiving had to reliably store both SAP data and non-SAP documents. The technical prerequisite for a platform to be implemented was therefore not only SAP certification, but also the ability to support other formats. From a licensing and economic point of view, the company was also looking for a solution that was scalable and could easily map Lufthansa's numerous carve-in and carve-out activities - and at fair conditions.  

The solution

In the course of the tender, the Lufthansa Group got to know tia®, the SAP-certified archiving solution from kgs. As part of a PoC, the extent to which the platform meets the Group's requirements was examined. Since tia® provided the greatest overall overlap with the requirements profile and the price-performance ratio met the Lufthansa Group's objectives, the decision was made to introduce tia®.

Result

The kgs platform was rolled out as an archiving system in the Lufthansa Group in 2016. As part of the regular optimization checks, a multi-provider strategy for data centers was to be implemented in 2019. In this context, tia® was also reviewed and convinced, so that a new contract was negotiated on a subscription basis and the kgs application has since been operated on MS Azure in data centers in Amsterdam.

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Lufthansa Group
The Lufthansa Group is a global aviation group. With almost 110,000 employees, the Lufthansa Group generated revenue of EUR 32,770 million in the financial year 2022. The Lufthansa Group consists of the business segments Network Airlines, Eurowings and Aviation Services. Aviation Services includes the Logistics, MRO and Catering business segments as well as other companies and Group functions. The latter include Lufthansa AirPlus, Lufthansa Aviation Training and the IT companies. All business segments play a leading role in their respective sectors.
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"The subscription principle not only offers us a high degree of flexibility, but also attractive graduation and scalability, allowing us to benefit from lower prices for larger purchase volumes."
Alexander Frick
Head of License Procurement & Order Management, Lufthansa AG

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