𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝?

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝?

 While analyzing the most evident shifts in the services and solutions used currently and in the previous years, I caught myself defining some clear patterns in data migration. 

 For the years of software engineering and reengineering various legacy systems, I’ve witnessed how customers and businesses dealt with the data storage solutions before, and what is happening now. I’m not a predictor, but in this article, I’m sharing my personal forecasts about the data migration trends in 2023 and beyond based on the information I’ve got from my experience.

 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝-𝐭𝐨-𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

The trend to migrate a company’s IT infrastructure to the cloud is coming to an end, simply because the companies to which that applied already finished their migration. Every company selected a cloud provider several years ago, and now has deep expertise in this area. It's time to optimize costs and reconsider this choice. In the coming years, we will witness how more and many companies will be switching between different cloud providers and multi-cloud solutions, created not only to improve the systems, but also as a tool to reduce costs. 

𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Data differentiation by its type and purpose was always a critical aspect of storage control. The choice of a specific solution for the place and form of data storage opens up more opportunities for building an efficient system. The trend towards fragmentation and decentralization of data storage will gain momentum in 2023. The hype from technologies like blockchain has already subsided, and conservative companies are starting to slowly dive into this and similar technologies to solve standard problems in a not quite standard way.

𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚

Structured data is slowly becoming archaic due to the additional labor required to support the evolution of products and solutions. This is a limitation that companies are happy to get rid of at the earliest opportunity. Unstructured data partially solves this problem, and therefore it is gradually becoming the default choice for many companies. A complete rejection of structured data will hardly happen (there will always be “immutable” entities), but its use will inevitably decrease to a certain constant level, and then will be fixed. 

𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Decentralization, unstructured data, mutl-cloud solutions, and other trends will directly affect the complexity of the anonymizing data task. This opens the market for solutions that can solve this problem for companies by offering a unified solution. In 2023, we will still observe in-house custom solutions, but the issue is already gaining ground.

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 … 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

This issue is always actual, but it is 2023 that will become difficult for companies in terms of data protection. The complexity level of storage systems and solutions is growing. This will inevitably lead to an increase in dependencies and potential vulnerabilities. On the other hand, data leak from one source will become useless for the thieves, and they will have to compare data from different sources to get profit. This will both complicate the life of thieves and raise the need for enhanced protection of even non-critical system data. Leakage of seemingly unimportant data may lead to serious damage when compared with data from other systems. 

 You might be still skeptical about some of the points above, but we will be able to validate these assumptions at least in a year. Stay tuned in.