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SpringSource Buys Hyperic Title: SpringSource Buys Hyperic
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Filed in archive Business by jeff goldman on May 11, 2009

Enterprise Java vendor SpringSource has purchased Hyperic. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. "The move will expand SpringSource's Java offerings and allow the company to provide a more co...

Oracle and Sun: What's Next? Title: Oracle and Sun: What's Next?
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Filed in archive Business by jeff goldman on April 24, 2009

What's Next For Sun? Title: What's Next For Sun?
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Filed in archive Business by jeff goldman on April 10, 2009

IBM Buying Sun? Title: IBM Buying Sun?
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Filed in archive Business by jeff goldman on March 21, 2009

Tough Times for Java Coders Title: Tough Times for Java Coders
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Filed in archive Business by jeff goldman on January 24, 2009

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 7922307 Sun Microsystems announced 1,300 job cuts this week, hitting the Java community hard. "Sun's decision to dump 1,300 people was expected," no...

Sun in Trouble Title: Sun in Trouble
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Filed in archive Business by jeff goldman on November 22, 2008

Photo courtesy of iStockphotoSun Microsystems has announced plans to cut between 5,000 and 6,000 jobs - that's between 15 and 18 percent of its workforce. "It blamed the cuts on the global ec...

MySQL Co Founder plans to quit since current stay becomes unpleasant Title: MySQL Co Founder plans to quit since current stay becomes unpleasant
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on October 15, 2008

It was in the month of January that Sun Microsystems paid a whopping $1 billion to acquire MySQL but it seems cracks have already started to develop since the deal went through. David Axmark, co-fou...

Will Sun end up in some other hands? Title: Will Sun end up in some other hands?
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on August 28, 2008

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Alex Slobodkin'In 12 months, Sun will not be the same company it is now.' This is the prediction of Brian Babineau who is the analyst at Enterprise Strategy Grou...

Sun GlassFish and MySQL Unlimited: Implement across unlimited servers in your organization Title: Sun GlassFish and MySQL Unlimited: Implement across unlimited servers in your organization
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on June 28, 2008

Sun is trying to get into the good books of its customers and has released Sun GlassFish and MySQL Unlimited which is expected to ensure greater ROI and lesser cost of deployment and managing of datab...

Marriage of Dell and Sun: Will they or Wont they? Title: Marriage of Dell and Sun: Will they or Wont they?
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on May 30, 2008

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Thomson Chemmanoor Will they or Wont they? This is what is confusing minds out there who feel whether Dell would buyout Sun or not after HP went ahead to get EDS. Rumor...

100 % open source Java: Is the decision too late? Title: 100 % open source Java: Is the decision too late?
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on April 30, 2008

Finally after years of waiting Java will be going to be 100% open source. Certainly it's good news for developers but are they really happy with what is being termed as a very late action from Sun...

Steve Jobs: Should I marry Apple iPhone to Java? Title: Steve Jobs: Should I marry Apple iPhone to Java?
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on April 29, 2008

It seems Sun will only reach a high when it gets on Apple iPhone which it has been chasing like anything and in its Relentless pursuit both the sides have even ended up making statements which just wo...

Java Platform SE for Business unveiled Title: Java Platform SE for Business unveiled
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on April 8, 2008

This is a product which has been created on the basis of feedback received from its customers. It is Java Platform Standard Edition for Business which ensures better support, faster technology access ...

Java losing steam to newer languages? Title: Java losing steam to newer languages?
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on December 28, 2007

Java has played a very long innings and is one of the oldest programming languages but now it seems to be losing out steam to new age languages such as AJAX, PHP for creation of rich internet applicat...

Is Sun really in favor of open source? Title: Is Sun really in favor of open source?
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on December 12, 2007

Sun is facing criticism not from its competitors but its own former employees!! If we believe the words of this former Sun engineer then the company resorted to strong arm tactics to snatch control of...

Microsoft smiling over tussle between Sun and Google with emergence of Android Title: Microsoft smiling over tussle between Sun and Google with emergence of Android
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on November 29, 2007

In the tussle emerging between Google and Sun as a result of Android, Microsoft seems to be having the last laugh and we don't need to guess why. It all started when Microsoft emerged as a winner ...

