Sun Microsystems is to make a major push into the telecoms sector, an area which already accounts for about 20 per cent of its $10bn annual turnover. The Unix-based systems vendor said it will take on rivals such as Stratus, owned by networking...
A strategic alliance between AOL and Sun Microsystems is a major part of the merger, and many had feared this would give AOL too much power in the marketplace. America Online (AOL) has been given the go-ahead to buy Netscape.
Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems' CEO and president, has outlined reasons behind first quarter earnings, released Friday, that beat analyst predictions. McNealy was speaking in London after attending the Telecom 99 conference in Geneva.
Scott McNealy is chairman and CEO Sun Microsystems. He co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 but didn't assume the role of CEO until 1984. He is famous for coining the term 'the network is the computer to express the concept of distributed computing...
The contracts have been awarded to five partners - Accenture, BEA Systems, the Concise Group, Oracle and Sun Microsystems. Nigel Woodward, financial services business development manager at Sun Microsystems, said: "BACS' current system is fairly...
The Danish company also specialises in OSS/BSS - otherwise known as operational support systems and business support systems. Belgacom Mobile has signed a €2m contract for software and services from telecoms billing specialist Intec.