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CDK to Karmak Migration: 8 Things Nobody Tells You

We've sat on both sides of a few CDK-to-Karmak migrations now, and there's a gap between what the migration consultant tells you and what your IT team actually has to deliver. These are the eight things we wish someone had told us the first time.

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