Aspasia Cloud Features

  • Fully integrated sales, lettings & property management.
  • Use on any internet connected device including iPhone, iPad, etc.
  • Minimal IT investment and support.
  • Integrated with Google Apps.
  • Automated electronic customer communications.
  • Full cloud computing architecture for the new digital age.

Data Migration: I have an established database and don't want to lose my data. What are my options?

It is not possible to offer any specific advice about issues surrounding the transfer of legacy data to a new system. A large lettings organisation with thousands of active tenancies under full management is a completely different scenario to a small residential sales agency. 

The options are simply a transfer of data by means of a computer software program or a transfer handled by a manual re-keying of data. Although the automated route can seem preferable, there are things that should be taken into consideration: 
  • How accurate is your database? Many windows based systems may have suffered from data replication issues and resulted in a high degree of inaccuracy. Migration of such data will mean that your new system will inherit the inaccuracies. 
  • What resources do you have in house? Do you have access to resources to key in data? 
  • What training benefits can be accrued? A benefit of keying in data is the embedding of skills in using new software. 
  • Can the software provider manage the data migration? Many suppliers will offer to migrate data to your new system. The costs of doing this will vary dramatically and you must build this cost into the overall investment in new technology. 
The Aspasia route: We will work with each customer separately to assess the best solution for you based on the above criteria. If migration of legacy data is deemed the best route, this will be managed by us in house. 

“The physical transfer of data for over 1100 properties was a challenge. The team at Aspasia wrote us a specific program and were very helpful during the transition but this is a challenge for any company changing their IT. This is especially critical with accounts information as data accuracy is vital and we set up a system to ensure accuracy, but it was a phenomenal level of work.” David McMaster, Chief Executive Residential Lettings and Management, Howards. 

“The fact that SPA could manage the transfer from GMW helped convince us that they were the right partner to go with but ultimately we decided not to use this facility. We took the opportunity to cull a lot of the old information and manually input the details we wanted to keep. This also had the advantage of helping people become familiar with the system.” Neil Moore, Director, Guy Leonard.