Cloud migration is definitely necessary to any enterprise that has been in existence for a very long time. The reason for this is that there would surely come a time in the existence of the enterprise when it would be required to migrate its data and information to a better and more advanced cloud storage system that allows better file sharing and file storage. Moreover, there would surely come a time when it would need more secured storage system that would be readily accessible to authorized persons across the enterprise.

There are risks concomitant with the process of data migration, and for this reason, the administrator of a business enterprise would surely need to be very careful in deciding whether migrating data is worthy to be pursued or not. He also has to figure out if the new platform into which the data would be transferred would be better than the existing platform used by his enterprise. Moreover, he should decide whether he would hire the service of migration service provider or rely heavily on his in-house IT capability. It would surely be wise to ensure that the risks involved in migration are mitigated and reduced. He could ensure that by simply hiring a service that has the expertise in the migration process. This service—if it has the expertise—can provide the following advantages:

·         Migration of all file types

·         Maintenance of the hierarchy of the structure of data

·         Applications of various filters based on file size, date created, and date                modified

·         Performance of bulk user migration

·         Maintenance of sharing settings after migration

How Data Migration is Perfectly Achieved?

The achievement of a perfect data migration procedure requires the process of mapping out the data on the old system into the new system. This mapping can be done by following a procedure of data extraction and eventual data loading. This design or plan ensures that the old data formats could be related to the requirements and formats of the new system. However, in the case of programmatic data migration, the process usually entails less data extraction and data loading. When data loading is completed, data verification immediately commences. This process determines whether all the data were precisely migrated and translated. It also ascertains whether the data are fully supported by the new system. Parallel runs of the old and new systems are sometimes performed to figure out if there are differences and data losses.

What Drives Data Migration?