The majority of firms avoid or delay migrating business
data because of the perceived technical and financial risks
involved, with financial firms the most concerned about moving
data.
Data management firm Kognitio commissioned a survey by research
agency Vanson Bourne into the data migration attitudes of 100 firms
across industries.
The survey found that 72% of the financial firms questioned
stepped back from data migration projects because of perceived
risks.
Survey respondents from the retail, distribution and transport
sectors were also cautious, with 56% saying that in the past they
have been discouraged from carrying out data migration projects
because of the risks, which include costs, time and possible data
loss.
Larger firms overall were the most fearful, the survey showed,
with 64% of firms with a staff of more than 3,000 putting off data
migration projects. The figure was 56% for companies with under
3,000 employees.
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