No one likes a database migration thanks to its complex, time-consuming, and expensive process. But oftentimes they are necessary to address employee shortages, increase performance, and rationalize database standards. So what can you do to ease the headache?

This Forrester report explores a new approach to database migration, database compatibility layers (DCLs), designed to cut down on the hassle and speed the time of a migration. The DCL can cut migration time down to weeks or days while allowing existing applications to transparently access the newly migrated data base with minimal changes.