The Power of Clean Data for Migration to New Systems
Today, businesses across the world are rapidly producing a multitude of data. With so much data comes the risk of data explosion. For larger companies, it’s easy to address these challenges, but for smaller businesses on a strict budget, data cleaning and migration can be useful.
Data cleansing and migration will allow you to choose, prepare and reconstruct data to permanently transfer it from one system-of- storage to another. There are three types of data migration: cloud, application and storage migration. Cloud migration refers to the process of moving data from an on-premises data center to the cloud. While application migration pertains to moving a software application from one computing environment to another, storage migration involves moving data from one type of hardware to another.
Most businesses choose to migrate a good chunk of their data to the cloud to increase performance and scale down the use of technical resources. However, there are still many organizations that encounter massive roadblocks when moving their data to a cloud- based environment because they sometimes fail to notice some very essential steps in identifying data errors before moving to data migration.
Data Cleansing Before Data Migration
Data cleaning and data migration work together to give you efficient data management. Before migration, your data needs to first go through a rigid cleanup process. This will provide data integrity before transferring to another location. The following are some important steps your data must go through before data migration takes place:
- Data Deduplication
- Data Verification
- Data Normalization
- Data Appending
- Data Governance
Once accuracy, completeness and consistency are achieved over your data structure, you’re now ready to migrate your data to a different location.
5 Reasons to Use Data Cleansing and Migration for Your Business
There are numerous benefits to transferring your clean data to a different platform. In addition to improving data quality, it can also determine any data quality problems. When used properly, data cleansing can help lower the time and money required to upkeep high-quality data. Here are the top reasons:
- Save on Data Storage Costs
- Reliable Backup Storage
- Comprehensive Data Integrity
- Reduce Data Redundancy
- Increase Productivity and Accessibility
Getting Your Data Ready for Migration
Data cleansing and migration requires many resources. The best option would be outsourcing the migration to a dependable project team.
Outsourcing your data cleansing and data migration project to a service provider guarantees an error-free migration process with zero risks of data loss from your migration team. Plus, you are assured of the latest technology and tools to secure and optimize your data.
For more information on this article and how iRely can help your company streamline your data, go to iRely.com or reach out directly to Dylan.Gamboa@iRely.com.
Dylan Gamboa
Senior Vice President, Petroleum Distribution and Retail
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