Data migration cannot be neglected as a business migrates to new applications. It is the core element of moving a business away from legacy systems and on to modern Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) packages. Failure to devote resources, talent and tools to successfully port over the businesses’ knowledge data will result in failure. The software applications are also critical, however nothing is more important than the data that is essential to the successful operation of …showed first 75 words of 936 total…

…showed last 75 words of 936 total…state of the art business tools. Without question a talented team must be formed, tools deployed to assist the effort and a well thought out strategy for accomplishing the migration must be in place prior to beginning. References Cini, Al. (1998). Integrating and Migrating Legacy Systems. Fort Washington. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?ver=1&Exp=07-01-2003&FMT=TG&DID Shepherd, John B. (1999). Data Migration Strategies. DM Review. http://www.dmreview.com/master.cfm?NavID=198&EdID-996