Huawei launches in-house software system after US sanctions

China’s Huawei Technologies is replacing internal software management systems it once sourced from U.S. vendors with its own in-house version, hailing it as a victory over U.S. curbs that once threatened its survival.

Huawei held an internal ceremony to celebrate the switch to its own ‘MetaERP’ (enterprise resource planning system) in South China, attended by the Huawei’s rotating Chairperson Meng Wanzhou.

“We were cut off from the old ERP system and other core operation and management systems three years ago,” said Tao Jingwen, a Huawei board member and president of its quality, business process and IT management department. “Today we are proud to announce that we have broken through that blockade, we have survived!”

Huawei said in a news release that the in-house Meta-ERP has been rolled out across 80% of the company’s business,

Tao’s speech did not mention if Huawei intended to commercialise its ERP system and compete with the likes of Oracle and SAP. It however provides a potential new business line for the company which has been expanding into areas in a bid to survive under U.S. pressure.

In May 2019, the U.S. Commerce Department added Huawei to a trade blacklist over alleged security concerns the company denies.