Sun: Promise of Red-Shift, Risk of Virtualization

I last looked at Sun Microsystem (JAVA) back in April of this year, focusing on Sun’s approach to start targeting “red-shift” markets, and taking advantage of new opportunities being created by disruptive technologies like SaaS and Web 2.0/3.0 to open up new growth markets. This was an interesting direction given that Sun’s CEO of 22

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Way to go, SUN!

WSJ reports: :: Sun is announcing plans to offer cable operators and other telecommunications companies new hardware and software for delivering streams of video. Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim designed the system, which is being unveiled at the Tribeca Film Festival today in New York. The Sun Streaming System, as the company calls it, includes the

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Will Sun Shine Again?

Struggling under the pressure of a vertically integrated business that had become obsolete over the last 7 years since the dotcom bust, Sun Microsystems changed CEO in April 2006. Scott McNealy stepped down after 22 years at the helm. Jonathan Schwartz assumed the chief executive’s responsibilities. In the last 12 months, however, dotcoms have come

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If I Were Jonathan Schwartz

SUN’s two key questions.