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Identity management heros and time-wasters
Dec. 01, 2008
A couple of weeks ago, in talking about the new Equifax issued digital identity card, I mentioned an online game that the Equifax folks provided to help you while away the time waiting to bulk-load your LDAP directory. ...
Struggling Sun faces difficult choices about future
Nov. 18, 2008
Bad times just keep getting worse at Sun Microsystems, and the vendor may face hard choices about which parts of its business to keep and which to shed.
Sun releases StarOffice 9
Nov. 17, 2008
Support for Mac OS X and improved document format support are some of the improvements in Sun Microsystems' StarOffice 9, which was released on Monday.
5 tech companies that could use a bailout
Nov. 17, 2008
While tech companies may not have the same level of clout among Washington policy makers as AIG or General Motors, many of the industry's biggest players have hit hard times in recent months and could certainly use a ...
Sun debuts Amber Road storage lineup, boosts performance with flash memory
Nov. 10, 2008
The use of flash memory to dramatically improve transaction processing highlights Sun Microsystems' new Amber Road line of storage appliances.
Microsoft signs MSN Toolbar deal with Sun
Nov. 10, 2008
People who download Sun's Java Runtime Environment will be offered the MSN Toolbar as well, through a search distribution deal Microsoft has struck with Sun, the companies will announce Monday.
Sun, IBM launch ODF tools initiative
Nov. 05, 2008
Sun and IBM are expected Wednesday to announce the Open Document Format Toolkit Union, an open-source project aimed at making it easier for developers to use ODF.
OpenSolaris for mainframe; Motorola field tests LTE
Nov. 04, 2008
A mainframe version of the OpenSolaris operating system is available for download, IBM and Sun announced Monday; Motorola has completed its first over-the-air data transmission using Long-Term Evolution -- or LTE -- ...
IBM, Sun release OpenSolaris OS on mainframe
Nov. 03, 2008
A mainframe version of the OpenSolaris operating system is now available for download.
Sun for sale? Dropping profits, stock price fuel speculation
Aug. 21, 2008
Sun could be for sale, analysts say.
Texas Memory hits 1 million IOPS with ultra-fast flash storage
Oct. 28, 2008
Texas Memory Systems has broken the 1 million input/output operations per second barrier with a flash storage system deployed by a U.S. customer.
What tech-industry CEOs are saying about the economy
Oct. 27, 2008
Here's the latest word from tech executives about current market conditions and the outlook for the rest of this year.
IBM aims for Linux customers; Novell, Sun, Oracle crank out identity and access wares
Oct. 22, 2008
IBM is targeting midsize business customers that use Linux with a new "baby" mainframe that costs just a fraction of the amount charged for the high-end mainframe IBM released in February; Novell, Sun and Oracle Monday ...
Novell, Aveksa unveil Novell Access Governance Suite; Quest details NetPro roadmap - ...
Oct. 22, 2008
There have been quite a few product announcements recently which I haven't gotten to as yet but I wouldn't want you to think they aren't important, or at least useful. So today I'll give a quick rundown of them with ...
Novell, Sun, Oracle crank out identity and access wares
Oct. 21, 2008
Novell, Sun and Oracle have announced updates to their identity-management platforms.
Google, Microsoft spark interest in modular data centers, but benefits may be exaggerated ...
Oct. 13, 2008
Modular data centers are catching on. But they raise new management concerns and efficiency claims may be exaggerated.
Sun adds muscle to Niagara server line
Oct. 13, 2008
Sun Microsystems has doubled the capacity of its Niagara servers with the four-socket Sparc Enterprise T5440 system, designed for running corporate databases and ERP (enterprise resource planning) applications.
MySQL cofounder David Axmark leaving Sun
Oct. 08, 2008
David Axmark, a cofounder and former lead engineer for MySQL, has resigned from Sun a few weeks after another cofounder said he may also leave the company.
Sun goes commercial with OpenSSO
Sep. 30, 2008
Sun Tuesday released a commercial version of OpenSSO offering full support and indemnity as it works towards its promise to open source all its software.
Mitel and Sun add unified communications to Sun's thin-client platform
Sep. 01, 2008
Late last month, Sun Chairman Scott McNealy, and Mitel Chairman Terry Matthews delivered a Webcast on their thoughts on convergence in a thin-client environment. The discussion follows two March 2008 announcements by ...
Users to meet with Sun over Intel support issue, 01/11/02
Nov. 28, 2008
Sun Microsystems dealt a double-blow to its users this week by ending the Solaris download program for Intel-based computers and saying it won't support Intel [[/news/2002/0108sunintel.html]] with its upcoming Solaris 9 ...
Struggling Sun faces difficult choices about future
Nov. 18, 2008
Bad times just keep getting worse at Sun Microsystems, and the vendor may face hard choices about which parts of its business to keep and which to shed.
Sun releases StarOffice 9
Nov. 17, 2008
Support for Mac OS X and improved document format support are some of the improvements in Sun Microsystems' StarOffice 9, which was released on Monday.
Microsoft amassing high-performance server software attack
Sep. 25, 2008
Microsoft has built a strategy around the planned early-November release of its high-performance computing server that it hopes will be the catalyst to deliver massive computing power for future applications.
GreenBytes Cypress aims to offer unlimited scalability in a small footprint
Sep. 23, 2008
A very cool company - GreenBytes - debuted last week introducing its Cypress storage system, a network-attached storage system that uses Sun's ZFS+ file system and Sun Fire X4540 Thumper storage boxes.
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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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