Will your data migration fail? Don’t guess, plan.
You’ve decided on a new, upgraded, or consolidated data and/or enterprise content management (ECM) platform and are planning the migration from source to target. Will your data and content migrate in a simple 1-to-1 transfer? All signs (and experience) points to probably not. Don’t just guess. Plan for success.
Common Migration Pitfalls
fme has over 20 years of migration experience across all the leading platforms. Regardless of the platform, these are the most common pitfalls we’ve seen:
- Target platforms have different needs – Data, content and metadata requirements evolve to enable platform capabilities. There’s never a 1-to-1 transfer from source to target systems.
- Information policies change – New regulations, access policies, and storage processes require data structure and metadata updates to meet current compliance requirements.
- Legacy data, legacy issues – There is always a backlog of technical debt with legacy data, especially when integrating or consolidating multiple data sources.
- The unexpected is hidden – You don’t know what you don’t know. Once you find out, your costs and timeline for your new solution go-live can quickly extend beyond your original expectations as you navigate data and content readiness, what to migrate and what to archive, and how you will decommission your legacy system.
fme’s Proven Migration Methodology
fme’s data migration experts have a proven methodology and custom toolset to illuminate risks and guide you through these common pitfalls and many more before you start your implementation, ensuring your migration is successful from beginning to end. From beginning to end, we provide you with:
- Pre-migration assessment – Don’t guess, plan. Understand the current state of your data and content, and what it will take in time and costs to be fully accessible and compliant in your target platform through our purpose-built Migration Readiness Evaluation offering.
- Platform-independent perspective – We are migration and ECM experts that implement, integrate and support all the leading platforms. We provide a perspective and solutions that align with your unique business goals.
- Data identification and classification – Identify, classify, and update your documents, data, and metadata to be organized, efficient, and compliant with all regulatory requirements. Quickly reconnect libraries of lost, poorly documented or newly imported documents.
- 80% faster migration and validation – By using proven strategies and proprietary tools, your data and documents are migrated to your target system correctly the first time, saving you 60% in costs and 80% in project duration.
Learn More and Contact Us
Get started off right by downloading fme’s Migration Readiness Survey. Use this resource with your team to identify the important details relevant to any migration.
Your next step is to schedule a time with fme’s experts to learn how we can work together to ensure your migration is a success by taking the first steps through our Migration Readiness Evaluation service. We’ll share details on our history and knowledge, examples of past project success, and a clear roadmap of next steps that align with your needs.
As we head toward budget and project planning season, our schedule fills up fast (and so will yours), so don’t delay. Contact us to get started now.
We look forward to speaking with you soon.
About fme
Since 1995, fme has been providing end-to-end migration and technology solutions for the largest firms in life sciences, manufacturing, finance and more. We strive to deliver your business goals and decrease your TCO while increasing your technology ROI.