This new TM Forum Community seeks to address issues around Data Migration.
Many Service Providers have made significant progress on their business and operations transformation journeys, but a key challenge that leading players still have is Data Migration. No matter where we are in the economic cycle, businesses need to respond quickly to competition, new opportunities, and regulatory change. Data Migration is a weak link.
"You can spend hundreds of millions of dollars, euros, or pounds on the best applications and processes, but without accurate data describing your customers, products, and services they are of no value," said Phil Dance, Managing Director at BT Innovate and Design.
The Data Migration challenge is not simple. Complexities arise from
- Highly configurable offerings, to support Service Provider differentiation
- Unique data storage methods by each business application
- Huge data volumes
- 24x7 business processes, so finding downtime to migrate data is near impossible.
Complete the Survey — Win an iPod Touch
To map out the Data Migration team’s efforts we need your help to identify and prioritize your Data Migration challenges. Complete this survey at http://www.tmforum.org/Source/550/home.html and you will contribute to a crucially important study and be entered to win an iPod Touch. The iPod Touch drawing closes on November 25, 2009.
Data Migration Catalyst at Management World Americas 09
KPN, Celona, and Logica will feature the latest developments in Data Migration thinking, methods, and technologies in a Forumville Catalyst at Management World Americas in Orlando December 8 - 10.