One of the most significant benefits true open source software provides is the ability to avoid vendor lock-in. This allows you to reduce costs, increase your pace of innovation and generally take ...

Major IT government software contractors like Microsoft and Oracle routinely lock federal agencies into sole-source contracts using monopolistic methods that cost the taxpayers hundreds of millions of ...

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Does the word lock-in send shivers up your spine? Does vendor lock-in keep your CIO or CTO up at night? Is lock-in really costing organizations tons of money in 2022? The short answer is, no. Two to ...

We are in an era where technological advancements define competitive edges. To stay relevant, companies must embrace agility, scalability and innovation. For many organizations, the path forward ...

One of the primary reasons companies fail to innovate is that they are locked into a specific vendor’s technology. Watch out for these pitfalls. In order to remain competitive, today’s businesses need ...

Is your technology roadmap serving your business goals—or your vendor's bottom line? While you're fighting for every dollar to fund innovation and growth, your biggest software vendors are ...

As the buzz around network function virtualization (NFV) continues to grow, particularly within the mobile service provider market, carriers are in trials to virtualize key functions within the ...