Huawei part ways with Oracle as they start their own ERP System

Huawei has replaced Oracle as they developed their own enterprise IT management software and chips, moving away from its reliance on US technology and shaking off the effects of being placed on a US trade blacklist.

In a statement that was made last week Thursday, Huawei has replaced its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system with their own new ERP and that they “has full control”.

The company dedicated three years to working on their new enterprise system, MetaERP, calling it “the most extensive and complex transformation project Huawei has ever undertaken”,  with thousands of staff.  Huawei director, Tao Jingwen said in a statement that some of their partners, cybersecurity firm QI, Xin Technology Group, Kindgdee International Software Group, and Kingsoft have contributed to building the new enterprise system.

Since 2019 the company can’t use any American technology without any licence, their dependence on Oracle became futile when the Texas-based firm stopped providing software upgrades and onsite services after Washington’s trade curb.

Washington has created a series of restrictions on China’s tech industry. Companies that are perceived as national champions, such as Huawei and Semiconductor Manufacturing International have been blacklisted by Washington. The US also implemented severe controls on the export of chips and chip-making equipment to China, effectively barring the world’s biggest contract chip maker, Taiwan’s TSMC, from making cutting-edge silicon for Chinese clients.

The telecommunication company is trying to cut off all dependencies on foreign suppliers and try to develop its own key technologies.

The Chinese President, Xi Jinping, has ordered the country to limit the use of foreign supplies and start to increase the use of their own homegrown alternatives. The President pledged more funding and tax stimuli to key research institutes.