What Is the Difference Between Data Conversion and Data Migration?

by Katherine VasilegaFebruary 24, 2011

In brief

Data conversion is the transformation of data from one format to another. It implies extracting data from the source, transforming it, and loading to the target system based on a set of requirements.


Both terms are used as synonymous by many web resources. I think the reason for that might be that there are very few situations when a company has to convert the data without actually migrating it. Still, if such a scenario exists at your company, let’s have a closer look at the challenges one may encounter.

Migrating data from Salesforce.com to SugarCRM with Apatar


Possible issues with data conversion


There are some ways to avoid data conversion problems:

    2. Devise an operating system–neutral format for an object transformed into a binary data type.



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