Why did sun microsystems fail

Membership is free, and your security and privacy remain protected. View our privacy policy before signing up. Follow Us Twitter LinkedIn. Join the newsletter! Sign in with LinkedIn Sign in with Facebook. Events Pulse Check Register for this event on 25 November That's not to say Oracle won't be able to gain success with Sun's technology.

Oracle is touting Java and Solaris as two key software assets that will help Oracle and Sun turn a larger profit than they could separately. With the acquisition of Sun, Oracle can optimize the Oracle database for some of the unique, high-end features of Solaris. With Oracle seemingly most excited about Sun's software platforms, Babineau speculates that Oracle might ultimately sell off the hardware business. Other analysts, such as Forrester Research's James Kobielus , say Oracle should leverage its new hardware capabilities with data warehousing appliances that integrate MySQL and other Oracle databases into Sun servers.

On the whole, Oracle's announcement of the purchase was "remarkably devoid of detail," King says, so it's tough to say what the combined company will look like one or two years from now. Oracle and Sun had such tight partnerships already that dramatic changes may be the exception rather than the rule, he says. Here are the latest Insider stories.

More Insider Sign Out. There would be no hard choices about which server line got the axe along with the thousands of employees that comprise the production, sales, marketing and support structure for that business line. There would have to be some restructuring, sure, but nowhere near the pain that would be caused by trying to glue Sun to the side of IBM. Then again, it might be nearly impossible to manage.

Anything's possible. I honestly don't know if Cisco has the dough or inclination to buy Sun, but I do know that IT wouldn't be nearly as far down the proverbial road without Sun, and losing the company completely would be a significant step backwards.

If Sun can't make it by itself, then maybe a Cisco acquisition would be the next best thing. Paul Venezia is a veteran enterprise architect and senior contributing editor at InfoWorld, where he writes analyses and reviews. Here are the latest Insider stories. More Insider Sign Out.

Sign In Register. Sign Out Sign In Register. Latest Insider. There are cloud companies like Docker, Joyent, and Cloudera, disruptive transportation companies like Uber, Lyft, and Tesla, major consumer technology companies like Dell, Lenovo, Ericsson, and several Linux vendors including Red Hat and Canonical. And of course, Oracle. The Sun Reunion committee shares a graphic depicting the impact of former Sun employees.

But maybe that was one more reason to gather together and celebrate the vibrant community of former Sun Microsystems employees. The New Stack is a wholly owned subsidiary of Insight Partners, an investor in the following companies mentioned in this article: Contentstack, Docker. Do you also want to be notified of the following? Send me everything :-D. By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Related Stories. Sponsored Feed. Flux Security Audit has concluded.

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