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Former IBM CEO Louis Gerstner passes away at age 83
29 Dec 2025 14:27 GMT
… officer credited with preventing IBM Corp.’s bankruptcy, died … from Microsoft Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc.
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IBM dominated the nascent technology … an initiative that expanded IBM’s technology use in …
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Former IBM CEO and savior Louis Gerstner dies at age 83
29 Dec 2025 01:00 GMT
… executive officer credited with saving IBM Corp. from bankruptcy, has … from Microsoft Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc.
IBM’s current Chairman and … introduced radical changes to IBM’s culture, while focusing … an initiative that saw IBM’s technology become widely …
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Louis Gerstner, man credited with turning around IBM, dies aged 83
28 Dec 2025 17:23 GMT
… rivals such as Microsoft and Sun Microsystems.
After becoming the first … clients would need next.”
IBM had dominated the technology … . But having developed the IBM personal computer in 1981, … market as competitors created “IBM-compatible” machines using Intel …
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Unix workstations: The unsung heroes of modern computing
20 Jan 2026 20:27 GMT
… their own architectures, such as Sun Microsystems' SPARC and the MIPS … thought that Unix could unseat IBM as the dominant force … and software solutions, such as Sun Microsystems' Wabi and SunPCI, … stuck with the DOS and IBM systems they knew. Windows …
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Nvidia resets the economics of AI factories, again
10 Jan 2026 22:42 GMT
… the 1980s and 1990s. IBM was the dominant force early … emerged during that period – including Sun Microsystems Inc. – many of which are … directly back to IBM’s original PC strategy. IBM mandated a … volume was initially forced by IBM’s PC division mandating …
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Will The Turbulent Economy Downdraft IBM Systems Or Lift It?
28 Apr 2025 06:17 GMT
… great grandfather of the IBM i on Power Systems … mainframes and minicomputer platforms. Sun Microsystems was founded in 1985 and … conference call going over IBM’s first quarter financial … Krisna, chief executive officer at IBM, explained the current situation. …
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The Evolving Thin Client and Endpoint Landscape
07 Jan 2026 01:14 GMT
… had not yet been invented. IBM 3270, ADM-3, Hazeltine, and … and software. During this time, Sun Microsystems introduced the Sun Ray stateless …
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Will AI do to Nvidia what the dot-com boom did to Sun Microsystems? Analysts compare current hype to past ones.
31 Jul 2023 20:04 GMT
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Could Nvidia be the next Sun Microsystems? “While a number of observers … a precedent, best exemplified by Sun Microsystems,” the Bernstein analysts wrote, noting … and International Business Machines Corp.
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Solix Technologies Announces Key Leadership Appointments and Promotions to Accelerate Global AI-Driven Growth
22 Dec 2025 12:30 GMT
… at Network Appliance (NetApp) and Sun Microsystems. At NetApp, he played a … AI-driven analytics capabilities. At Sun Microsystems, he led a global enterprise … Systech and twelve years at IBM in senior product marketing and …
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Robotics pioneer says the field has lost its way
20 Dec 2025 07:36 GMT
… 1987. He was around when IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer defeated … code at home on a Sun Microsystems workstation and sending memory tape …