Corporate data are often the most valuable assets that companies need to access, analyze and therefore preserve to ensure business continuity. As technologies are evolving rapidly and the volume of data explodes, the easy response to this challenge is to outsource the whole problem to external IT companies that can provide attractive cost effective solutions. However, this does not come without the risk of creating uncontrolled external dependencies and vendor lock-in that are irreversible and can endanger the core business itself and even threatening its survival.
This presentation will present some issues and discuss some mitigations strategies that can be adopted in designing the solutions.