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A firm's ERP is hosted by a single vendor on a proprietary platform, and switching providers would require re-implementing most modules. This dependence is best described as:
This is vendor lock-in: the firm depends on one vendor's proprietary platform, so changing providers would need costly re-implementation of modules. It is distinct from data redundancy, phishing or parallel conversion, which are unrelated concepts.
- AData redundancy
- BVendor lock-inCorrect
- CPhishing exposure
- DParallel conversion
Explanation
Dependence on one vendor's proprietary platform, making a switch costly and disruptive, is vendor lock-in. Data redundancy is duplication of data, phishing is a social-engineering attack, and parallel conversion is a cut-over method.
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