Lock-in usually comes from proprietary management planes, custom APIs, and tightly coupled hardware-software bundles rather than from the physical infrastructure itself. Favor platforms built on open standards, container-based workload portability, and carrier-neutral facilities that let you change network or cloud providers without rebuilding. Asking specific questions about data portability, exit clauses, and how workloads can be re-homed during contract negotiations is one of the highest-leverage things an IT leader can do.
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