International Business News - SUN http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif The Oracle-Sun acquisition could thrive under oracle ownership according to analysts, but it could be a bleaker outcome for MySQL. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090420/sun-039mysql-could-thrive-under-oracle-ownership-analysts-view.htm Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:03:04 EDT Sun Microsystems shares rose 10 percent Thursday after its willingness to resume IBM acquisitions talks to complete the deal; however IBM is no longer interested. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090416/sun-shares-rose-on-ibm-willingness-talks.htm Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:13:11 EDT IBM's move to buy Sun have broken down, however, IBM is still the best option for the company, according to industry watchers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090406/ibm-still-best-option-sun-analysts.htm Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:40:53 EDT For IBM, buying Sun Microsystems Inc makes a lot of good business sense: It removes a competitor, strengthens IBM against rival Hewlett-Packard and picks up on the cheap the intellectual property of one of Silicon Valley's most respected companies. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211635-ibm.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090404/ibm-039buyout-sun-is-just-sense-analysts.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090404/ibm-039buyout-sun-is-just-sense-analysts.htm Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:29:37 EDT The combination of global titans IBM and Sun could be the most expensive ever acquisition in tech history, but according one analyst, this could also be the messiest. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090403/ibm-and-sun-merger-could-be-bloody.htm Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:48:23 EDT International Business Machines Corp said Thursday it will cut its bid for Sun Microsystems Inc to an offering price ranging $9 to $10 a share. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090402/ibm-cuts-bid-offer-sun.htm Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:44:25 EDT Sun Microsystems Inc. on Tuesday said it is laying off 1,500 workers in US and international operations, at “all functions, geographies and levels,” including vice presidents and directors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090331/sun-microsystems-layoffs500-workers.htm Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:11:30 EDT As IBM's negotiations to buy Sun Microsystems Inc enter another week, some analysts are weighing the risks in what could be the biggest U.S. technology deal this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090327/as-ibm-sun-micro-talks-drag-on-analysts-eye-risks.htm Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:16:23 EDT Sun Microsystems Inc, the darling of the dot-com boom, never really recovered from the bet it made on high-powered computers used to run the first generation of Internet datacentres. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211051-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090320/have-high-powered-computers-saved-sun.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090320/have-high-powered-computers-saved-sun.htm Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:06:51 EDT