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Sun Microsystems

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Sun Microsystems is a multinational vendor of computers, computer software and hardware, and information technology services. Sun is a proponent of open systems in general and UNIX in particular and a major contributor of open source software.

Sun filed its initial public offering on March 4, 1986, and it used the stock symbol SUNW until 2007, when it began to use JAVA to promote brand recognition. Sun was purchased by Oracle Corporation in 2009.

Recent Milestones

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  Sun Microsystems added Andy Laverty as Acting CFO EMEA, ASIA PAC. (1/1/10)
  Posted 4/21/13 at 9:53am
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  Sun Microsystems was acquired by Oracle Corporation for $7.4B. (4/20/09)
  Posted 4/20/09 at 7:36am via techcrunch.com
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  Sun Microsystems acquired Q-Layer. (1/7/09)
  Posted 1/7/09 at 12:06pm via techcrunchit.com
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  Sun Microsystems — NBC selects Sun to power live streaming of Olympic Games (7/14/08)
  Posted 7/14/08 at 11:15am
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  Sun Microsystems added Vinayak Katkar as Campus Ambassador. (7/1/08)
  Posted 4/12/13 at 5:39am
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  Sun Microsystems acquired Montalvo Systems. (5/2/08)
  Posted 7/8/09 at 3:38pm
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  Sun Microsystems added Rajesh Ramchandani as Sun Cloud Market Development. (4/1/08)
  Posted 1/3/12 at 4:24pm
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  Sun Microsystems added Zack Urlocker as VP Database products. (3/1/08)
  Posted 12/17/08 at 6:03pm
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  Sun Microsystems acquired Innotek. (2/20/08)
  Posted 1/19/09 at 2:04am via venturebeat.com
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  Sun Microsystems acquired MySQL for $1B. (1/1/08)
  Posted 1/16/08 at 9:25pm
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  Sun Microsystems invested in Infobright. (1/1/08)
  Posted 3/23/09 at 12:54pm via infobright.com
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  Sun Microsystems invested in Greenplum Software. (1/1/08)
  Posted 1/23/08 at 1:29am via techcrunch.com
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  Sun Microsystems added Sujit Nair as Member Technical Staff. (5/16/07)
  Posted 3/4/10 at 11:11pm
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  Sun Microsystems acquired SavaJe Technologies. (5/1/07)
  Posted 7/14/11 at 6:26am via gigaom.com
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  Sun Microsystems added Andy Laverty as Vice President, IBIS. (1/1/07)
  Posted 4/21/13 at 9:53am
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  Sun Microsystems added Saad Munif as eCommerce Intern. (6/1/06)
  Posted 5/10/13 at 9:55am

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Uploaded: 5/11/09

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Sources

1. Oracle To Buy Sun For Approximately $7.4 Billion - Hold On To Your Hats (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Sun Microsystems Acquires Q-layer To Expand Cloud Computing Offerings (techcrunchit.com) [edit]
3. Cap Index Report [edit]
4. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
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6. Sun sets on SavaJe (gigaom.com) [edit]
7. About Netbeans (netbeans.org) [edit]
8. Infobright Raises $10 Million in Series C Funding (infobright.com) [edit]
9. Greenplum Takes $27 Million Series C (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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