Sun Microsystems

Sun's Big Freeware Virtualization Tool Update

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:29:21 -0500

Sun has recently released a big update to their free VirtualBox virtualization tool, available to anyone who is interested, bringing it to version 3.0. With the update comes a myriad of updates and changes. For example, users are now able to run more graphically intensive applications in their guest operating system due to their support for 2.0 of the Open Graphics Library (OpenGL) standard. Also, support for USB devices has also risen.

Sun Microsystems Acquired by Oracle

Michael Santo — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:09:12 -0500

Oracle has snatched Sun Microsystems from the jaws of IBM, agreeing to a deal worth $9.50 a share or $7.4 billion ($5.6 billion net of Sun's cash and debt) on Monday.

WSJ: IBM in Talks to Acquire Sun Microsystems

Michael Santo — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:18:30 -0500

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) is in preliminary talks to buy Sun Microsystems for at least $6.5 billion in cash, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal (subscription required).

Sun’s financial problems: what comes next?

Armen Hareyan — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:01:41 -0600

Sun has today published a press release announcing that up to 18% of its global workforce is to be cut and that Rich Green, VP of Software, has resigned.

Sun distributing Microsoft toolbar, Google drops Star Office from its Pack

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:40:57 -0600

Microsoft has done a deal with Sun where its search toolbar is distributed with the Java runtime. The deal only applies to US Internet Explorer users who download the JRE. Previously Sun distributed the Google toolbar with Java.

Sun Microsystems to conduct research on optical chips

seher — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:46:41 -0500

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA), an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services, has been granted with about $44.3 million to investigate the influence of laser beam upon the movement of data between microprocessors.

Sun Announces Availability of Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software 2.0

harminka — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:55:56 -0500

New Solution Provides Secure Access to Information and Applications Through Virtual Desktop Sessions Across Any Operating System - Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris Operating System

Reuters Selects Sun Java Real-Time System Software

harminka — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:49:06 -0600

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA), today announced that a division of Reuters, PLC has selected the Sun Java Real-Time System to develop and deploy market-facing services.

Sun Microsystems to Acquire MySQL: Open

Armen Hareyan — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:19:27 -0600

Sun Microsystems Growth Strategy Accelerates With New Position in $15 Billion Database Market As Sun Acquires MySQL, Developer of the World's Most Popular Open Source Database.

Dell, Sun Microsystems Announce Solaris 10 Distribution Agreement

harminka — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:29:45 -0600

Dell and Sun Microsystems have signed an OEM agreement for Dell to make the Solaris Operating System (OS) and Solaris support services available directly to customers for select Dell PowerEdge servers.

Sun Microsystems Reports Results for First Quarter Fiscal Year 2008

harminka — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:54:54 -0600

Revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2008 were $3.219 billion, an increase of approximately 1 percent as compared with $3.189 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2007. Total gross margin as a percent of revenues was 48.5, an increase of 5.0 percentage points, as compared with the first quarter of fiscal 2007.

Sun Earns Prestigious J.D. Power and Associates Certification

harminka — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:11:29 -0500

Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) announced it is the first major network infrastructure solutions vendor to be certified under the coveted J.D. Power and Associates Certified Technology Service and Support Program.