Sun Microsystems

Sun Bets Big on 'Open-Source Storage' Market

ITworld staff — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:04:32 -0500

Building on 25 years of open system innovation and leadership, Sun announced its first open storage product line - 'Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems' radically simplifying the way enterprises manage their storage with breakthrough cost savings, speed and scale.

How will Sun's layoffs affect the channel?

dblacharski — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:11:39 -0500

Last week, Sun Microsystems announced that it would lay off somewhere between 5,000 and 6,000 employees, or about 15 to 18 percent of its workforce. It wouldn't surprise me if other big tech companies soon follow suit.

Top 10: Once again, worrisome financial news prevails

ITworld staff — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:22:16 -0500

Start to finish, the week was full of news related to the sorry state of the global economy, with Sun capping things off by announcing it will cut thousands of jobs. Casting a little hopeful light on yet another week of dismal news was optimism from IT professionals who say that, unlike with previous downturns, they aren't being ordered to make drastic cuts.

Sun reorganizes, cuts up to 18 percent of workforce

ITworld staff — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:21:54 -0500

Sun is laying off 15 percent to 18 percent of its employees as part of a restructuring plan aimed at saving $700 million to $800 million a year, and its top software executive is leaving the company, Sun said Friday.

Sun slashes up to 18 percent of workforce

ITworld staff — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:52:39 -0500

Sun announced Friday that it will cut up to 18 percent of its worldwide workforce to curb costs in the face of tough economic times.

Sun's board of directors approved a restructuring plan to slash costs by about US$700 million to $800 million annually, the company said in a statement.

Sun warns of revenue drop, big loss

ITworld staff — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:27:38 -0400

Sun Microsystems on Monday warned of a big loss for the first quarter of its 2009 fiscal year, issuing preliminary results that also showed revenue falling.

Fujitsu readies eight-core Sparc64 chip

ITworld staff — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:49:57 -0400

Fujitsu is developing an eight-core version of its Sparc64 processor, which should give a performance boost to the Sparc Enterprise Servers that Fujitsu jointly develops with Sun Microsystems.

Dell gains, Sun loses in worldwide server market

ITworld staff — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:31:29 -0400

Dell posted the biggest gains in worldwide server revenue in the second quarter, helping it to nudge Sun Microsystems out of third place, Gartner said Thursday. IBM retained the top spot but had slower revenue growth than Dell, while Hewlett-Packard stayed in second place with hardly any growth at all, according to Gartner's estimates.

Sun close to releasing xVM Server

ITworld staff — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:12:10 -0400

Sun Microsystems has begun an early access program for its xVM Server hypervisor, a key component of its nascent virtualization product line, and intends to make a publicly downloadable version available within about a month, according to a blog post Thursday by Steve Wilson, vice president of xVM at Sun.

Sun calls for SSD companies to unite on standards

ITworld staff — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:54:10 -0400

Players in the solid-state drive industry need to unite and establish an umbrella organization that establishes standards that define the technology, like its performance, a Sun Microsystems executive said on Monday.