The Complete Guide to Migrating Your Enterprise Archiving System

Migrating your archive to the cloud can reduce legal and compliance headaches and become a competitive advantage. While migrating is by no means easy, doing nothing or relying solely on your legacy on-premises archiving solution can increase risk and costs. A successful migration requires upfront planning and preparation—and choosing the right migration and archiving partner is critical. 

Here are a few key takeaways: 

• Involve people at every level of the company in the process, not just upper management. (In fact, management may not know where the data lives or have all the details about how users do their jobs, so it’s important to engage other teams.) 
• Be sure your archiving solution is extensible, so that you are prepared for the future. Five or ten years out, you may need to capture and manage different types of data than you do today. 
• If possible, fine-tune and streamline your infrastructure before the migration. 
• Vendor roadmaps are important, but be sure current solution capabilities meet today’s requirements.