http://www.thestandard.com/node/128958/comments comments feed. en IBM announces Sun Microsystems acquisition? http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition <p> <p> </p> <p>International Business Machines is reportedly <a href="/news/2009/03/18/ibm-talks-buy-sun">in talks to buy Sun Microsystems for nearly $7 billion</a>,. A takeover of Sun, which would be IBM's largest purchase ever, would give Big Blue a stronger foothold in the data center market with Hewlett-Packard. </p> <p>IBM and Sun are also <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/technology/companies/19sun.html">strong supporters of open-source software to rival Microsoft Windows</a>. Sun created Java, an Internet programming language and bought MySQL, an open-source database that is used by ecommerce sites, last year. IBM is a strong supporter of Java with more than 8 million developers. </p> <p>While there's been talks <a href="/predictions/cisco-announces-sun-microsystem-acquisition">of Cisco eyeing Sun</a>, it appears that IBM may be more serious about an acquisition. </p> <p><b>Prediction: IBM announces the company is acquiring Sun Microsystems by June 1, 2009. </b></p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hannumakarainen/">viHannes</a>/Flickr </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition#comments Chips Cisco data centers EDS Enterprise enterprise software HP IBM Intel M&A Mergers & Acquisitions Microsoft oracle SAP Servers sun microsystems Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:41:37 -0400 Yi-Wyn Yen 128958 at http://www.thestandard.com IBM announces Sun Microsystems acquisition? http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition <p> <p> </p> <p>International Business Machines is reportedly <a href="/news/2009/03/18/ibm-talks-buy-sun">in talks to buy Sun Microsystems for nearly $7 billion</a>,. A takeover of Sun, which would be IBM's largest purchase ever, would give Big Blue a stronger foothold in the data center market with Hewlett-Packard. </p> <p>IBM and Sun are also <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/technology/companies/19sun.html">strong supporters of open-source software to rival Microsoft Windows</a>. Sun created Java, an Internet programming language and bought MySQL, an open-source database that is used by ecommerce sites, last year. IBM is a strong supporter of Java with more than 8 million developers. </p> <p>While there's been talks <a href="/predictions/cisco-announces-sun-microsystem-acquisition">of Cisco eyeing Sun</a>, it appears that IBM may be more serious about an acquisition. </p> <p><b>Prediction: IBM announces the company is acquiring Sun Microsystems by June 1, 2009. </b></p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hannumakarainen/">viHannes</a>/Flickr </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition#comments Chips Cisco data centers EDS Enterprise enterprise software HP IBM Intel M&A Mergers & Acquisitions Microsoft oracle SAP Servers sun microsystems Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:41:37 -0400 Yi-Wyn Yen 128958 at http://www.thestandard.com IBM announces Sun Microsystems acquisition? http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition <p> <p> </p> <p>International Business Machines is reportedly <a href="/news/2009/03/18/ibm-talks-buy-sun">in talks to buy Sun Microsystems for nearly $7 billion</a>,. A takeover of Sun, which would be IBM's largest purchase ever, would give Big Blue a stronger foothold in the data center market with Hewlett-Packard. </p> <p>IBM and Sun are also <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/technology/companies/19sun.html">strong supporters of open-source software to rival Microsoft Windows</a>. Sun created Java, an Internet programming language and bought MySQL, an open-source database that is used by ecommerce sites, last year. IBM is a strong supporter of Java with more than 8 million developers. </p> <p>While there's been talks <a href="/predictions/cisco-announces-sun-microsystem-acquisition">of Cisco eyeing Sun</a>, it appears that IBM may be more serious about an acquisition. </p> <p><b>Prediction: IBM announces the company is acquiring Sun Microsystems by June 1, 2009. </b></p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hannumakarainen/">viHannes</a>/Flickr </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition#comments Chips Cisco data centers EDS Enterprise enterprise software HP IBM Intel M&A Mergers & Acquisitions Microsoft oracle SAP Servers sun microsystems Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:41:37 -0400 Yi-Wyn Yen 128958 at http://www.thestandard.com IBM announces Sun Microsystems acquisition? http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition <p> <p> </p> <p>International Business Machines is reportedly <a href="/news/2009/03/18/ibm-talks-buy-sun">in talks to buy Sun Microsystems for nearly $7 billion</a>,. A takeover of Sun, which would be IBM's largest purchase ever, would give Big Blue a stronger foothold in the data center market with Hewlett-Packard. </p> <p>IBM and Sun are also <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/technology/companies/19sun.html">strong supporters of open-source software to rival Microsoft Windows</a>. Sun created Java, an Internet programming language and bought MySQL, an open-source database that is used by ecommerce sites, last year. IBM is a strong supporter of Java with more than 8 million developers. </p> <p>While there's been talks <a href="/predictions/cisco-announces-sun-microsystem-acquisition">of Cisco eyeing Sun</a>, it appears that IBM may be more serious about an acquisition. </p> <p><b>Prediction: IBM announces the company is acquiring Sun Microsystems by June 1, 2009. </b></p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hannumakarainen/">viHannes</a>/Flickr </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition#comments