ITPRO

Printed from www.itpro.co.uk

Register to receive our regular email newsletter at http://www.itpro.co.uk/reg/register.

The newsletter contains links to our latest IT news, product reviews, features and how-to guides, plus special offers and competitions.

Skip to navigation

results for 'sun microsystems'

Revenue losses

Sun’s revenue set to slide 30 per cent

Sun Microsystems has announced preliminary revenue losses of 30 per cent just days before stakeholders vote on Oracle’s acquisition offer.

By Jennifer Scott, 15 Jul 2009 at 11:52

Desktop Software/News

Rising earnings

Oracle boasts quarterly rise in earnings

Database company Oracle has released better than expected results for the second quarter of its 2010 fiscal year and remains positive about its...

By Jennifer Scott, 18 Dec 2009 at 11:51

Public Sector/News

Have IBM's buyout talks with Sun stalled on price?

IBM's $7 billion offer not enough for Sun Microsystems, according to reports.

By Ritsuko Ando, Reuters, 6 Apr 2009 at 08:22

Investment Management/News

Job cuts

Sun slashes 3,000 jobs

Sun Microsystems is set to let thousands of staff go, citing delays in its acquisition by Oracle as the cause.

By Jennifer Scott, 21 Oct 2009 at 11:36

Strategy/News

Oracle

Oracle to patch 66 security flaws

Critical patches for hundreds of Oracle products will be released tomorrow.

By Jennifer Scott, 17 Jan 2011 at 16:39

Security Appliances/News

Oracle logo

Solaris and Sparc roadmaps unveiled

Oracle forecasts the future roadmap for Sun and Solaris.

By Eric Doyle, 11 Aug 2010 at 15:27

Server/News

OS

UNIX still a hit for mission-critical systems

UNIX is still popular among its users for mission-critical systems, even though the OS has taken a hit in recent times.

By Tom Brewster, 25 May 2010 at 17:29

Server/News

Oracle logo

Oracle posts strong results, steals SAP market share

It has been a busy few months for Oracle but the work seems to have paid off with a double figure rise in sales and claims of a big steal in market...

By Jennifer Scott, 25 Mar 2010 at 16:06

Public Sector/News

Leaving job

Sun's head of open source leaves the company

Another Sun executive has left the building. This time it's the former chief open source officer Simon Phipps.<br> <br> <br> <br>

By Maggie Holland, 10 Mar 2010 at 10:31

Strategy/News

Servers

Fujitsu and Sun upgrade SPARC rack-mount server

An update to the SPARC Enterprise M3000 server claims to offer fast processing speeds and superior memory modules.

By Jennifer Scott, 14 Jan 2010 at 14:14

2U Servers/News

open source

UK lags behind in open source adoption

Survey results released today have shown the UK is lagging behind the rest of Europe when it comes to adopting open source software within small...

By Jennifer Scott, 30 Sep 2009 at 13:04

Public Sector/News

Oracle logo

Oracle’s revenue takes a hit

The latest results from database company Oracle have shown a drop in revenues for both sales and new software licences.

By Jennifer Scott, 17 Sep 2009 at 12:00

Server/News

Acquisition

EMC World 2009: EMC questions Oracle's motives

The conversation has been re-opened again this week with the chief executive of EMC saying he was sure Oracle had bought Sun for its software alone.

By Jennifer Scott, 18 May 2009 at 20:31

Storage/News

Oracle logo

Oracle buys up another software company

Oracle has refreshed rumours that software is its main interest with yet another acquisition, Virtual Iron Software.

By Jennifer Scott, 14 May 2009 at 11:22

Server/News

Sun Microsystems logo

Class action suits target Oracle’s acquisition of Sun

Three Sun shareholders have taken out class action suits against the firm in an attempt to stop Oracle’s acquisition.

By Jennifer Scott, 11 May 2009 at 11:20

Desktop Software/News

The Sun Storage 7410 Unified Storage System

Sun Storage 7410 Unified Storage System review

Sun delivers a unique network storage solution with more standard features than the rest and no hidden charges.

By Dave Mitchell, 15 Apr 2009 at 17:42

Storage/Reviews

Sun Microsystems logo

Sun launches VirtualBox 2.2

Sun has confirmed the release of virtualisation software VirtualBox 2.2.

By Jennifer Scott, 9 Apr 2009 at 15:03

Server/News

Analysis: How an IBM/Sun deal could change the IT industry

IBM is rumoured to be looking to buy Sun for £4.6 billion, creating a massive technology company.

By Janet Rae-Dupree, 19 Mar 2009 at 10:26

Strategy/News

Sun unveils new open storage lineup

The new family’s parent reckons the products will reduce costs by up to 75 per cent as well as simplifying storage management.

By Maggie Holland, 11 Nov 2008 at 12:03

Storage/News

Sun releases AMD Opteron-based servers

AMD strengthens quad-core market share with first Sun-based severs powered by delayed Opteron chip.

By Benny Har-Even, 14 May 2008 at 16:17

2U Servers/News

advertisement
Sponsored Links
Advertisement