Te Finance & Business Guide - brought to you by APL Media • Wednesday 22 October 2025 Planning for data migration


Data migration is often compared to performing open-heart surgery on a live business. The risks include data loss, system downtime and budget overruns


The team at Solvership has been migrating data for UK clients for over a decade, and has identified several factors businesses should consider when embarking on this daunting challenge.


BEST PRACTICES Planning the data migration is the first important step in capturing many activities that follow. It’s a good idea to start early, adding the blocks to the rollout plan and allowing a comfortable amount of time for testing. This assessment is best performed after the architecture


For businesses seeking to avoid the costly scenarios with failed data migration projects, Solvership provides the expertise, accountability and proven methodologies necessary


has been decided, and before the new platform starts getting built. Connecting different teams


working towards the same goal helps information flow. Agile delivery practices enhance this by introducing iterative delivery and reducing the amount of costly changes.


PITFALLS TO AVOID Tempted to consider data migration a technical task, programmes might hand it to internal IT or data teams, on top of their daily activities. This heavily underestimates the complexity of migration projects, as well as the involvement the business users should play in it. Lack of communication is often


blamed for project delays and failures. To avoid such problems, businesses are best advised to identify a primary migration business owner. This person should be the main point of communication for the migration team, answering questions and helping business decisions get made.


DATA MIGRATION GUIDE At Solvership, the customer is provided with a phased approach, which starts with a Discovery. Here, the team identifies requirements, analyses the systems and provides


Contact Solvership today for a complimentary


Migration Assessment call to help plan and de-risk your project


DANIJELA MALJKOVIC


estimations. Data quality issues are examined too, as their resolution can be time-consuming so it’s better planned early. A scalable and repeatable


migration solution is then mapped out, built and tested iteratively, offering early results for review. Finally, in preparation for the


production load, business continuity is achieved with a detailed and rehearsed cutover plan, whilst tracking performance and ensuring minimal downtime.


At a major UK media company,


this process allowed Solvership to migrate over five million contact records for its 500-plus CRM users with zero downtime and 100% data integrity. For businesses seeking to avoid


the costly scenarios with failed data migration projects, Solvership provides the expertise, accountability and proven methodologies necessary to ensure successful outcomes while allowing leadership teams to focus on core business growth objectives.


For further information


Danijela Maljkovic, managing director at Solvership Ltd: E: london@solvership.com T: 075 1178 8117 Visit: solvership.com/what-we-do/ data-migration-experts


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