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Data Conversion: The Big Move

Converting legacy data from one system to another is like moving from one home to another. The issues faced are similar to those firm managers hope to avoid, but often face during the conversion of data from one system to another: cost overruns, missed deadlines, multiple passes of programming to fix things that ended up in the wrong place in the new system, old data from the legacy system that is no longer used or needed moved into their new system, and the uncomfortable feeling that all of the data did not make the move.

27 minute read September 26, 2007 at 03:06 PM
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Penny J. Simpson
Data Conversion: The Big Move
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.

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