Proprieatary Threats: Vendor Dependence - Contd…
Basically is due to two reasons: First of all software owners have to update to the software, even if there is no reason to interest in doing so. Otherwise they risk facing a situation where there programs are not capable to process documents and files, created by newer versions of the same product. The second coercion to upgrade evolving from this dependent situation is the ending support of ‘older’ version.
This situation has thus major consequences for the cost side of IT management. Additionally for the costs for new licenses and update implementation, software users constantly have to be trained in new program versions. User performance in the phase after the implementation of the software always decreases. On the hardware side this dependency leads to an increase of expenditure.
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