Sun Microsystems is not a name we often associate with education outside of high-end technical fields at the university level. Of course, Sun is responsible for OpenOffice and has recently acquired ...

A small Cardiff-based network service supplier, Purple Sun, has been forced to change its name after being threatened with legal action by Sun Microsystems, it is understood. Acting on the advice of ...

Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc. celebrated the official opening of the Sun[TM] Center of Excellence (COE) for Visual Genomics at the University of Calgary (U of C). This new Sun COE joins a worldwide ...

It was revealed today that the Board of Directors of Sun Microsystems unanimously approved a $7.4 billion takeover bid from the Oracle Corporation. The acquisition by Oracle of Sun Microsystems, known ...

SAN JOSE — In another sign of a brain drain at Sun Microsystems Inc., co-founder and renowned futurist Bill Joy announced Tuesday that he was leaving the network computing company to pursue other ...

Sun Microsystems Inc., the world’s third-largest maker of server computers, said Thursday that it would change its ticker symbol on the Nasdaq Stock Market to JAVA from SUNW, effective Monday. The new ...

Scott McNealy’s net worth in 2025 reflects his lasting influence in the tech industry and beyond. As a co-founder of Sun Microsystems, he played a pivotal role in shaping modern computing, pioneering ...

Oracle announced yesterday morning that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems, on the heels of a breakdown of a proposed acquisition by IBM. The transaction is valued at ...

When thinking about the future of Unix, it’s important to consider a bit of history, as well as current market dynamics. Look at different flavors of Unix — Linux and Solaris, for example. They ...

Sun Microsystems introduced a new virtualization service called Solaris On Demand, a software as a service (SaaS) program created to help the independent software vendor (ISV) community. Solaris On ...

Oracle Corporation, the large software database company, said Monday it will acquire the server company Sun Microsystems for $9.50 a share, or about $7.4 billion. It brings together two iconic Silicon ...

The truth is, our desktop computers today would have been classed as supercomputers only a few decades ago. There was a time when people who needed real desktop power looked down their noses at anyone ...