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How the Sun Microsystems acquisition made Oracle the cloud company it is today
11 Sep 2025 16:03 GMT
… were likely counted under software.
The conventional wisdom … As noted above, the Sun Microsystems acquisition proved to be … systems”: in essence, software designed for the hardware … primary business from enterprise software to cloud infrastructure provider. …
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Steve Jobs’ NeXT: Pioneering Tech Legacy After Apple Ousting
14 Sep 2025 15:25 GMT
… s partnership with Sun Microsystems to create OpenStep further decoupled software from hardware … Challenges and the Pivot to Software Dominance
Despite its technological prowess … production, shifting entirely to software with NeXTSTEP for Intel processors …
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I'm a software engineer and I've lost my job 4 times in the last 18 years. I don't think AI is the problem.
31 Jul 2025 14:54 GMT
… layoff happened around 2008 at Sun Microsystems. Starting in 2002, there … Tech as a principal software engineer was being eliminated … part of the reason software engineers are targeted specifically … people overall by cutting more software engineers. Or, it …
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Friday charts: Ellison is having fun again
13 Sep 2025 00:47 GMT
… dotcom boom, alongside Cisco and Sun Microsystems.
Few tech investors survived the … subsequent bust: Sun Microsystems was sold for parts in … databases in the 1980s, enterprise software in the 1990s and cloud …
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The AI infrastructure scramble, Oracle’s OpenAI bonanza, and the return of IPOs
12 Sep 2025 16:19 GMT
… AI era platform upgrades for software supply chains
RavenDB launches … some historical perspective: How the Sun Microsystems acquisition made Oracle the cloud … VentureBeat).
IT management and cybersecurity software firm Kaseya appointed former Commvault …
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Oracle’s Larry Ellison overtakes Elon Musk as richest man in the world
11 Sep 2025 21:00 GMT
… , as stock in Ellison’s software giant rocketed more than a … Corporation began in 1977 as Software Development Laboratories and was renamed … , and Sun Microsystems. Today, Oracle is a leading provider of enterprise software and …
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Oracle nears $1 trillion valuation
11 Sep 2025 20:30 GMT
… AI cloud business. The enterprise software maker’s remarkable rise, fueled … competed with Microsoft, IBM, and Sun Microsystems to provide the data infrastructure …
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Public Interest Tech Research Vs. Corporate Studies
11 Sep 2025 18:31 GMT
… -profit focused on open source software, hardware, data and AI… her … McNealy describing the bets that Sun Microsystems used to take. Much research …
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Who are the 6 richest Indian-American billionaires in 2025? From Sun Microsystems’ Vinod Khosla and Zscaler’s Jay Chaudhry, to Arista’s Jayshree Ullal and Southwest Airlines chairman Rakesh Gangwal
04 Mar 2025 22:17 GMT
The Indian-American community has emerged as a significant force in the landscape of wealth creation in the United States, boasting an extraordinary roster of billionaires over the years.
Recently, the likes of Jay Chaudhry, Vinod Khosla and Rakesh Gangwal …
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How did Oracle Co-founder Larry Ellison beat Elon Musk to become the world's richest person?
11 Sep 2025 10:19 GMT
… built its dominance in enterprise software through its flagship database products … high-profile acquisitions, including PeopleSoft, Sun Microsystems and NetSuite, moves that helped …