Data Migration Pro is launching a programme to understand how enterprises in different vertical markets are tackling the real challenges of Data Migration. 

To kick this off, we are examining the Communications and Media sector, as represented by the global TM Forum organization’s Data Migration Community.  

The TM Forum data migration community is led by Tony Sceales (also a member of our expert panel), Celona’s CTO and other senior industry figures, the group is in the process of building out an understanding of Best Practice in Data Migration. 

The first step in this process is to survey the TM Forum’s 45,000 members to understand their perspective on what the key issues and drivers for success are, as well as to ask about their experience and capability in Data Migration.

Your views are also extremely valuable, and any Data Migration Pro member can also complete the survey at http://www.tmforum.org/Source/550/home.html.

You will contribute to a crucially important study for our profession.

Please also feel free to join the TM Forum Community and contribute your thoughts and experiences.

This Wednesday 26th August at 1pm (British Summer Time, 12:00pm GMT), Data Migration Pro will host a webinar with John Morris, author of Practical Data Migration.

Attendees will learn practical techniques to help prevent their project heading for failure or delay.

The approximate running time of the webinar will be 30-45 minutes and if attendees use a VoiP headset then the webinar is completely free. There are local toll numbers available for thos who are dialing in.

To register for the webinar please click the following link:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/916140523

Please note that we will be publishing the webinar in this post after the presentation has completed.

The Data Migration Matters organisers have announced an all day data migration event for the 1st October 2009 in London.

Details will shortly follow of how to attend the event but DMM2 is inviting IT professionals or senior managers with experience of Data Migration to submit a paper for presentation at Data Migration Matters 2.

The selected paper will be presented at the event by the author.

This year there is a special interest in case studies and lessons learned but all topics will be considered.

If you want to find out more details on how to submit your proposed presentation please follow this link:

http://www.datamigrationpro.com/dmm2

Long-time supporters of Data Migration Pro, Iergo have recently added a useful training resource to their site for those wishing to boost their data migration skills.

They have created an online training and assessment centre (no charges apply) that walks the visitor through a series of short tutorials on different aspects of the Iergo data migration methodology.

As John recently pointed out on his blog, the tutorials won't make you an overnight data migration guru but they will help you spot deficiencies in your current migration process.

They are also providing a short online assessment with the training and the option to have your name published once you have completed the test.

Click here for more details and select the online training option.