Data Field Expansion | Legacy System Expansion

Accommodating the Future - The Long and Short of Field Expansion

If your company runs on legacy systems, chances are you may have to modify or expand critical data fields in your mainframe databases to accommodate the demands of the future. To ensure continuity of your business in a dynamic business environment, your data fields must be able to cope with everything from a growing customer base to new accounting methods; new regulations to emerging standards; changes in telephone and zip codes to switch overs from numeric to alphanumeric codes…

	In the 1980s, not many foresaw the extent of Y2K, which turned out to be computing's biggest field expansion challenge. You can't predict the future. But you can prepare for it! Accommodating the Future: The Long and Short of Field Expansion, a book written by Mastek's team of experts, readies your company for the challenges of tomorrow.

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