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Discuss why a company or organization would migrate to a relational database architecture from a network or hierarchical architecture. What are some of the factors that should be considered when transferring data from one database architecture to another?

I would also like to see you elaborate on the descriptions of the various database constructs.

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Reasons why a company or organization would migrate to a relational database architecture from a network or hierarchical architecture are shown. Factors that should be considered when transferring data from one database architecture to another are explained. The descriptions of the various database constructs are presented.

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Reasons companies need database migration from non-relational databases to industry-standard relational ones:

1. Shrinking support frameworks,
2. Multiple DBMS's,
3. Connectivity,
4. Growing maintenance fees, and
5. Scarcity of trained personnel

The key to any successful environment migration (including database migration) is to keep it as ...

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