Tagged: Sun Microsystems & News
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Silicon Valley is hot again, claims Sun News
08.12.2006 Demand for innovations that fuel the internet is up and Silicon Valley is hot again, claimed Sun country sales manager for Ireland Declan Carr in his predictions for 2007. He...Tags: Sun Microsystems -
Sun shines on revenues, cuts losses News
27.10.2006 Server and software giant Sun Microsystems this morning reported a 17pc year-on-year increase in revenues to US$2.7bn in its first quarter results.Categories: BusinessTags: Sun Microsystems -
Sun to axe up to 13pc of workforce News
01.06.2006 Sun Microsystems has unveiled a restructuring plan that will see the company cut between 11pc and 13pc of its workforce, some 4,000 or 5,000 people. The plan includes several...Categories: BusinessTags: Jobs, Sun Microsystems -
Sun sets up for future as McNealy steps down as CEO News
25.04.2006 Sun Microsystems chief executive Scott McNealy, one of the most outspoken and sometimes controversial figures in the IT industry, has stepped down from his role at the computer...Tags: Sun Microsystems -
The Friday Interview: Roland Noonan, Horizon Open Systems News
04.11.2005 When Roland Noonan ( pictured ) took up his current position as managing director of Horizon Open Systems (HOS) in July 2002, the company was in the throes of the technology...Categories: CIOTags: Sun Microsystems -
Sun enters laptop market News
28.06.2005 Sun Microsystems today introduced the company’s first-ever laptop computer, the Sun Ultra 3 Mobile Workstation, which uses Sun’s Sparc microprocessor and the Solaris operating...Categories: CIOTags: Sun Microsystems -
Sun teams up with Bono to fight poverty in Africa News
28.02.2005 Sun Microsystems is to help Bono to electronically enlist people into the One Campaign, a non-profit initiative launched by the singer and social activist to raise the voices of...Categories: CIOTags: Sun Microsystems -
Sun sets Solaris free News
18.11.2004 Sun Microsystems has finally launched Solaris 10, the latest version of its Unix operating system, which has been developed at a cost of US$500m, making it Sun’s most important...Categories: CIOTags: Sun Microsystems -
Sun consortium rolls out IIB Bank’s treasury system News
09.08.2004 IIB Bank has signed a deal whereby Sun Microsystems, Horizon and Sabeo are to roll out a full Sun-based infrastructure to support IIB’s large-scale treasury system.Categories: BusinessTags: Sun Microsystems -
Sun shines on strong quarter News
21.07.2004 Sun Microsystems claims to be back on the right track after reporting a strong performance its fourth quarter results. The computer maker saw sales jump for the first time in...Categories: BusinessTags: Sun Microsystems, Results -
Sun confirms Dublin layoffs News
26.05.2004 Sun Microsystems has confirmed that 24 workers at its East Point Strategic Software Development Centre are to be made redundant. A further 180 jobs at Sun in the UK are also to...Categories: BusinessTags: Employment, Sun Microsystems -
Sun Q3 revenues fall 8.2pc News
16.04.2004 Sun Microsystems, which is in the process of culling 9pc of its workforce or some 3,300 workers, has reported a decline in its third quarter revenues by 8.2pc on the previous...Categories: BusinessTags: Sun Microsystems, Results -
Harsh reality drives Sun pact with rival Microsoft News
12.04.2004 The recent entente between long-time rivals Sun and Microsoft has its roots in new competitive realities facing both firms, according to analysis from Gartner. Meanwhile IDC...Categories: CIOTags: deals, Sun Microsystems -
Sun to cut 9pc of workforce; fate of Irish workers unclear News
02.04.2004 Sun Microsystems is to cut 3,300 jobs, or 9pc of its global workforce, following an earnings warning. A spokesperson for the company’s European Software Development Centre in...Categories: Business -
WIT wins the war as Java robot tanks do battle News
15.03.2004 Students from Waterford Institute of Technology have won the second annual Robocode programming competition – a virtual game where teams use the Java language to build robot...Tags: Sun Microsystems, Java, -
Dublin strategic in Sun’s assault on Windows News
29.01.2004 Key elements of Sun Microsystem’s Java Desktop System (JDS), which is attempting to tackle the virtual monopoly of Microsoft Windows on corporate desktops, have been developed...Categories: CIO -
Public sector opens up its systems News
29.01.2004 In the past few years, Linux and other open source products have been steadily gaining market share at the expense of proprietary software from the established vendors such as...Categories: Government -
Sun steadies the ship News
16.01.2004 Struggling computer maker Sun Microsystems has stemmed the losses of recent quarters with a solid set of results.Categories: Business -
Dublin strategic in Sun’s Microsoft desktop assault News
08.01.2004 Key elements of Sun Microsystems’ Java Desktop System (JDS), which is attempting to tackle the virtual monopoly of Microsoft Windows on corporate desktops, have been developed...Categories: -
Network computing still at the heart of Sun News
10.12.2003 Berlin was the venue for Sun Microsystems customer, analyst and media conference, SunNetwork– the first time the event has been held outside of California. Considering the...Categories: CommsTags: Sun Microsystems