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  • Motorola CEO: Apple 'to build a smart phone'

    Motorola CEO Ed Zander on Thursday downplayed disparaging remarks he made last week about Apple Computer's newest music player and predicted that the Mac maker will build its own mobile phone.

  • Tech exec exodus expected to continue

    Is it a case of collective burnout? From Microsoft's Belluzzo to Sun's Zander, many tech executives bidding adieu.

  • Joy leaves Sun

    Sun Microsystems on Tuesday said that Bill Joy, its co-founder and chief scientist, is leaving the company.

  • Zander: HP merger gives Sun an edge

    Indecisiveness at the newly merged Hewlett-Packard is opening the door for Sun to lure away its customers, says departing Sun President and COO Ed Zander--and IBM had better watch out too.

  • Sun's Zander: Net is the one sure bet

    Finding success in today's fast-changing high-tech market is a gamble, but according to Edward Zander, president and chief operating officer of Sun Microsystems, there is one sure bet -- the Internet.

Features and Case Studies (4)

  • Sun's chiefs on the hot seat

    Scott McNealy sees glory days ahead for new CEO Jonathan Schwartz. Are they cut from the same cloth?

  • Servers lead out Sun's Linux drive

    Sun Microsystems has said that it would sell general-purpose Linux servers, a dramatic departure for the company that for years has advocated the use of its own Solaris operating system.

  • How to blow a billion...or two

    Was Sun's US$2.2 billion acquisition of Cobalt Networks the worst deal in the history of IT? Sun would have more left over if it had spent the money on footprints in the sand.

  • Sun goes on the software offensive

    commentary Scott McNealy has taken the bull by the horns and announced two software bundles aimed at Microsoft's desktop market and IBM's middleware customers.

Videos (1)

  • Ellison modelling Oracle on IBM

    At a Churchhill Club event, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talks to former Sun Microsystems President Ed Zander about Oracle's recent acquisition of Sun Microsystems. He says hed like to pattern the new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM, combining both hardware and software systems.

Reviews (2)

  • Sun strategy: A Java giveaway

    Sun plans to bundle its application server software into Solaris, a move that could shake the industry.

  • Licensing program angers MS customers

    Microsoft's software licensing program is not proving popular - about two-thirds of its biggest customers are yet to sign up, and some are exploring alternatives.

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