Sun and Red Hat come together on Java front Title: Sun and Red Hat come together on Java front
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on November 6, 2007

Can you believe this? They used to share this love hate kind of relationship but ultimately gave in and now have come together for the better. If you have sensed it then I am talking about Red Hat and...

Leopard kicks out latest version of Java Title: Leopard kicks out latest version of Java
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on October 29, 2007

Mac users will surely not love this as the latest OS from Apple won't be running the latest version of Java. To your amazement Leopard has around three hundred new features but can you image it ca...

Sun offers free Office goodie with Java update but will it help? Title: Sun offers free Office goodie with Java update but will it help?
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on October 23, 2007

Sun means business every time and this time round its making efforts to off balance Microsoft Office by doling out Office.org downloads for free along with its regular Java updates. You must be wonder...

Are companies realizing their corporate social responsibilities? Title: Are companies realizing their corporate social responsibilities?
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on October 14, 2007

Today I will not talk about any application development or any other aspect of technology but social responsibilities of corporate. Somebody had said to me 'my friend if you have to run a business...

Will jPhone be able to displace Apple iPhone? Title: Will jPhone be able to displace Apple iPhone?
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on October 12, 2007

Sun was probably disturbed by the fact that Steve Jobs didn't get Java on iPhone and as a result it may soon come out with a competitor for Apple iPhone with the help of Samsung. Both the companie...

GlassFish V2 unveiled after success of GlassFish V1 Title: GlassFish V2 unveiled after success of GlassFish V1
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on September 17, 2007

Sun is moving slowly and sensibly towards its open source initiative and an after getting a warm reception for GlassFish V1 the company has announced availability of GlassFish V2. This new release bri...

How sensible is Sun's deal with Microsoft? Title: How sensible is Sun's deal with Microsoft?
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on September 14, 2007

Yesterday I talked about how Sun Microsystems was changing its style business where it was patching up with old enemies in its search for more opportunities but it seems the bourses haven't taken ...

Sun is trying to match changing business needs Title: Sun is trying to match changing business needs
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on September 13, 2007

The manner in which businesses are being conducted today has definitely changed from the time when they were conducted a few decades back when an enemy in business was an enemy and wars were fought pr...

UltraSPARC T2: The world's fastest commodity microprocessor from Sun Title: UltraSPARC T2: The world's fastest commodity microprocessor from Sun
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on September 10, 2007

As of now the market for commodity silicon and its powered devices runs into billions of dollars and Sun wants to milk it quite well. Sun has gone ahead and unveiled the world's fastest commodity ...

After Java Sun has ambitious plans for Solaris Title: After Java Sun has ambitious plans for Solaris
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on September 6, 2007

Sun is open sourcing Java to bring it back to the popularity charts and now its trying to deploy a strategy for making Solaris a star too. Just as Java is ubiquitous in cell phones, computers and embe...

Java on the path of revival with the booming cell phone market in developing countries Title: Java on the path of revival with the booming cell phone market in developing countries
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on September 5, 2007

Java, the mainstay of Sun Microsystems which had lost track somewhere in the process is on the revival path. Its open source initiative is expected to do some good to it and it is even looking forward...

I'm not worried about Java brand permanence, says Jonathan Schwartz Title: I'm not worried about Java brand permanence, says Jonathan Schwartz
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on August 31, 2007

Just a couple of days back Sun Microsystems changed its ticker symbol at NASDAQ to Java from the existing SUNW which created a lot of furor leading to lot of comments being bombarded on Jonathan Schwa...

Sun Microsystems bids adieu to SUNW ticker symbol in favor of Java Title: Sun Microsystems bids adieu to SUNW ticker symbol in favor of Java
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Filed in archive Business by gautam on August 27, 2007

It seems Sun is all geared to give a complete image makeover to Java and in order to make this possible the company has moved from its ticker symbol SUNW which had a long association with NASDAQ to Ja...

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