April 2009
Sun Microsystems-IBM fallout: What happens next?
This isn’t a good thing for Sun Microsystems Inc., its Shares fell nearly 23 percent (closed at $6.56, down $1.93.) Monday on news that IBM had withdrawn its $7 billion acquisition offer, and Sun is now vulnerable to shareholder lawsuits or chang...
March 2009
What an IBM-Sun Deal; Is this deal a good one?
Web powerhouse Sun Micro poised at brink of IBM. Why IBM can not fight MS or Google? I would buy Yahoo than SUN? Hey, why IBM can not build one like Yahoo? Is it a bad idea for IBM to buy Sun? Twitter is hot once again this morning, this time over ‘...
Again: IBM Tech's Cash King in talks to buy Sun Microsystems
The company IBM is currently negotiating a deal in which it will buy Sun Microsystems for the hefty sum of US$7 billion. The deal will be a very important one, and according to The NY Times could result in an anti-trust challenge. IBM Corp. is in talks...
December 2008
Edward Zander, the former Chairman and CEO of Motorola and former President and COO of Sun Microsystems, has joined the board of EagleView Technologies
Edward Zander, the former Chairman and CEO of Motorola and former President and COO of Sun Microsystems, has joined the board of EagleView Technologies, the aerial measurement company that provides breakthrough measurement reports to the roofing, solar...
November 2008
Sun Microsystems Shareholders are angry on Jonathan Schwartz's pay; shouldn't they?
Shareholders in Sun Microsystems Inc.– “The Network is the Computer” –, perhaps angered over news reports about CEO Jonathan Schwartz’s ballooning pay packages, voted for more say in executive compensation. At the company’s ...
September 2008
Why Jonathan Schwartz Sun Microsystems CEO gets $11M 2008 pay package?
This is completely unbelievable. Jonathan Schwartz get’s a 44% increase while the stock has plunged more than 60% in a year? Where can I apply for a job like that? Most of us “ants” here at Sun will be lucky to get yet another 2% inc...
Jonathan Schwartz
Chief Executive Officer and President Sun Microsystems, Inc. Jonathan Schwartz is chief executive officer and president of Sun Microsystems, and a member of Sun’s board of directors. He became Sun’s CEO in 2006, succeeding the Company̵...
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