The survey carried out last month amongst 212 telecoms IT professionals, found that a staggering 93% of IT managers are scared of the consequences of complex data migrations with 59% admitting they have decided, on at least one occasion, not to go through with a project because they are so fearful it will fail. Over 34% are worried that projects will be delivered late, while 36% worry that they will be unable to get some or even all of the data migrated. 33% said they are fearful that they will never get to the end of the project. These results come at a time when many service providers now find themselves between a rock and a hard place. They are coming under increasing pressure from competitors unhindered by legacy IT issues, which consequently have a lower cost base and a more agile back-end infrastructure. But at the same time, the complexity and risk of re-engineering their platform infrastructure means that many have delayed consolidation and renewal projects for years. The window of opportunity to renew IT infrastructure is finite and closing fast. Cutting-edge operators are already mid-way through multi-year transformation projects, and are beginning to see substantial business benefits. Service providers that continue to delay embarking on their own projects risk falling behind both traditional and non-traditional competitors.Key finding from the research include:Ø 93% of telecoms IT managers say they are fearful of undertaking complex application level migrationsØ 59% say they have been discouraged to the extent they have decided not to go ahead with some migrationsØ 60% of respondents say the main cause of failed migrations is that data complexity and cleanliness are poorly understoodØ 89% say data complexity is getting worseØ
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