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Week in review: McNealy's sunset

April 28, 2006 Two Silicon Valley CEOs announce dramatic company structure changes in bids to become more competitive. TAGS: Scott McNealy, Jonathan Schwartz, Net Neutrality, Sun Microsystems Inc., Week in review, layoff, bid, CEO, Silicon Valley, co-founder, reader, chairman, software company, Intel

McNealy--an engineer's witty patron

April 25, 2006 Known as much for his wit as his business acumen, Sun's outgoing CEO backed his engineers until it hurt. TAGS: Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems Inc., engineer, Jonathan Schwartz, dot-com, CEO, Silicon Valley, face, Linux, server, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Amazon: Utility computing power broker

November 16, 2006 Not content with being a powerful online commerce company, Amazon is intent on reinventing itself around Web services. TAGS: utility computing, Amazon.com Inc., Web service, line of business, Jeff Bezos, computing, e-commerce, Sun Microsystems Inc., developer, CEO, IBM Corp., eBay Inc., HP

Sun posts profit, gets private investment

January 23, 2007 Server maker's profit beats Wall Street expectations, and private equity firm KKR invests $700 million. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, investment, buyout, private equity, expectation, Wall Street, CEO, server

Sun to unveil data center in a box

October 17, 2006 CEO Jonathan Schwartz to show off "Project Blackbox," data center equipment packaged in stackable containers. Video: Sun's 'portable' data center Photos: Project Blackbox TAGS: data center, container, Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, computing, equipment, power, CEO, backup, server, video

McNealy: Rehired CFO a top pick from the start

February 27, 2006 Sun CEO says Mike Lehman was always in the running to return to post and not a last resort. TAGS: Scott McNealy, CFO, Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems Inc., salary, pick, bonus, search, CEO, server, Dell

XenSource gets new CEO, direction

February 15, 2006 Open-source start-up names Veritas veteran Peter Levine to top post, while two co-founders depart from company. TAGS: Peter Levine, XenSource Inc., Xen, co-founder, VERITAS Software Corp., foundation, open source, CEO, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, OEM, IBM Corp., operating system

Sun likes what it sees in the new GPL

February 9, 2007 Patent protections are just part of why version 3 of the license might be good for open-sourcing Java and Solaris, CEO says. TAGS: GPL, Sun Solaris, GPL 3, Jonathan Schwartz, GNU, Free Software Foundation, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPL 2, GPLv3, open source, kernel, community, Java, Linux, interview, license

Potential Sun Grid customer: No thanks

March 13, 2006 RightNow could be an ideal Sun Grid customer, but its CEO is leery of reliability, control and cost issues. TAGS: RightNow Technologies, managed hosting, Sun Microsystems Inc., software-as-a-service, Jonathan Schwartz, reliability, SAP AG, data center, IBM Corp., CEO, information technology, server

Internet deals of the damned

October 10, 2006 More often than not, big Internet acquisitions turn out to be disappointments, or at least a bit ahead of their time. TAGS: Spyglass, Mirabilis, VA Software Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., acquisition, Netscape Communications Corp., founder, IPO, PayPal, America Online Inc., software company, CEO, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., YouTube, TV

Choosing tech's heirs with care

September 19, 2006 More and more technology companies are navigating the gap between charismatic founders and efficient managers. TAGS: succession planning, heir, Scott McNealy, CEO, General Electric Co., technology company, co-founder, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., process, Apple Computer, database

Like father, like Sun

March 6, 2006 Scott McNealy's server ads resemble those his father oversaw a generation earlier hawking cars for American Motors. Photos: Ads by McNealy and son TAGS: Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems Inc., DaimlerChrysler AG, similarity, Sun Solaris, father, car, acquisition, CEO, server, e-mail

The $100 box? It's already here

May 12, 2006 While Gates and Negroponte fire off at each other, CNET News.com's Charles Cooper finds a no-name upstart that's beaten both to market. TAGS: Bill Gates, co-founder, eMachines Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., CEO, Microsoft Corp.

RSA: Consumer trust and the government's thrust

February 17, 2006 special coverage Without e-tail security, Americans may dump their Net-buying habits. Meanwhile, the U.S. works to batten down its hatches. TAGS: RSA Security Inc., Newsmaker, CEO, conference, VoIP, rootkit, agency, Sun Microsystems Inc., bank, password, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Network Appliance benefits from data storage demand

March 13, 2000 In the past five months, investors have been seduced by the maker of high-speed data storage server computers, sending its stock up from about $31 in November to its Friday closing price of $238.66. TAGS: Network Appliance Inc., data storage, NetApp, market capitalization, EMC Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., CEO, Yahoo! Inc., server

Ubuntu 'Feisty Fawn' released, hit by traffic

April 19, 2007 New 7.04 version features virtualization and crash-reporting tool--but only if you're able to download it. TAGS: Sun NetBeans, Project GlassFish, Ubuntu, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, virtualization, Red Hat Inc., computer company, Novell Inc., open source, CEO, server, Dell, operating system

HP prepares 'infinity' campaign for Itanium servers

March 3, 2006 HP hopes a new advertising symbol will regain some of the delayed Itanium chip's lost momentum.Photo: Itanium 'infinity' campaign TAGS: Intel Itanium, Montecito, infinity, Mark Hurd, RISC, alliance, Paul Otellini, compiler, Intel, Sun Microsystems Inc., HP, CEO, IBM Corp., event, chipset, California

Google builds an empire to rival Microsoft

September 21, 2005 Search giant could become more important than Redmond rival, says author who has studied its patents and engineering. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Google Inc., network computer, author, Sun Microsystems Inc., Internet search, Oracle Corp., CEO, Microsoft Corp.

In tough spot, Fiorina touts Net Renaissance

November 13, 2000 Just hours after her company's bleak earnings news, the company's chief executive touts a second Renaissance for the Internet. TAGS: Carly Fiorina, Jini, E-speak, COMDEX, vision, Sun Microsystems Inc., Nokia Corp., CEO, HP, cell phone, Bluetooth, printer
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