Data Migration

Most projects, whether custom development or package implementation/upgrade, require some automated data migration. For large ERP and CRM projects the volume of data to be migrated can threaten the viability of the team's transition plans. Converting large amounts of customers, order history, installed products, or contracts can require many days or even weeks to complete.

Specialized Skills and Techniques

As the volume of data in our ERP and CRM databases continues to grow, a new problem has emerged that requires specialize coding strategies and hands on experience dealing with migrating such large amounts of data.

Often a project team only discovers they have a problem in the late stages of development or during the initial loads for integration testing. At this point, it may be too late to change the migration strategy without affecting the go live date.

Artizen has consultants who specialize in data migration.

• They bring alternative strategies for completing the migration that avoid the challenges of big bang, one weekend data migration approaches
• They know the strengths and weaknesses of different databases
• They use high performance coding techniques that move more of the work into the database layer and optimizer
• They have batch performance tuning expertise utilizing deep knowledge of how database optimizers work.

During the analysis phase, an expert data migration consultant can analyze the data volume, identify potential go live impacts and recommend migration strategies and technical designs that will avoid impacts to the go live schedule.

Consulting Practices

Project Management

Software Package Implementation

Business Intelligence

Software Integration & B2B

Data Migration

Software QA

Load Testing & Performance Tuning

Change Management

Transition Planning & Readiness