Transitioning your MDM in Minutes, not Months

The MDM Dilemma Every Data Leader Faces 

If you're leading data engineering at an enterprise, you know this pain intimately: your Informatica MDM instance has become the backbone of your data governance and your biggest bottleneck. 

It took years to implement. Maintenance costs keep climbing. The few people who truly understand how it's configured are approaching retirement or entering into consultant roles. And every time the business asks for a new data domain or faster stewardship workflows, you're looking at months of development work and six-figure consulting fees. 

Legacy MDM isn't just slowing you down. It's holding you hostage. 

According to Gartner, organizations spend an average of 30-40% of their MDM budget on maintenance alone. Meanwhile, Forrester reports that 78% of data teams are being asked to deliver insights faster while dealing with increasingly complex data landscapes. 

You know you need to modernize. But the thought of migrating MDM keeps you up at night. 

Why Traditional MDM Migration Feels Impossible 

Let's talk about what everyone's thinking but few are saying: MDM migration has historically been a nightmare scenario for data leaders. 

The typical migration project involves: 

• 6-18 months of planning and execution 

• Significant business disruption as systems go offline or operate in dual-mode 

• Data integrity risks during the transition period 

• Massive change management as stewards learn entirely new workflows 

• Loss of lineage and governance that took years to establish 

• Budget overruns averaging 45% according to Project Management Institute research 

A recent TDWI survey found that 68% of organizations have delayed or cancelled MDM modernization projects due to perceived risk and complexity. The irony? Staying on legacy systems creates its own risks: technical debt, compliance vulnerabilities, and inability to support modern AI and analytics initiatives. 

But here's the reality: Informatica was built for a different era. One where IT ruled, and agility wasn't part of the architecture. Today's enterprise needs fast answers, smart systems, and composable architecture built for now and next. 

The Modern MDM Reality: What's Changed 

Here's what most data leaders don't realize: the technology for MDM migration has fundamentally evolved in the past 24 months. 

Modern cloud-native MDM platforms now offer automated migration capabilities that were science fiction just a few years ago. We're talking about: 

Push-Button Schema Mapping: AI-powered tools that understand your Informatica data models and automatically handle schema mapping, migration, and transformation, reducing manual effort by up to 85%. 

Real-Time Synchronization: Run your new system in parallel with Informatica. Real-time updates mean you can validate everything while your legacy system continues running, eliminating the "big bang" cutover risk. 

Preserved Governance Frameworks: Migration technology that maintains your match rules, survivorship logic, data quality metrics, and audit trails without requiring reconfiguration. 

No-Code Orchestration: Empower business users without IT bottlenecks through intuitive, visual interfaces that don't require technical expertise. 

Accelerated Timelines: What Forrester used to benchmark at 12-18 months can now be accomplished in 8-12 weeks for typical enterprise implementations. 

The Automation Advantage 

Modern MDM isn't just about migration. It's about shifting from reactive data management to proactive intelligence. According to IDC, AI-powered data management tools can reduce manual stewardship effort by 40-60%. 

Today's platforms leverage machine learning for: 

• ML-Enhanced Matching: Advanced algorithms that learn from steward decisions and continuously improve match accuracy with each interaction 

• Automated Deduplication: Identification and resolution of duplicates without constant manual intervention 

• Smart Survivorship: Context-aware survivorship rules that adapt based on data quality scores and business logic 

• Proactive Data Quality: Continuous monitoring that flags issues before they impact downstream systems, not after 

The result? Your stewards spend less time on repetitive tasks and more time on strategic data governance initiatives. One enterprise reduced stewardship hours by 52% while simultaneously improving data quality scores from 73% to 94%. 

Democratizing Data Stewardship 

Perhaps the biggest shift is in who can participate in data governance. Legacy Informatica implementations typically required specialized training and technical expertise. Forrester reports that 67% of data stewardship is performed by IT or data engineering teams rather than the business users who best understand the data. 

Modern MDM platforms flip this model with: 

• Conversational Interfaces: Ask questions in natural language instead of writing SQL queries 

• Visual Workflows: Drag-and-drop stewardship processes that business users can understand and execute 

• Self-Service Capabilities: Enabling business users to resolve data quality issues without IT tickets 

• Collaborative Governance: Tools that make data stewardship a cross-functional process 

Maintaining Enterprise-Grade Governance 

Now, here's the critical question every data leader asks: "Will I lose control?" 

The answer is definitively no, if you choose the right platform. Modern MDM must maintain: 

• Complete Audit Trails: Every change tracked with who, what, when, and why 

• Role-Based Access Control: Granular permissions that ensure users only access appropriate data 

• Compliance Frameworks: Built-in support for GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and industry-specific regulations 

• Data Lineage: End-to-end visibility of how data moves and transforms across systems 

• Quality Metrics: Continuous monitoring and reporting on data health 

Many organizations find their governance actually improves after modernization because newer platforms make compliance and auditability more transparent and automated. 

Introducing Aevah: MDM Migration Without the Migraine 

This is precisely the challenge Aevah was designed to solve. We've built push-button migration technology specifically for enterprises trapped in legacy Informatica environments. 

Here's how Aevah transforms the migration experience: 

One Platform. One Click: Aevah handles schema mapping, migration, and transformation automatically. No brittle pipelines. No endless consultant hours. Just intelligent automation that works. 

Automated Discovery & Assessment: Aevah analyzes your existing Informatica implementation, documents all configurations, match rules, and data models, and generates a detailed migration plan in hours, not weeks. 

Real-Time Parallel Operations: Run Aevah alongside Informatica during your transition period. Real-time synchronization means you test, validate, and build confidence before completing the cutover. Your business never experiences downtime. 

No-Code Stewardship: Aevah's modern interface reduces stewardship time by 50% while enabling business users to participate in data governance through conversational AI and intuitive, visual workflows. Stop paying for yesterday's complexity and eliminate IT bottlenecks. 

ML-Enhanced Data Matching: Built-in intelligence continuously improves matching accuracy, data quality, lineage tracking, and governance without manual tuning. 

Enterprise-Grade Security: Bank-level encryption, comprehensive audit trails, and compliance certifications that meet the most stringent industry requirements. 

60%+ Cost Savings: Replace complex Informatica toolsets and save over 60% on your MDM total cost of ownership through unified architecture and AI-powered automation. 

Your Next Move 

The data engineering landscape has fundamentally changed. What you knew to be true about MDM migration five years ago no longer applies. 

The question isn't whether to modernize your MDM. With rising demands for data accuracy, agility, and AI-readiness, the status quo becomes more expensive and risky every month. The question is: will you choose a migration partner that makes the transition fast, safe, and demonstrably valuable? 

Aevah doesn't just migrate your MDM. We transform how your organization thinks about data stewardship. Simple where it should be simple. Powerful where you need control. And fast enough to deliver ROI in quarters, not years. 

Your legacy MDM exit strategy starts here. 

Ready to experience push-button Informatica replacement? Schedule a personalized, no-risk pilot and see how Aevah delivers: 

• Faster time-to-value with implementation in weeks, not months 

• 60%+ lower total cost of ownership 

• AI-powered automation that eliminates manual bottlenecks 

• Unified, intuitive experience that empowers business users 

We'll analyze your Informatica environment and provide a detailed roadmap, timeline, and ROI projection with no commitment required. 

Because staying hostage to legacy complexity isn't a strategy. It's a risk you can't afford.