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| Jun.23 |
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Shares down on hardware sales |
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| Jun.24 |
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Oracle Income Jumps On Sun Acquisition |
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| Jun.4 |
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Oracle Cutting More Ex-Sun Workers' Jobs |
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| Feb.4 |
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Sun CEO: Twitter quitter Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced his resignation via a Twitter haiku, adding a poetic flourish to the end of his company
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| Jan.27 |
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Oracle completes Sun acquisition |
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| Jan.21 |
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EU clears Oracle takeover of Sun The European Union cleared proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc., saying it would not significantly affect competition in the...
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| Dec.14 |
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E.U. warms to Oracle-Sun deal European Union regulator are softening their opposition to proposed $7.4 billion takeove, a shift that has resurrected some investors' hopes
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| Oct.29 |
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CEO's pay package cut by a third in '09 |
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| Oct.20 |
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Sun Micro Slashing Up To 3,000 Jobs| Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to eliminate up to 10% of its worldwide work force, as it awaits a takeover by Oracle, a deal being held up by Europe | |
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| Sep.3 |
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EU Applies Brakes To Oracle-Sun Deal European Union regulators are launching a formal antitrust investigation into Oracle Corp.'s proposed $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsyst...
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| Aug.28 |
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Sun posts $147M loss as Oracle deal looms |
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| Jul.14 |
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Sun Predicts Weak Results
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| Apr.20 |
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Oracle To Buy Sun For $7.4B| Oracle Corp. is pouncing on an opportunity that opened up after rival IBM abandoned an earlier bid to buy computer server and software maker | |
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| Apr.5 |
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Sun deal cloudy after IBM pulls offer Sun terminated IBM's status as its exclusive negotiating partner; the two sides were still talking
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| Mar.21 |
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Possible roadblocks if IBM to acquire Sun
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| Mar.18 |
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IBM May Buy Sun Micro| Sun Microsystems shares soared after a published report said IBM is in preliminary talks to buy Sun for at least $6.5 billion in cash | |
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| Nov.14 |
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Sun To Cut 6,000 Jobs Sun Microsystems plans to cut up to 18% of its global work force, as sales of its high-end computer servers have collapsed
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| Sep.24 |
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Sun CEO gets $11M 2008 pay package
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| Aug.1 |
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Sun Expands Stock Buyback
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| Jul.15 |
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Sun Micro predicts 4Q above Street
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| May.1 |
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Sun swings to 3Q loss, shares tumble
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| Jan.16 |
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Sun to buy MySQL for $1 billion Open-source software maker MySQL AB's technology is used by some of the world's biggest Web sites
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| Nov.6 |
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Sun Microsystems Sees 1Q Profit
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| Aug.7 |
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Sun Microsystems to Reduce Work Force
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| Jul.31 |
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Shares jump 11% on 4th-quarter profit
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| Apr.24 |
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3Q Profit, But Shares Fall
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| Jan.23 |
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Profit After Years In Red
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| Jan.22 |
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Sun to Use Intel Chips in Some Servers |
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| May.31 |
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Sun to Cut Up to 5,000 Jobs Sun Microsystems planned to reduce 37,500-person work force by 11% to 13% to return to
consistent profitability
| The cuts, over the next six months, will cost from $340 million to $500 million over the next
several quarters
The plan includes selling real estate and exiting leases.
It will save from $480 million to $590 million.
Chief executive McNealy had argued against more drastic work force reductions
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| May.12 |
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Sun seeks buyer for Newark site |
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| Apr.24 |
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McNealy steps down as CEO| Sun Microsystems' Scott McNealy replaced by Jonathan Schwartz, who had served as COO and president. Scott McNealy, 51, is ending a long career as one of Silicon Valley's most colorful and controversial CEOs. McNealy will rem... | |
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| Dec.15 |
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Google, Microsoft and Sun to fund lab |
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| Oct.4 |
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Google, Sun target Microsoft Office |
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| Sep.28 |
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Schwarzenegger holds town hall meeting Gov. got a brief walk-through of Sun Microsystems' headquarters before a meeting of Silicon Valley's brightest minds
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| Jun.2 |
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Sun buys StorageTek for $4.1 billion Sun Microsystems has signed a deal to buy the technology firm to become more competitive in business data storage
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| Apr.30 |
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Stock rises on report of sale
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| Nov.5 |
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Sun finalizes accounting for settlement
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| Sep.20 |
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Sun embraces Linux, targets Red Hat
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| Jul.20 |
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4th-quarter profit as sales rise
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| Apr.16 |
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Sun promises MS deal will boost finances |
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| Apr.15 |
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Larger-than-expected loss
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| Apr.2 |
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Sun settles with Microsoft, cuts 3,300 job Struggling server maker reached a sweeping, $1.6 billion settlement and plans to cooperate with its longtime nemesis
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| Jan.15 |
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2nd-quarter loss narrowed; revenues fall
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| Dec.15 |
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$291,000 fine for illegal exports to China
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| Sep.30 |
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Sun stock plummets
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| Sep.29 |
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$1.05 billion charge for fiscal 4th quarter Sun Microsystems revised its quarter results after realizing its first-quarter loss will be greater than expected
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| Sep.18 |
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Sun to cut another 1,080 jobs Troubled computer and software maker plans to cut another 3% of its work force to return to sustained profitability
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| Sep.9 |
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Co-founder, chief scientist to leave
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| Jul.22 |
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4th-quarter revenue falls 13% Earnings failed to meet expectations as Sun Microsystems continued to struggle with weak demand
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| Jun.26 |
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Sun Lost Appeal on Java |
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| Apr.16 |
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Small third-quarter profit |
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| Jan.16 |
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$2.3 Billion Loss |
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| Dec.23 |
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Microsoft Ordered to Carry Sun's Java |
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| Oct.17 |
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Sun posts $111M loss, to cut 4,400 jobs Sun Microsystems will cut 11% of its work force to bring its expenses in line with sales, despite results that beat expectations
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| Oct.1 |
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Feds investigating exports |
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| Aug.29 |
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Sun to hit bottom part of revenue Sun Microsystems expects to land in the 'bottom part' of its revenue target range for the current quarter
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| Aug.9 |
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Sun Microsystems Loaned $6.3 Million |
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| Jul.19 |
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Sun Shares Off 27%
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| Jul.18 |
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Returns to profitability in fourth quarter
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| Jul.9 |
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Pioneer of Gnutella dies at 25 Belmont: Gene Kan, an unofficial spokesman for file-swapping Gnutella, found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound
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| Jun.24 |
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Layoffs allegedly favored foreign workers
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| May.1 |
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Sun president stepping down
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| Apr.18 |
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Narrower third-quarter loss |
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| Mar.8 |
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Sun sues Microsoft
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| Jan.18 |
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Sun beats expectations |
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| Oct.18 |
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Sun beats expectations
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| Oct.5 |
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Sun cut 9% of work force Sun Microsystems lowers earnings outlook and cut 3,900 jobs
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| Oct.3 |
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Sun signs $100million pact with News |
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| Sep.12 |
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Sun employee killed in hijacking |
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| Jul.31 |
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Sun to cut up to 300 jobs |
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| Jul.19 |
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Sun beats expectations
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| May.29 |
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Sun Microsystems lowers forecasts Revenue in fourth quarter is expected to be between $3.8 billion and $4 billion. Sun to concentrate on Fortune 500 companies
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| Apr.19 |
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Sun earnings fall 73% |
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| Feb.26 |
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Sub-$1000 Unix workstation |
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| Feb.22 |
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Sun lowers 3rd-quarter earnings |
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| Jan.18 |
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Sun meet expectations |
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