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In Pictures: Sun's stars - Where are they now?

Sun was founded Andy Bechtolsheim, Vinod Khosla, Scott McNealy and Bill Joy in 1982. Sun went public in 1986 and was raking in $1 billion in annual sales by 1988.

By Julie Sartain | 14 May, 2013 08:05

Tags: PC, slideshow, Sun Microsystems, software, Components
SkySQL, MariaDB to merge

Two companies offering third-party support for Oracle's open-source MySQL database, as well as the MySQL offshoot MariaDB, have announced plans to merge.

By Chris Kanaracus | 23 April, 2013 13:56

Tags: business issues, MariaDB, open source, databases, applications, SkySQL, Sun Microsystems, software, Oracle, Mergers and acquisitions
How Arista Networks got out in front of the SDN craze

n this installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, Arista Networks CEO Jayshree Ullal spoke with Chief Content Officer John Gallant about the reality and hype around SDN, and why the data center requires a different network than your father's general-purpose Cisco net. She also explored how her work at Cisco shaped Arista's strategy, and shared insights on how Arista's partnerships with VMware and Cloudera are making it easier to move to cloud and embrace big data, respectively.

By John Gallant | 22 February, 2013 19:41

Tags: freemium, SDN, Networking, Sun Microsystems, Arista vs Cisco, cloudera, Stanford University, VMware, Arista Networks, LAN & WAN
Three years later, has Oracle's Sun buy paid off?

Oracle may have had its hands full lately dealing with Java security issues, but the company's acquisition of Java founder Sun Microsystems three years ago this month still has paid off, company President Mark Hurd said. An investment research firm, though, still has listed Oracle's Sun acquisition as reason to sell off Oracle stock.

By Paul Krill | 29 January, 2013 22:29

Tags: business issues, Sun Microsystems, Mergers and acquisitions, Oracle
Oracle's Java security head: We will 'fix Java,' communicate better

Oracle's head of Java security is promising the vendor will "fix" issues with the widely used programming language, as well as improve its outreach efforts to community members, following a spate of high-profile vulnerabilities.

By Chris Kanaracus | 25 January, 2013 20:56

Tags: application development, Languages and standards, security, Sun Microsystems, software, Exploits / vulnerabilities, Oracle

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Oracle takes apparent step toward standardizing on a single chip design

Oracle's unveiling of a batch of servers based on new Sparc processors marked what some analysts think is a step toward an expected standardizing of the vendor's two families of Unix servers onto a single chip architecture.

By James Niccolai | 08 April, 2013 10:08

Tags: hardware, servers, Sun Microsystems, hardware systems, Components, processors, Fujitsu, Oracle
IN PICTURES: Remember this? The rise and fall of Sun Microsystems

Sun was a tech juggernaut for nearly three decades. It was consigned to memory in 2009, but this year would have been its 30th anniversary so we give this former titan its due.

By InfoWorld staff | 28 January, 2010 11:32

Tags: Oracle-Sun merger, Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems, mysql, Oracle

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