InfoQ eMag: Cloud Portability @ InfoQ
Virtual Panel on (Cloud) Lock-In @ InfoQ
Everything Is “Lock-In”: Focus on Switching Costs @ InfoQ
"Coding in Java, buying SAP, deploying OpenStack, and using Amazon Web Services: each one introduces a type of lock-in. Lock-in–described by Wikipedia as something that “makes a customer dependent on a vendor for products and services”–is always a hot topic of discussion in the technology community.
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it makes no difference how hard you try- some form of lock-in is unavoidable. What matters most is understanding the layers of lock-in, and how to assess and reduce your switching costs."
