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Java development critical to Oracle Fusion strategy
Jul. 01, 2009
For developers, Oracle's Fusion Middleware 11g rollout on Wednesday emphasizes Java technologies, particularly the company's JDeveloper IDE, along with concepts including declarative programming and ALM (application ...
NetBeans IDE enhanced for teams, scripting
Jun. 29, 2009
etBeans, the open source IDE championed by Sun Microsystems, is being fitted with additional capabilities this week for development teams and scripting languages.
Sun tools upgrade geared for multicore apps
Jun. 23, 2009
Recognizing that developers these days must program for multicore processors, Sun Microsystems on Tuesday is releasing an upgrade to its native development tools package geared to this new responsibility.
Sun storage system delivers high performance
May. 04, 2009
Sun's latest addition to its high-end enterprise storage repertoire – the iSCSI-based Sun Storage 7410 Unified Storage System -- is certainly a high-performance offering, but in our testing we found some annoying ...
Sun reportedly cancels 16-core Rock processors
Jun. 17, 2009
Sun cancels a high-profile server chip project as Oracle prepares to acquire the company.
Data center derby heats up
Jun. 15, 2009
Network thoroughbred Cisco jumps into the blade server market. Server stallion HP adds security blades to its ProCurve switches. IBM teams up Brocade. Oracle buys Sun. And everybody courts that prize filly VMware.
In ...
Oracle: Late entry with strong bloodlines
Jun. 15, 2009
Two months ago, Oracle wouldn't have leapt to mind as a potential contender in the next-generation data center. But that was pre-Sun, pre-Virtual Iron. Now, all of a sudden, Oracle has an interesting data center story ...
Vendors pitch stripped-down servers to giant Web properties
Jun. 10, 2009
The explosion of giant Web properties has server vendors building a new kind of machine that is stripped down to the bare essentials and optimized for cost- and energy-efficiency, analysts say.
UnboundID's free sync server aids migration from Sun directory
Jun. 05, 2009
Directory and identity start-up UnboundID has released a free tool for Sun users to help them add missing capabilities to their directories and migrate off the platform.
Five technology bidding wars preceding EMC vs. NetApp
Jun. 03, 2009
As EMC and NetApp try to one-up each other for Data Domain, we take a look back at five previous technology bidding wars.
Data center network brawl
Jun. 03, 2009
Cisco has the much-touted Unified Computing System. How do the other big vendors stack up in the battle for the converged data center?
OpenSolaris 2009.06 filled with major virtualization, storage upgrades
Jun. 02, 2009
Sun Monday made available the OpenSolaris 2009.06 operating system, which included for the first time Sun's Crossbow technology for creating virtual network infrastructure on a single system.
Start-up tackles identity-as-service
Jun. 02, 2009
The mantra of the federation generation could be "no corporation is an island" and that's been taken as the marketing slogan for a new identity-as-a-service start-up called "GLUU."
Sun tests new Java Store, Java Warehouse
Jun. 02, 2009
Sun has opened up a test version of its Java Store, which it bills as a Web site where developers can connect with millions of computer users who run Java on their desktop.
Microsoft yanks 10 old patches down; smells like anti-Linux FUD | NetworkWorld.com ...
Jul. 01, 2009
Microsoft pulls old patches down that distributed the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine
RSA Preview; Oracle to buy Sun for $7.4B
Apr. 20, 2009
RSA Preview; Oracle to buy Sun for $7.4B
Sun begins new push into cloud services market
Mar. 18, 2009
Sun is making a fresh push into the cloud services market, starting with hosted computing and storage services that it will offer to developers later this year.
Sun and IBM score highest on Greenpeace Cool IT challenge
May. 27, 2009
Sun Microsystems and IBM scored the highest in the Greenpeace Cool IT challenge, which rated IT companies on the technologies they offer for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, their advocacy of global emission reduction ...
Sun seeks to build world's biggest App Store around Java
May. 20, 2009
Sun Microsystems plans to launch an App Store that could make Apple's look smaller than a 7-Eleven by comparison.
Sun shareholders file suit to block sale to Oracle
May. 08, 2009
Sun shareholders filed three separate lawsuits last month in an effort to halt the company's pending sale to Oracle, according to a filing Sun made with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Friday.
Consolidation, trading barbs
May. 05, 2009
It's been an interesting month in storage what with all the consolidation happening.
How we tested Sun's Storage 7410 Unified Storage System
May. 04, 2009
The test bed for this test consisted of four servers, an HP ML370G5 with dual Xeon 3.0GHz, 6GB RAM and dual gigabit Ethernet, an HP DL360G4p dual Xeon 3.4, 2GB RAM and dual gigabit Ethernet ports, and two SuperMicro- ...
Oracle, Sun deal brings back the glory days of FUD
Apr. 29, 2009
Last issue I started talking about the Oracle acquisition of Sun and what it means to the identity management industry and, most importantly, the identity management customers. One issue that cropped up in my ...
Oracle Leaves 'Em Wanting More on Its Plans for Sun
Apr. 27, 2009
Oracle's announcement last week that it plans to buy Sun raised questions about, well, almost every aspect of the blockbuster deal that would unite two Silicon Valley icons.
The biggest losers in the Oracle, Sun deal
Apr. 27, 2009
Last week was the annual RSA Conference, which was the reason for lots and lots of press releases being, well, released. Unfortunately (depending on your point of view), most of them got overlooked because two Silicon ...
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Sun profile
Overview
2005 NW200 rank: 19
2004 NW200 rank: 20
Revenue
| Total '05 revenue (in $M) |
|
11664 |
| '04-'05 revenue change |
|
4% |
| '01-'05 CAGR revenue |
|
-11% |
Profit
| Profit or loss (in $M) |
|
-122 |
| Change from '04 |
|
- |
| As percentage of revenue - |
|
- |
| CAGR, '01-'05 |
|
- |
Employees
| Number of employees |
|
31000 |
| '04 - '05 change |
|
-11
|
| Revenue per employee |
|
376258 |
Misc.
| Mkt Cap as of 3/19/05 ($M) |
|
17200 |
| Cash/investments ($M) |
|
|
| Year inc. |
|
1982 |
| Fiscal year ends |
|
June |
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