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DATA MIGRATION THE EASY WAY
Daniel Zagales , Vice President of Data Engineering , 66degrees , on how to move to a new data platform with minimal business disruption .
Finding reasons to migrate data to a new platform is easy . Data migration can help save money , increase flexibility , enhance reliability and more .
What ’ s much harder , in many cases , is actually performing data migration . If you ’ re dealing with data that powers continuous , mission-critical business operations , getting the data from an old platform into a new one with minimal disruption to your organization is no simple feat .
But with the right approach , it ’ s possible to conquer this challenge .
As I ’ ll explain , some amount of downtime is unavoidable , but you don ’ t have to accept days or
Determining why to migrate data is often the easy part . Figuring out how to do it is where things get tricky .
weeks of disruptions to your business in order to take advantage of a better data platform .
Reasons to migrate data
Understanding what you ’ re aiming to achieve through data migration is important for adopting an approach that aligns with your goals .
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