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The Motley Fool
September 15, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Oracle's Gift to Growth Investors Oracle must lose some dead weight before closing the Sun deal.   |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Cue the Titanic Culture Clash! An internal memo gives us a glimpse into the minds of Sun's leaders -- and it doesn't look good. |
The Motley Fool
November 6, 2007
Anders Bylund |
You Can't Be Everything Under the Sun Sun's scatter-shot strategy could use a fragment of fresh focus. The company reported another lukewarm quarter. |
InternetNews
December 4, 2008
Paul Rubens |
What Will Become of Sun Microsystems? Whether Sun rises on its own or another OEM comes to its rescue, the future isn't looking so bright for the former Silicon Valley giant. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Sun Is Overdone Pick a business or split in two. This indecision won't cut it. |
InternetNews
January 16, 2008
Sean Michael Kerner |
Sun to Nab MySQL For $1 Billion In a surprise move, Sun Microsystems today said it's acquiring privately held open source database vendor MySQL AB for approximately $1 billion. |
The Motley Fool
April 6, 2009
Anders Bylund |
IBM's Sun Deal Flames Out But this star may rise again. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Oracle's Pyrrhic Victory? Oracle is navigating its way through European regulations. But what's the point? |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Oracle's Not Backing Away From IBM Larry Ellison seems to be serious about keeping Sun's hardware business. He's trying hard to keep those precious customers, too. |
InternetNews
December 15, 2009 |
HP Gets Aid in Wooing Sun's Server Customers HP is enlisting some aid in making its play for Sun customers even strong. |
InternetNews
March 18, 2009
Andy Patrizio |
Would a Sun-IBM Marriage Work? Overlapping products and vastly different cultures will present challenges in a merger between IBM and Sun. But if they make it work, the results could be great for both sides. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Sun Rising Slowly The numbers are in, and it looks like Sun Microsystems is tumbling into the end of its fiscal year. Sales and operating earnings came in at the low end of official guidance, making the stated goal of 4% operating margins by next quarter seem a bit further away. |
InternetNews
April 20, 2009
Alex Goldman |
Oracle Buys Sun in IBM's Wake Oracle reveals a few details of its strategic vision for the merger with Sun. |
BusinessWeek
November 29, 2004
Jim Kerstetter |
Will Solaris 10 Make Sun Shine Again? The new operating system, while powerful, probably won't jolt earnings on its own. It could be a year or more before investors know whether Sun is in the middle of a hard-fought return -- or a tech giant that couldn't change with the times. |
The Motley Fool
September 3, 2009
Tim Beyers |
Europe to Larry Ellison: It's On, Maybe EU regulators open an antitrust investigation of Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems. |
InternetNews
September 21, 2004
Clint Boulton |
Sun Woos Financial Customers on Wall Street The systems vendor looks to court financial services customers with the promise of computing via Solaris on Opteron. |
BusinessWeek
October 2, 2006
Steve Hamm |
Sun: Out From Behind The Clouds Sun's new CEO Jonathan I. Schwartz is drawing raves for the company's growth spurt, but can it last? |
InternetNews
October 20, 2008
Andy Patrizio |
Sun Preliminary Quarterly Figures Show a Drop While not final, they tend to be a fairly accurate indicator of where things will fall, and in this case, they are falling short. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2009
Eric Jhonsa |
Why Oracle's Getting More Than It Bargained For Sun's earnings show just how weak its hardware business is. |
InternetNews
June 2, 2004
Michael Singer |
Open Sourcing Ahead for Solaris Sun may be broadening its horizons but critics are concerned the company is again giving its bread and butter away. |
InternetNews
August 2, 2004
Michael Singer |
Sun's Disruptive Acquisition: Novell Courting the Linux crowd or undermining IBM? |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2009
Anders Bylund |
IBM Won't Buy Red Hat, but You Should Red-hot Red Hat looks tempting to investors -- but not to corporate takeout kings. |
InternetNews
May 17, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
Solaris to Linux Migration? IBM Happy to Help IBM and Linux distributor Red Hat have Sun Microsystems' Solaris in their sites with an aggressive new Solaris to Linux Migration Factory program. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Foolish Forecast: Rising Sun Sun Microsystems is set to report earnings for second-quarter 2007. Investors, here's what to expect. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Sun's Devious Diversion Enterprise hardware and software vendor Sun Microsystems reported earnings last night with a decidedly just-the-facts press release. |
InternetNews
June 29, 2004
Michael Singer |
McNealy: Java Communities Colliding CEO Scott McNealy appeals to Microsoft and Red Hat to join the JCP, and challenges IBM to open its source code. |
The Motley Fool
November 15, 2006
Tom Taulli |
