Christensen questioned. YCH Group CIO Alec Ang, though, said his decision would depend on the type of applications deployed. It wouldn't make sense, for instance, to have three large ERP implementations, he noted, but said he would hunt out different options in market segments where several new technologies were still emerging. These concerns were echoed in another ZDNet Asia panel discussion held last month on converged infrastructure. Panelists highlighted that CIOs generally were advised never to over-rely on one single vendor. It reduced their bargaining power and limited them to the technology that one vendor provided. These are valid business concerns every CIO needs to seriously consider. And Oracle probably recognizes this too, since it also unveiled several new offerings for its partner ecosystem at the conference this week. Will its proposition be compelling enough for companies? I think a lot would depend on how well Oracle is really able to integrate its software and hardware products.