The technological innovations have given rise to new software and applications developed mostly every day. The globalized business world on the other hand makes use of nearly all of the new software or newer versions of the older applications and software to keep up with the aggressively competitive world.

1. Db2 Data Migration: Making Space For The New!
The technological innovations have given rise to new software and applications developed mostly every
day. The globalized business world on the other hand makes use of nearly all of the new software or newer
versions of the older applications and software to keep up with the aggressively competitive world.
Gartner through their research works have estimated an average 10% of applications running are
obsolescent applications that are no longer delivering any business value or have been replaced but not
shut down. These are the software that can go in for retirement. Further, another one-third, needs
migration or rationalization.
Retiring legacy applications in large IT environments, all calls for a prospective savings for the
organizations. Applications on mainframe or ones acquired through acquisitions and mergers that are not
used in the present day portfolios can be moved through proper application portfolio management. This
would create savings for the organizations in the form of lesser operating budget, more work force for
important assignments as well as removal of maintenance and license fee for these obsolete products.
Nevertheless, data from all these applications is often in non-standard formats and need to be preserved
for internal uses or external references.
IT organizations have come to the rescue with the development of enterprise data management
software with features such as data masking and db2 data migration. The application retirement tool
is an all time answer to a secure application retirement, data migration and legacy issues. This flexible tool
works on a highly automated system of archiving functions to migrate the data from legacy software to the
archive platform.
The data masking tool of enterprise data management software helps to build policies based on secure
testing and compliance requirements of the business. The security of the data masking tool is so tight
fisted that it virtually eliminates every possibility of sensitive data being revealed through database clones.
Through a structured approach, the data center migration, database servers and data migration planning
is critical to a successful migration. The data migration tool offers an open and user-friendly db2 data
migration ensuring reliability and data integrity. Besides, it helps migration and transfer of data across
leading databases such as Oracle, IBM DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, MySQL MaxDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL
and MS Access databases. This tool also facilitates migration of tables and indexes along with the data.
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