REGULATION & LEGISLATION
EU Cloud Switching Fee Abolition: Eliminating Costs Does Not Make Data Migration Easy
The EU Data Act prohibits switching fees for applicable services starting January 12, 2027. Aside from scopes and exceptions, this article examines the remaining development and validation costs, as well as corporate migration readiness.

When companies attempt to change cloud services, the barriers they encounter go far beyond monthly subscription fees. The costs of extracting data, contract termination conditions, and development work to replicate the same tasks in another service all come together.…
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