Sun Sips More Java Java has been a great success story for Sun. But to push things forward, the company has made it open-source. Is it enough to make a difference? Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
June 27, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Sun And IBM Come to Terms Sun Microsystems and IBM put aside their differences over open source and extended their technology agreement for another 10 years. |
InternetNews
May 4, 2009
Alex Goldman |
IBM Attacks Oracle With Sun Processor Bounty IBM claims to be the only major open source vendor that's increasing its market share and a new offer aims to accelerate the trend. |
InternetNews
September 13, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Sun, Accenture Sew Up SOA Deal Sun Microsystems today said it has inked a deal with consulting giant Accenture IBM to work on secure service-oriented architectures for their joint customers. |
InternetNews
September 7, 2005
Clint Boulton |
Sun Microsystems Refreshes Partner Program Looking to reinvigorate its partner program, Sun Microsystems said it will replace its iForce program with the Sun Partner Advantage Program. |
InternetNews
August 10, 2010 |
Oracle Reveals Solaris 11 Plans Solaris 11 will include new features and also incorporate technologies developed as part of the openSolaris project. |
InternetNews
February 26, 2008
Sean Michael Kerner |
Sun Looks Ahead After $1B MySQL Deal Sun's $1 billion bid to acquire privately held open source database developer MySQL is now a done deal with the official closing of the acquisition. |
InternetNews
August 3, 2004
Michael Singer |
Red Hat, Sun Spark Middleware Turf War Instead of going directly to Sun for the Java code they used to make their new application server, Red Hat went overseas to a French-owned open source organization. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Sun Is Setting On Schedule Database titan Oracle has received clearance from American antitrust regulators to go ahead with its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems |
InternetNews
March 31, 2004
Michael Singer |
Sun Forecasts 'System' Commoditization VP Jonathan Schwartz points to free hardware (and for that matter, software) in exchange for some juicy recurring service contracts. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Sun Goes Down With a Whimper Sun Microsystems, the former high-tech superstar, will slip away quietly, in the dark of night, when its acquisition by Oracle closes sometime this summer. |
InternetNews
March 25, 2009
Owen Linderholm |
Sun Sees the Cloud as Its Chance to Shine Jonathan Schwartz says Sun's in great position to take advantage of burgeoning interest in cloud computing - and avoids hints on IBM. |
InternetNews
April 14, 2004
Joshua Greenbaum |
An Open Letter to McNealy: Turn to the Enterprise Some thoughts on what might give Sun Microsystems' business a much-needed lift. |
InternetNews
February 9, 2009
Sean Michael Kerner |
Why MySQL's Exec Exits May Not Burn Sun A pair of high-profile executive departures could cause trouble for Sun's $1 billion database play. Then again, they might not. |
Bank Systems & Technology
April 20, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Oracle to Buy Sun Microsystems After original deal with IBM collapsed, Sun has found itself a new acquirer in Oracle. |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Sun's Cloudy Vision Sun Microsystems publishes a train wreck of a quarterly report. |
InternetNews
April 3, 2009
Andy Patrizio |
IBM's Takeover of Sun Heads for the Finish Line? After fading from the front page, the talk of an IBM/Sun Microsystems merger came roaring back to the forefront on late this week following a report in the New York Times that the talks were approaching the final stages, and Sun had dropped its asking price. |
The Motley Fool
January 16, 2008
Anders Bylund |
The Sun Sets on MySQL Platform specialist Sun Microsystems ponied up $1 billion in cash and assumed options to buy privately held MySQL AB, taking its first step into the database sector. |
InternetNews
August 16, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
Sun, IBM Link up to Support Solaris on x86 Sun Microsystems has partnered with IBM to optimize and support Solaris on IBM's x86 System x and BladeCenter servers. |
InternetNews
November 3, 2004
Michael Singer |
Open Source Solaris Stalls If you were expecting a sneak peak of an open source Solaris or to buy a commercial version next week when it launches, don't hold your breath. |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2005
Ben McClure |
Is Buying Sun a Bright Idea? Whether you love or hate Sun Microsystems depends on your investment style. |
InternetNews
October 12, 2009 |
Oracle's $10M Database Server Challenge On the eve of Oracle OpenWorld, the Sun bosses try to convince the audience that they and the EC have nothing to worry about. |
Insurance & Technology
May 15, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Implications of Oracle/Sun Slight for Insurance in the Short Term Oracle's bid to acquire Sun is groundbreaking from a general technology point of view, but its meaning for the insurance industry is likely to manifest itself over a longer timeframe as the vendor's strategy evolves. |
InternetNews
April 5, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
Sun's Financial Strategy -- Can It Work? Sun and Microsoft's deal may not help hide Sun's perilous position in the marketplace. |
