Don’t Panic!

“Don’t Panic” is the friendly advice from Douglas Adam’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

 

This is also the advice given by the Burton Group concerning HP’s recent “Identity Retrenchment”:

First and foremost, current HP customers should not panic. HP has no intention of abandoning its existing Identity Management customers.  Your first step should be to contact HP for clarification of the situation; HP is in the process of reaching out to all of its Identity Center customers, and you are undoubtedly already on their radar.  Existing customers will, however, need to decide going forward whether they will stick with their investments or consider moving to another product. Even if the decision is to move to another product, HP’s strategy and commitment allows customers to exit in an orderly and timely fashion.

Then comes the bad news for HP customers:

After not panicking, existing customers must think strategically. It’s fair to assume that HP will not be able to keep pace on product enhancements when compared to other vendors who are fully committed to the IdM market and who are deriving revenue from new product sales. Organizations with HP Identity Center deployments will need to evaluate all of their options going forward.

Interesting times.