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Tactic: Lock-in

Tactic sort: Dark Tactic

Type: Unsustainable Pattern

Category: cloud-computing

Tags:

Title

Lock-in

Description

Vendor lock-in is economically unsustainable for cloud users because the difficulty to change cloud provider diminish their bargaining power, prevent them from reacting if the provider fails to provide the agreed service or even threaten their business assets in case of data breach or cyberattack on the cloud provider side.

Participant

cloud-user, cloud-provider

Related artifact

Cloud technology used

Context

Choice of technology

Feature

Termination of the service

Tactic intent

Locking the cloud user in a specific technology, hence hindering the change for a different cloud provider

Intent measure

Cloud-provider changeability

Countermeasure

Standardization of cloud APIs and solutions that increase portability and interoperability

Source

*The Dark Side of Cloud and Edge Computing* by Klervie Toczé, Maël Madon, Muriel Garcia and Patricia Lago (DOI: https://doi.org/10.21428/bf6fb269.9422c084)