Sun Microsystems

Sun Ray Software 5 Debuts New Software Client Enabling Centralized Desktop Access From Windows PCs

SANTA CLARA, Calif. November 10, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced the availability of Sun Ray Software 5, which brings remarkable enhancements to the virtual desktop experience and helps to increase data center efficiency. Sun Ray Software 5 is a secure, cost effective solution that delivers a rich, virtual Windows, Linux or Solaris Operating System desktop to nearly any client device including Windows PCs and Sun Ray thin clients.

Redwood Shores, Calif. – November 9, 2009 -- Oracle's acquisition of Sun is essential for competition in the high end server market, for revitalizing Sparc and Solaris and for strengthening the Java development platform. The transaction does not threaten to reduce competition in the slightest, including in the database market. The Commission's Statement of Objections reveals a profound misunderstanding of both database competition and open source dynamics.

Provides Developers With Access to Millions of Paying Consumers for Java Applications

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. November 3, 2009 At PayPal X Innovate 2009, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced an alliance with PayPal to support application payment in the Java Store Beta and enhancements to the beta user experience.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. DENVER, CO -- November 3, 2009 -- Showcasing its Open Computing portfolio and partner solutions at the Educause Conference 2009, Sun Microsystems is reinforcing its position as a leader in open source technologies for the education community. It today announced that Columbia University will use an open source Sun solution to run its digital preservation project, and also that the University of Zurich is deploying Project Wonderland projects to advance an ambitious global eLearning initiative.

Delivering Innovations in User Experience, Performance, Interoperability and Search to Industry-Leading Mail, Calendaring and Instant Messaging Platform

SANTA CLARA, Calif. September 29, 2009 To meet the messaging and collaboration needs of the world's largest telcos, leading service providers and most demanding enterprise customers, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: JAVA), today announced availability of Sun Java Communications Suite 7.

SANTA CLARA, CA, August 19, 2009 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced that its Sun SPARC Enterprise servers with chip multi-threading (CMT) technology set three new world-records on industry-standard e-mail serving and Java benchmarks. These records highlight the enterprise-class performance and significant infrastructure and management cost savings Sun's Open Network Systems with the Solaris Operating System (OS) deliver through the convergence of compute, networking and storage.

SANTA CLARA, CA and Tokyo, Japan, July 21, 2009 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) and Fujitsu (TSE:6702) today enhanced the performance and virtualization capabilities of their chip multi-threaded (CMT) SPARC Enterprise server lines with the addition of 1.6 GHz UltraSPARC T2 and T2 Plus processors and a new release of Logical Domains (LDoms) virtualization software, leveraging the latest release of the Solaris Operating System (OS).

Highlights:
- CMT Servers with New 1.6GHz UltraSPARC T2/T2 Plus Processors Set World Records on Enterprise Benchmarks

New Servers Deliver Breakthrough Performance, Efficiency and Cost Savings for Enterprise Applications

SANTA CLARA, CA, July 21, 2009 -- Enhancing its Open Network Systems architecture, which converges compute, networking, software and storage, Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced new 1.6 GHz processors for its chip multi-threaded (CMT) Sun SPARC Enterprise systems running the Solaris Operating System (OS); new Sun Logical Domains (LDoms) virtualization software, leveraging the latest release of the Solaris OS; and, new Open Network Systems-based solutions aimed to help incre

SANTA CLARA, CA, July 16, 2009 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) announced that at a special meeting of stockholders held on July 16, 2009, its stockholders adopted the merger agreement entered into with Oracle Corporation, under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash.

Approximately 62% of the shares of Sun common stock outstanding as of the record date for the meeting voted to adopt the agreement.

Enables Millions of Developers to Connect Via NetBeans IDE and Project Kenai

SANTA CLARA, CA, June 29, 2009 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) and the NetBeans developer community today announced the availability of the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE) 6.7. This new version of NetBeans features tight integration with Project Kenai, Sun's collaborative hosting site for free and open source projects. Developers can download the free, full-featured NetBeans IDE 6.7 at netbeans.org.