Change is constant. Evolution has always pushed us to migrate to a more assured state. You don’t have to be Darwin to realize that software development is no different in this regard. Migration becomes all the more relevant in the Enterprise CMS space when looking at the rapid pace of development driven by new requirements that concepts like content intelligence create.
The case for migration is further strengthened in light of the shifting Enterprise CMS Vendor landscape, which has been witness to a high level of consolidation in the last few years. The total to be spent on data migration has been projected to be roughly US$ 8 billion in the coming year and considering that more than 80% of data is unstructured, the Enterprise CMS migration market will be blossoming. In this article, I am going to share my experiences on how to plan and execute an ECM migration project.