Chips Cisco data centers EDS Enterprise enterprise software HP IBM Intel M&A Mergers & Acquisitions Microsoft oracle SAP Servers sun microsystems Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:41:37 -0400 Yi-Wyn Yen 128958 at http://www.thestandard.com IBM announces Sun Microsystems acquisition? http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition <p> <p> </p> <p>International Business Machines is reportedly <a href="/news/2009/03/18/ibm-talks-buy-sun">in talks to buy Sun Microsystems for nearly $7 billion</a>,. A takeover of Sun, which would be IBM's largest purchase ever, would give Big Blue a stronger foothold in the data center market with Hewlett-Packard. </p> <p>IBM and Sun are also <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/technology/companies/19sun.html">strong supporters of open-source software to rival Microsoft Windows</a>. Sun created Java, an Internet programming language and bought MySQL, an open-source database that is used by ecommerce sites, last year. IBM is a strong supporter of Java with more than 8 million developers. </p> <p>While there's been talks <a href="/predictions/cisco-announces-sun-microsystem-acquisition">of Cisco eyeing Sun</a>, it appears that IBM may be more serious about an acquisition. </p> <p><b>Prediction: IBM announces the company is acquiring Sun Microsystems by June 1, 2009. </b></p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hannumakarainen/">viHannes</a>/Flickr </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition#comments Chips Cisco data centers EDS Enterprise enterprise software HP IBM Intel M&A Mergers & Acquisitions Microsoft oracle SAP Servers sun microsystems Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:41:37 -0400 Yi-Wyn Yen 128958 at http://www.thestandard.com IBM announces Sun Microsystems acquisition? http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition <p> <p> </p> <p>International Business Machines is reportedly <a href="/news/2009/03/18/ibm-talks-buy-sun">in talks to buy Sun Microsystems for nearly $7 billion</a>,. A takeover of Sun, which would be IBM's largest purchase ever, would give Big Blue a stronger foothold in the data center market with Hewlett-Packard. </p> <p>IBM and Sun are also <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/technology/companies/19sun.html">strong supporters of open-source software to rival Microsoft Windows</a>. Sun created Java, an Internet programming language and bought MySQL, an open-source database that is used by ecommerce sites, last year. IBM is a strong supporter of Java with more than 8 million developers. </p> <p>While there's been talks <a href="/predictions/cisco-announces-sun-microsystem-acquisition">of Cisco eyeing Sun</a>, it appears that IBM may be more serious about an acquisition. </p> <p><b>Prediction: IBM announces the company is acquiring Sun Microsystems by June 1, 2009. </b></p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hannumakarainen/">viHannes</a>/Flickr </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition#comments Chips Cisco data centers EDS Enterprise enterprise software HP IBM Intel M&A Mergers & Acquisitions Microsoft oracle SAP Servers sun microsystems Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:41:37 -0400 Yi-Wyn Yen 128958 at http://www.thestandard.com IBM announces Sun Microsystems acquisition? http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition <p> <p> </p> <p>International Business Machines is reportedly <a href="/news/2009/03/18/ibm-talks-buy-sun">in talks to buy Sun Microsystems for nearly $7 billion</a>,. A takeover of Sun, which would be IBM's largest purchase ever, would give Big Blue a stronger foothold in the data center market with Hewlett-Packard. </p> <p>IBM and Sun are also <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/technology/companies/19sun.html">strong supporters of open-source software to rival Microsoft Windows</a>. Sun created Java, an Internet programming language and bought MySQL, an open-source database that is used by ecommerce sites, last year. IBM is a strong supporter of Java with more than 8 million developers. </p> <p>While there's been talks <a href="/predictions/cisco-announces-sun-microsystem-acquisition">of Cisco eyeing Sun</a>, it appears that IBM may be more serious about an acquisition. </p> <p><b>Prediction: IBM announces the company is acquiring Sun Microsystems by June 1, 2009. </b></p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hannumakarainen/">viHannes</a>/Flickr </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition#comments Chips Cisco data centers EDS Enterprise enterprise software HP IBM Intel M&A Mergers & Acquisitions Microsoft oracle SAP Servers sun microsystems Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:41:37 -0400 Yi-Wyn Yen 128958 at http://www.thestandard.com IBM announces Sun Microsystems acquisition? http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition <p> <p> </p> <p>International Business Machines is reportedly <a href="/news/2009/03/18/ibm-talks-buy-sun">in talks to buy Sun Microsystems for nearly $7 billion</a>,. A takeover of Sun, which would be IBM's largest purchase ever, would give Big Blue a stronger foothold in the data center market with Hewlett-Packard. </p> <p>IBM and Sun are also <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/technology/companies/19sun.html">strong supporters of open-source software to rival Microsoft Windows</a>. Sun created Java, an Internet programming language and bought MySQL, an open-source database that is used by ecommerce sites, last year. IBM is a strong supporter of Java with more than 8 million developers. </p> <p>While there's been talks <a href="/predictions/cisco-announces-sun-microsystem-acquisition">of Cisco eyeing Sun</a>, it appears that IBM may be more serious about an acquisition. </p> <p><b>Prediction: IBM announces the company is acquiring Sun