Decisions have consequences. The more you wield, the larger the impact your decisions have on the people around you. This is especially true for Oracle or HP.
Oracle’s decision to stop making new versions of its database software based on the Itanium chip has severe consequences for HP, which had planned a future for its servers running on Itanium technology. HP also claim it was an illegal move performed by Oracle, forcing HP’s Itanium customers to switch to Sun servers, a company which was purchased by Oracle last year. Furthermore they claim that Oracle terminated a long term contract in the development of Itanium technology with HP. Therefore, HP has filed a lawsuit against Oracle. It is important to review the consequences of these industry changes.
As for HP’s server division, if their lawsuit turns out to be unsuccessful, the consequence consists in shifting focus away from Itanium technology servers towards different technologies. This also has consequences on selecting their industry partners to effectively support this new roadmap. Next to this, HP will have to encourage their existing Itanium customers in changing their Itanium server for different technology servers. This might result in a potential loss of customers and damage to its brand name.
Do you think Oracle’s actions are to be considered unethically or do they have valid arguments to state their recent decisions?
The dispute between these two large companies has consequences for thousands of companies and governments far beyond their own industry and is a good example of the importance of competitive intelligence. Does your company have the processes in place to keep you up to date with the latest insights on the market environment? Do you understand your competitors, customers, suppliers, regulators and distributors?
The dispute between both these companies will impact thousands of companies. Whosoever may win this battle but the result will be a same i.e potential loss of customers and damage to the brand name.
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