Vendor lock-in is one of the biggest sources of costs in running IT, Whitehurst says.
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To avoid vendor lock-in, there should be mechanisms for data exchange that encourage portability across platforms, they add.
To date, many enterprises have been reluctant to adopt mobile application platforms due to vendor lock-in or missing features.
Brian Doherty, managing director at NYSE Technologies, said takeup of MOMA was slower than the company expected because users feared vendor lock-in.
Many governments like Linux because it can cut costs and avoid vendor lock-in, and because they see open-source software as more trustworthy.
This also translates into cost savings and avoids vendor lock-in.
If the issue of vendor lock-in is not carefully managed, the cloud could represent a step backward in terms of its impact on flexibility and choice in the enterprise.
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Vendor lock-in may be unavoidable at this point, but what companies need to do is understand up-front what the exit strategy will be, and build those costs into the initial cost analysis.
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Only one thing will eliminate or reduce the risk of vendor lock-in in the long run: if end-user customers start demanding standardization and interoperability, just as they have in the past with on-premises applications.
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Reduce or eliminate vendor lock-in.
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In reality, OpenStack is dominated by vendor interests, where they want customers to adopt their own offerings, potentially to include proprietary lock-in.
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