# On serverless, data lock-in and vendor choice

DevFeed: [On serverless, data lock-in and vendor choice](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/on-serverless-data-lock-in-and-vendor-choice-14144.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.serverless.com/blog/data-lockin-vendor-choice-portability>)

Author: Nick Gottlieb

Published: 2018-06-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Serverless Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/serverless-blog.md>)

Topics: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>)

Tags: [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [aws-lambda](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-lambda.md>), [cloud-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-computing.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [faas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/faas.md>), [function-as-a-service](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/function-as-a-service.md>), [infrastructure-as-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure-as-code.md>), [insights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/insights.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>), [serverless-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless-architecture.md>), [serverless-framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless-framework.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that data portability is central to preserving vendor choice and avoiding data lock-in in serverless systems.

## Source excerpt

Vendor choice is the most important thing IT leaders could be thinking about today. And the path to achieving it is data portability.