Importance of cloud benefits for organizations worldwide 2019-2022, by category

In 2022, 47 percent of respondents state that no vendor lock-in is the most important benefit of any one cloud to them. Vendor lock-ins are one of the most prominent worries involved in a multi-cloud strategy. Vendor lock-in refers to a situation in which a customer is dependent on a particular vendor for services and products, and the use of another vendor would cause substantial operational impact and drive up costs. As more businesses are relying on clouds, and are thus using multi-cloud strategies, avoiding possible vendor lock-ins move to the fore of any cloud strategy.

于2022年，受访者的47%表示，对于他们而言，避免供应商锁定是任何一家云服务提供商最重要的优势。供应商锁定问题是多云策略中最为突出的担忧之一。供应商锁定（Vendor lock-in）是指客户在服务与产品上对特定供应商产生依赖，而转向其他供应商将导致显著的运营影响并推高成本。随着越来越多的企业依赖云服务并采用多云策略，避免潜在的供应商锁定已成为任何云战略的核心关注。