Institutionalized Cloud Clients
(2020) SYSK16 20201Department of Informatics
- Abstract
- The paradigm of of cloud computing have brought with it the challenge of vendor lock-in, preventing customers from choose from alternative vendors and induces substantial costs for switching provider. Since only a limited number of in-depth studies who investigate the complexity of cloud lock-in problem within enterprise organizations exist, this thesis tries to describe the measures taken by companies to avoid the issue of vendor lock-in from a strategic perspective. The factors of measures taken were seen as Informed decision-making, Contract review and negotiation, and Risk mitigation. The study found that vendor lock-in is of secondary concern for deciding the actions of business enterprises, but that standard operating procedures and... (More)
- The paradigm of of cloud computing have brought with it the challenge of vendor lock-in, preventing customers from choose from alternative vendors and induces substantial costs for switching provider. Since only a limited number of in-depth studies who investigate the complexity of cloud lock-in problem within enterprise organizations exist, this thesis tries to describe the measures taken by companies to avoid the issue of vendor lock-in from a strategic perspective. The factors of measures taken were seen as Informed decision-making, Contract review and negotiation, and Risk mitigation. The study found that vendor lock-in is of secondary concern for deciding the actions of business enterprises, but that standard operating procedures and by prioritizing functionality and usability vendor lock-in risks can be lowered. (Less)
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- author
- Körner, Niclas LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- A description of SaaS vendor lock-in avoidance measures in organizations
- course
- SYSK16 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Cloud, SaaS, Vendor lock-in, Measures
- report number
- INF20-063
- language
- English
- id
- 9029167
- date added to LUP
- 2020-09-14 14:49:54
- date last changed
- 2020-09-14 14:49:54
@misc{9029167, abstract = {{The paradigm of of cloud computing have brought with it the challenge of vendor lock-in, preventing customers from choose from alternative vendors and induces substantial costs for switching provider. Since only a limited number of in-depth studies who investigate the complexity of cloud lock-in problem within enterprise organizations exist, this thesis tries to describe the measures taken by companies to avoid the issue of vendor lock-in from a strategic perspective. The factors of measures taken were seen as Informed decision-making, Contract review and negotiation, and Risk mitigation. The study found that vendor lock-in is of secondary concern for deciding the actions of business enterprises, but that standard operating procedures and by prioritizing functionality and usability vendor lock-in risks can be lowered.}}, author = {{Körner, Niclas}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Institutionalized Cloud Clients}}, year = {{2020}}, }