Data migrations are too often thought about as just a simple “lift and shift” of data from one system to another. In many cases, organizations are grappling with what’s called an “N to 1” migration, in which they need to take information from multiple places and migrate it into one new place.

Others are dealing with what are known as 1:N migrations, in which they’re going from one system to many systems. Still others face an “N:N” challenge, where they’re trying to move…