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Data Conversion: The Big Move

By Penny J. Simpson
September 26, 2007
Converting legacy data from one system to another is like moving from one home to another.

Several friends of mine have recently moved into new homes. One decided to rent a moving van and do it himself, another hired a moving company and left it up to the company to take care of everything, and the third decided he would hire a moving company, but was extremely involved in every step of the process.

The difference in the amount of time that each of them took to accomplish the move, coupled with the amount of time it took for them to actually make their new homes livable, was remarkably different.

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