Cloud Vendors Confront 'Highest Risk' Projects: Database Migrations

As more businesses move their on-premises databases to the cloud, many face a challenge that may take months or even years to work through.

How do they move terabytes, petabytes, and even exabytes of data to the cloud?

The issue is one that database administrators and IT pros have long grappled with, but it’s gaining urgency as businesses accelerate the transition to cloud databases. Gartner has forecast that 75 percent of all databases will be deployed or migrated to the cloud by 2022.