Summary 3 Introduction 4 Porter’s Force of Competition 4 S.W.O.T. Analysis 4 Recommendations 5 Implementation of Windows NT 5 Cooperation with Fujitsu 6 Long-Term Packages 6 Linked Prosperity 7 Internal Strategy 8 Mission Statement 10 Marketing Strategy 10 Conclusion 12 Appendices 13 Appendix A – Porter’s Five Forces 13 Appendix B – S.W.O.T Analysis of Sun Microsystems 16 Appendix C – History of Sun 19 Appendix D – About Products 20 Appendix E – Stock Chart 21
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interested party for a minimal fee => several different branches were developed -> FX the BSD version (Berkeley Software Distribution). Many of the hardware suppliers made their own version of UNIX whit competing features. (IBM‚ Hewlett-Packard‚ and Sun) => different workstation and server manufacturers’ UNIX-based systems diverged in several characteristics. Servers * servers = the backbone of networks (where printers ‚ files and applications software are share) * “client-server” architecture
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Oracle acquired Sun in 2010. Sun Microsystems is a diversified IT company that makes everything from hardware such as semiconductor chips to software. The company has a presence in several different markets which means that they have to compete with a large number of competitors amongst these different markets. Many of these competitors are specialized in their respective fields. In order to determine the best strategy for the company‚ we first need to understand and analyze its internal and external
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Scott McNealy‚ Chairman and CEO‚ co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982. Since the founding of Sun‚ the company has become one of the world leaders in computing network solutions. Through McNealy’s participative‚ charismatic and transformational leadership styles‚ Sun is sure to continue its hold in the industry. A charismatic leader is one who has a compelling vision or sense of purpose‚ and ability to communicate that vision in clear terms that followers can understand. They also demonstrate
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Oracle/Sun Takeover Strategic Corporate Finance FIN 501 June 06‚ 2010 Oracle/Sun Takeover The database software giant Oracle Corp. (Oracle CP-Analysis Report) announced the completion of its pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. ‚ a provider of enterprise computing systems‚ software and services‚ for $7.4 billion ($9.50 a share) or $5.6 billion net of Sun ’s cash and debt. Sun has been de-listed from the Nasdaq. Sun’s CEO Jonathan Schwartz is expected to resign as
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LEAD – Managing a Global Team: Sun Microsystems – 9/16/2010 Situation * HS Holdings (HSH)‚ enterprise customer with online banking‚ had servers go down * Sun’s CS team didn’t respond‚ servers stayed down for 2 hours‚ cost HS Holdings thousands * HSH has $300k/yr premium contract for 24/7 service: potentially violated by outage‚ threatening suit * Flow of crisis * Praveen D. got call from HSH‚ pages on-call after-hours US manager 3x‚ MISTAKE: used weekday number not weekend
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MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS Master of Science in Finance. TEACHER: ANTÓNIO BORGES ASSUNÇÃO CASE 2 Sun Microsystems 6TH MARCH 2014 CASE REVIEW As Shelton (1988) said strategic fit exists when two companies are able to create value that would be created if they were trying to reach the same goals separately. The IT industry is extremely competitive and companies are always searching for new ideas and new ways to evolve to be constantly one step ahead of its competitors
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UNIX Sun Solaris VS Hewlett-Packard HP-UX I will be the first to say that I am really new to UNIX and trying to understand the dynamics of how this free source operating system works. The system requirements are not the same as if you try to compare it to Windows. The two UNIX versions I chose to compare is Hewlett-Packard HP-UX and Sun Solaris‚ I will try to show what requirements each demand and their differences. The Hewlett-Packard HP-UX functions on most 32-bit workstations and servers
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A complete analysis was conducted on the financial statements and status of Sun Microsystems. After examining the research findings and analysis it is fair to say that evidence determines that Sun Microsystems finances has not been on a steady incline. In fact‚ it had definitely experienced some highs and lows in its return on investment and stockholders? In order to get a concise understanding of where problems are within the company’s operations the following factors were considered and examined:
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Introduction Sun Microsystems is a leading supplier of computer related products‚ including servers‚ workstations‚ storage devices‚ and network switches. In the 2001 annual report‚ a letter to stockholders from the President and CEO Scott G. McNealy offered a remark saying that the fiscal year was ended with a significant revenue growth of 16% and that was a good indication of gaining market share. Also‚ that the employees were responsible for bringing the costs down and new products to the market
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