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Theoretically, the shift could diminish the value of single-vendor platforms.

What The Cloud Above Obscures Inder Sidhu 2010

HP NAC, because it is tightly coupled to the HP switch management tool, does a good job of bridging the gap, as does Enterasys NAC, but these really are single-vendor exceptions.

Network access control management: Pick your poison 2010

But the HTML5 specification has been emerging as a potential rival and eventual replacement for single-vendor technologies such as Flash and Silverlight.

Microsoft Silverlight 4 tools released 2010

Until that year, GM outsourced almost all its technology to EDS, but in 2006 sought bids from other providers to get away from giant, single-vendor contracts.

Firms Jockey for Space in Services Justin Scheck 2010

Until that year, GM outsourced almost all its technology to EDS, but in 2006 sought bids from other providers to get away from giant, single-vendor contracts.

Firms Jockey for Space in Services Justin Scheck 2010

Some are point solutions, for example, focusing on just device management; other are single-vendor solutions, such as BlackBerry Enterprise Server and Microsoft's Systems Center Mobile Device Manager; still others are expanding to be more comprehensive.

Mobility as a managed IT service 2010

Until that year, GM outsourced almost all its technology to EDS, but in 2006 sought bids from other providers to get away from giant, single-vendor contracts.

Firms Jockey for Space in Services Justin Scheck 2010

As a separate, single-vendor solution it can be slow, buggy, hard to modify, and concentrates a lot of power into one company's hands.

HTML5 Is Coming: Ignore It at Your Own Peril - Jim Louderback - MediaBizBloggers 2009

As it did in the 80's, Steve Jobs 'obsession with single-vendor control and market exclusivity is biting him in the butt again.

Wired Top Stories 2008

In my latest Information Week column, I discuss the way that loose, single-vendor anti-copying systems like iTunes Music Store DRM are just as bad for the public (and even worse for the music industry) as tight, super-restrictive systems are:

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