Enterprise migration architecture
Decades of point-to-point integrations lock institutions into legacy systems no one dares touch. We publish the exact blueprints for unwinding them into hub-and-spoke architecture — and execute the migration under liability.
§01 · Diagnosis
When a Tier 1 hub is hardcoded directly to every operational spoke — parking, dining, card access, the LMS — the estate becomes a dependency graph no one can hold in their head. One API change cascades into a dozen silent breaks.
The cost of untangling the web is the only reason institutions keep antiquated software alive. That cost is the problem this platform exists to quantify and remove.
§02 · Architecture
Route every spoke and the legacy ERP through an integration platform that standardizes data into a canonical model. Systems stop knowing about each other. They know only the contract.
The payoff: when the organization eventually deprecates its core ERP, the surrounding operational software never notices. The hub absorbs the change; the spokes keep running.
Legacy systems get wrapped in modern REST APIs and published into a canonical layer. Migration becomes a sequence of isolated, reversible steps instead of one high-stakes cutover — which is exactly why it can be done without downtime.
§03 · Open knowledge
Precise, step-by-step blueprints for the transfers that stall migrations. The theory is free. Establishing that we know these systems to the field level is the point.
Term codes are the spine of every downstream academic record. This pathway walks the canonical mapping from Banner validation tables to Workday academic period objects, and the edge cases that silently corrupt enrolment history at cutover.
The data moves easily; the business logic buried in packages, triggers, and stored procedures is the real project. A pathway for auditing and porting PL/SQL surface area before you commit to a cutover date.
Salesforce EDA models people and relationships, not registrar records. This pathway covers the canonical contact/affiliation mapping and the webhook bridge that keeps EDA current without a nightly batch that is always one day stale.
§04 · Diagnostic
Describe your current stack. The model scores migration risk across four dimensions and surfaces the combinatorial dependency surface most audits miss. The full remediation report is generated to your inbox.
Your remediation plan is compiled against the risk profile above. Recommended entry point:
Reference — quoted on the discovery call to skip the intake.
§05 · Engagement model
Enterprise trust is earned in steps. Each tier is a fixed-scope deliverable that de-risks the next, so a $250k migration is never the first thing anyone signs.
A two-week deep dive into your specific estate that produces a custom migration roadmap and dependency map.
Triggered by a High risk score → map dependencies before the core ERP is touched.One isolated integration built and shipped — a legacy module wired to a modern SaaS through the canonical layer, with the safeguards that stop it crashing production.
Triggered at the end of a pathway → "no internal team to build this bridge?"Fractional lead systems architect overseeing the full transition to hub-and-spoke, once an audit or bridge has proven the execution.
Triggered by a delivered T1 or T2 → the trust already exists.Architectural execution behind larger consulting firms. They sell the digital-transformation strategy; we build the database and middleware that makes it real.
Outbound → consultancies without a systems-integration bench.§06 · Engage
Tell us the system, the target, and the specific pathway you were reading. The discovery call opens on your actual SQL or API constraint — not a sales script.