Your Application Migration Demands a Reliable Data Migration
Migrating an application? Let's make sure the data migration doesn't become the blocker.
The Hidden Risk in Every Application Migration
When you migrate a data-driven application — whether you are replacing a legacy system, moving to the cloud, or adopting a new platform — the data must come with it. Data remodeling, quality issues, and structural changes are rarely the headline of an application project, yet they are responsible for most of its delays and cost overruns.
No organisation migrates data for its own sake. The driver is always the application: a system that has reached end-of-life, a merger, a platform change, a new product requiring cleaner, better-structured data. Our Smart Data Migration package is built for exactly this moment — giving you the tooling, methodology and expertise to migrate your data safely as part of your application migration.
Our Solution: a proven Methodology and advanced open-source Tooling
Whether your application migration involves a new technology stack, a new data model, or both, ELCA's expert team combines a proven 5-step migration methodology with Smart Data Lake Builder (SDLB) — a battle-tested open-source framework — to deliver a reliable, auditable data migration that keeps pace with your application project.
Our methodology, in 5 steps:
We tackle the data challenges that stall application migrations:
• Data Remodeling — Seamlessly merge and transform data from legacy systems and new sources with precise mapping and full traceability.
• Data Quality Assurance — Faulty data never enters your new system. Non-conforming records are captured and stored for review, not silently dropped.
• Zero Data Loss — Comprehensive validation and error logging processes ensure every record arrives intact and accounted for.
SDLB supports virtually any data source and transforms data using SQL, Spark, Scala, and Python — including built-in anonymisation for safe test environments.
Unlock the freedom of PostgreSQL
Break free from Oracle constraints with a secure, proven migration approach.
ELCA helps you assess, plan, and execute your Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration with confidence — whatever your IT environment.
Get started with our Migration Assessment Package for CHF 1,000.
Receive a clear feasibility analysis, identify potential challenges, and receive a concrete migration proposal tailored to your environment — the first step toward a secure and successful database transformation.
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Your Benefits
Migrate Safely - Zero Data Loss
SDLB's secure connections and validation workflows ensure your data arrives complete and correct.
Non-conforming records are preserved for inspection, never discarded.
No Vendor Lock-in - Ever
SDLB is free, open-source software.
We transfer knowledge to your team so you stay in control of future migrations and transformations - no dependency on us or any vendor.
Expert-Led, Tailored to You
Our specialists design a migration approach around your environment, timeline, and business needs — from kickoff to go-live.
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Planning an application migration? Don’t let data migration become the blocker.
The Migration Assessment Package provides a feasibility report and a concrete proposal to help you move forward with confidence.
Valuable for any IT environment — whether modernizing, migrating databases, moving to the cloud, or transforming applications.
Contact Nikolaus and book your Migration Assessment for 1000 CHF.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Data migration is the process of transferring, transforming, and validating data from existing systems to a new application or technology environment. It is critical because applications rely on accurate, secure, and accessible data to operate effectively. A successful migration ensures business continuity, data reliability, and optimal application performance.