{"id":10379,"date":"2026-11-09T09:37:40","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T07:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/?post_type=event&#038;p=10379"},"modified":"2026-11-10T08:47:05","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T08:47:05","slug":"webinar-cloud-strategy-changing-world-managing-vendor-lock-in","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/events\/webinar-cloud-strategy-changing-world-managing-vendor-lock-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar: Cloud Strategy in a Changing World \u2013 Managing Vendor Lock-In"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Event Info<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong> November 10, 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time:<\/strong> 9:00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Duration:<\/strong> Approximately 60 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Online<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Language: <\/strong>Finnish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cloud services can accelerate development, but provider-specific technologies can make future changes difficult or expensive. Our experts will discuss how to assess those dependencies and decide when the benefits justify the trade-offs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to expect<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Data sovereignty:<\/strong> Why storing data in the EU alone doesn&#8217;t address every concern.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vendor lock-in:<\/strong> How managed services and provider-specific technologies affect workload portability.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Architectural flexibility:<\/strong> How open technologies, modular architecture, and multicloud approaches can help preserve your options.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This session is for IT leaders, architects, and specialists reviewing their cloud strategy or considering European alternatives to hyperscalers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet our speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Samu Saarniluoto<\/strong>, UpCloud<br><strong>Pekka Honkonen<\/strong>, Platform Architect, Ambientia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hosted by <strong>Timo Humalam\u00e4ki<\/strong>, Ambientia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Event Info Cloud services can accelerate development, but provider-specific technologies can make future changes difficult or expensive. Our experts will discuss how to assess those [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":89722,"template":"","event-category":[211,214,220],"class_list":["post-10379","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/10379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/10379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10389,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/10379\/revisions\/10389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upcloud.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-category?post=10379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}