Intel To Lay Off 1000 Manager'sJuly 14th, 2006 Intel said that it would lay off 1,000 managers which is about 1 percent of its work force. Last month, Intel said it would sell its money-losing communications chip business to Marvell Technology Group for $600 million.
BEA SmartConnect 3.0 Enables Rapid SOA Application Development for Enterprise Resource Planning AppsDecember 15th, 2007 BEA SmartConnect 3.0 aims to reduce total cost of ownership and time-to-market for ERP applications by allowing rapid development of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) based applications. BEA SmartConnect 3.0 consists of complete connectivity solution designed to allow service-enabling enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications to quickly build new service-oriented architecture (SOA)-based applications.
Live Blogging from JavaOne Conference 6-9 May in San FranciscoMarch 21st, 2008 I got an invitation for covering JavaOne and received a Press pass for the conference. I am planning to attend the conference from 6-9 May in San Francisco and live blog about the event.
Understanding Colocation, Dedicated Hosting, Managed Hosting & Fully Outsourced SolutionsJuly 13th, 2007 Any growing business has to eventually move to high end web hosting solutions like Colocation, Dedicated Web Hosting, Managed Hosting or Fully Outsourced solution. Let's look at the advantages and disadvantages of each solution.
Oracle Releases PeopleSoft Enterprise Performance Management 9August 30th, 2006 Oracle has continued its push into business intelligence analytics by releasing PeopleSoft Enterprise Performance Management 9. The release adds broader enterprise planning and compliance management capabilities, as well as more features specific to higher-education institutions, including a Campus Solutions Warehouse module.
Top 10 Rules for IT Integration / Consolidation ProjectsJune 23rd, 2006 The top ten rules for any integration or consolidation project in a large company are always the same.
Pure Java Emulation of x86 with Fully Virtual PeripheralsFebruary 16th, 2008 JPC is a pure Java emulation of an x86 PC with fully virtual peripherals. It runs anywhere you have a JVM, whether x86, RISC, mobile phone, set-top box, possibly even your refrigerator! All this on top of security and stability of Java technology and cross-platform capability.
Free Enterprise CRM and Groupware Software to WatchJanuary 13th, 2006 The EGS team announced the first candidate release of EGS 1.0. Enterprise Groupware System which provides businesses with an internal Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) accounting solution.
Top 10 Best Things About Scott Not Being the CEO of Sun MicrosystemsJune 1st, 2006 This is the list of top 10 best things about Scott not being the CEO of Sun Microsystems (as said by Scott himself at JavaOne) :
10. He doesn't have to apologize for "stuff I say to Wall Street."
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Working on Site Accessibility & Dedicated Web Hosting Provider LookoutJuly 13th, 2007 I had several reports from users that the site is inaccessible from certain ISP's including but not limited to CableVision. I did everything to figure out what went wrong without much success.
Heard on Twitter...April 27th, 2008 "Are you doing SEO for lonely middle age men looking for their next young bride?"
"Because brain eating zombies and hotties were not enough, you can now, apparently buy and sell me on facebook...?"
How Can Sun Monetize Java?May 7th, 2008 The burning question at JavaOne 2008 on lots of developers and businesses mind was how Sun was ever going to monetize all the cool technologies at JavaOne? If Sun goes down, so does the technologies it championed. I got the opportunity to ask the questions on the Java panel for media, to JavaFX lead and others.
Justice Department wants more information about Oracle's takeover of Sun MicrosystemsJune 27th, 2009 Regulators extend review of Oracle's Sun takeoverREDWOOD SHORES, Calif — The Department of Justice wants more information about Oracle Corp.'s planned takeover of computer server maker Sun Microsystems Inc., extending the agency's review of the $7.4 billion deal. Software maker Oracle said in a statement Friday that the Justice Department has extended its initial 30-day review period to seek additional information.
SUN Announced an Alliance with Emerson for Data Center TechnologyAugust 11th, 2009 SUN Microsystem, the computer hardware and software vendor made an announcement with Emerson, an Electrical product Manufacturing company that they will collaborate each other in terms of business technology for further improvement of energy efficient data centers. Although, none of the companies announced further financial details.
How To Setup Your Small Business Website, Email... For $5.99 per YearSeptember 11th, 2006 I am talking about setting up a full featured website for your small business or personal use with your own domain and receiving your emails@your-domain.com address. You can setup emails for yourself and your employees.
June 14th, 2006 at 4:42 pm
This is indeed very nonsense. Sun has always said that its software business (Java) which doesn’t make any direct profit for Sun, helps it sell its hardware products, that make profit for Sun.
By selling its hardware business, Sun won’t have any profit ever after…
June 14th, 2006 at 10:11 pm
Sun has pretty much lost its edge in hardware to intel chips. It is very hard these days to compete with Intel, unless you are already AMD, even in workstation niche, which was Sun’s forte.
Sun’s latest announcements do seem to be targeted towards steering the company in the direction of services like IBM. IBM has successfully sold its hardware division to Lenovo and now its thriving on services.
Java and Soalris are Sun’s intellectual properties. It can leverage its Java and Soalris knowledge base in services.