Why the Management of Vendor Lock-in Is Strategically Relevant Again
The issue of vendor lock-in has never disappeared. It has merely been evaluated differently. For years, vendor lock-in was primarily treated as a cost and migration question: How expensive would a switch be? How complex would a re-platforming initiative become? Today, the question is more fundamental. Vendor lock-in increasingly intersects with regulatory fragmentation, geopolitical tensions, and extraterritorial legal frameworks. The risk is no longer purely technical or financial. It is structural. ...