Is your business growing? Have you considered whether you require Data Migration services? Perhaps you are unsure of what Data Migration is? In the ever-expanding world of IT, data migration represents a small but significant tool in allowing your business to flourish.
The experts at Syntax IT Support London offer this basic introduction.
Understanding data migration
If a fish was growing in a fish tank, you would eventually need to transfer it to a larger, more suitable home. This is essentially what data migration is.
Your current hardware may be suitable for now, but as your business grows, so will your need for greater hardware. It could be for storage reasons or that you are beginning to work with more complex data that your current system cannot handle.
Data Migration is unfortunately not as simple as transferring files via a USB. ‘Data’ represents almost everything non-physical in your business. This includes files, folders, documents, databases, crucial information on which your business is built upon. The three most forms of Data Migration are Storage Migration, Database Migration and Application Migration.
Unless your businesses’ infrastructure is particularly advanced, it is only storage migration or possibly database migration that you need to consider.
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