Metric Value Migration Duration 6 months Total Records Migrated 2.3 million System Downtime 12 minutes The client approached us with a Windows Server 2003 system running a custom-built ERP solution written in Visual Basic 6. The database consisted of 187 tables spread across three SQL Server 2000 instances. Daily operations processed approximately 45,000 transactions, with peak loads causing response times exceeding 30 seconds. The system connected to 47 different third-party services through a mix of SOAP, flat file transfers, and screen scraping. Technical debt had accumulated to the point where simple changes required weeks of testing. The original development team had long since moved on, leaving behind 1.2 million lines of undocumented code. Database triggers numbered in the hundreds, with business logic scattered between stored procedures, VB6 modules, and ActiveX components. The client spent $87,000 monthly on infrastructure and maintenance, with costs increasing 15% annually.…