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vs. Oracle over Itanium: A look at your options  Summary: The
Oracle/HP/Itanium dust up puts customers in the middle.
Fortunately, they have many options to consider.  Oracle
announced that it was going to drop support for HP's Itanium
systems in May 2011, pointing out that Red Hat and Microsoft had
made similar announcements in 2009 and 2010 respectively. Oracle
also said, "Intel management made it clear that their strategic
focus is on their x86 microprocessor and that Itanium was
nearing the end of its life.” Intel, of course, and HP disagreed
with Oracle's assertion and countered with statements that they
were still committed to Itanium. HP has taken its complaint
against Oracle to court.  Putting the customers in the middle
While this drama plays itself out in court litigation, customers
that have deployed HP's Itanium servers to run Oracle's database
software have to consider their options and alternatives and
select an appropriate course