Microsystems by June 1, 2009. </b></p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hannumakarainen/">viHannes</a>/Flickr </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition#comments Chips Cisco data centers EDS Enterprise enterprise software HP IBM Intel M&A Mergers & Acquisitions Microsoft oracle SAP Servers sun microsystems Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:41:37 -0400 Yi-Wyn Yen 128958 at http://www.thestandard.com IBM announces Sun Microsystems acquisition? http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition <p> <p> </p> <p>International Business Machines is reportedly <a href="/news/2009/03/18/ibm-talks-buy-sun">in talks to buy Sun Microsystems for nearly $7 billion</a>,. A takeover of Sun, which would be IBM's largest purchase ever, would give Big Blue a stronger foothold in the data center market with Hewlett-Packard. </p> <p>IBM and Sun are also <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/technology/companies/19sun.html">strong supporters of open-source software to rival Microsoft Windows</a>. Sun created Java, an Internet programming language and bought MySQL, an open-source database that is used by ecommerce sites, last year. IBM is a strong supporter of Java with more than 8 million developers. </p> <p>While there's been talks <a href="/predictions/cisco-announces-sun-microsystem-acquisition">of Cisco eyeing Sun</a>, it appears that IBM may be more serious about an acquisition. </p> <p><b>Prediction: IBM announces the company is acquiring Sun Microsystems by June 1, 2009. </b></p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hannumakarainen/">viHannes</a>/Flickr </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition#comments Chips Cisco data centers EDS Enterprise enterprise software HP IBM Intel M&A Mergers & Acquisitions Microsoft oracle SAP Servers sun microsystems Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:41:37 -0400 Yi-Wyn Yen 128958 at http://www.thestandard.com IBM announces Sun Microsystems acquisition? http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition <p> <p> </p> <p>International Business Machines is reportedly <a href="/news/2009/03/18/ibm-talks-buy-sun">in talks to buy Sun Microsystems for nearly $7 billion</a>,. A takeover of Sun, which would be IBM's largest purchase ever, would give Big Blue a stronger foothold in the data center market with Hewlett-Packard. </p> <p>IBM and Sun are also <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/technology/companies/19sun.html">strong supporters of open-source software to rival Microsoft Windows</a>. Sun created Java, an Internet programming language and bought MySQL, an open-source database that is used by ecommerce sites, last year. IBM is a strong supporter of Java with more than 8 million developers. </p> <p>While there's been talks <a href="/predictions/cisco-announces-sun-microsystem-acquisition">of Cisco eyeing Sun</a>, it appears that IBM may be more serious about an acquisition. </p> <p><b>Prediction: IBM announces the company is acquiring Sun Microsystems by June 1, 2009. </b></p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hannumakarainen/">viHannes</a>/Flickr </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition#comments Chips Cisco data centers EDS Enterprise enterprise software HP IBM Intel M&A Mergers & Acquisitions Microsoft oracle SAP Servers sun microsystems Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:41:37 -0400 Yi-Wyn Yen 128958 at http://www.thestandard.com IBM announces Sun Microsystems acquisition? http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition <p> <p> </p> <p>International Business Machines is reportedly <a href="/news/2009/03/18/ibm-talks-buy-sun">in talks to buy Sun Microsystems for nearly $7 billion</a>,. A takeover of Sun, which would be IBM's largest purchase ever, would give Big Blue a stronger foothold in the data center market with Hewlett-Packard. </p> <p>IBM and Sun are also <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/technology/companies/19sun.html">strong supporters of open-source software to rival Microsoft Windows</a>. Sun created Java, an Internet programming language and bought MySQL, an open-source database that is used by ecommerce sites, last year. IBM is a strong supporter of Java with more than 8 million developers. </p> <p>While there's been talks <a href="/predictions/cisco-announces-sun-microsystem-acquisition">of Cisco eyeing Sun</a>, it appears that IBM may be more serious about an acquisition. </p> <p><b>Prediction: IBM announces the company is acquiring Sun Microsystems by June 1, 2009. </b></p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hannumakarainen/">viHannes</a>/Flickr </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition#comments Chips Cisco data centers EDS Enterprise enterprise software HP IBM Intel M&A Mergers & Acquisitions Microsoft oracle SAP Servers sun microsystems Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:41:37 -0400 Yi-Wyn Yen 128958 at http://www.thestandard.com IBM announces Sun Microsystems acquisition? http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition <p> <p> </p> <p>International Business Machines is reportedly <a href="/news/2009/03/18/ibm-talks-buy-sun">in talks to buy Sun Microsystems for nearly $7 billion</a>,. A takeover of Sun, which would be IBM's largest purchase ever, would give Big Blue a stronger foothold in the data center market with Hewlett-Packard. </p> <p>IBM and Sun are also <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/technology/companies/19sun.html">strong supporters of open-source software to rival Microsoft Windows</a>. Sun created Java, an Internet programming language and bought MySQL, an open-source database that is used by ecommerce sites, last year. IBM is a strong supporter of Java with more than 8 million developers. </p> <p>While there's been talks <a href="/predictions/cisco-announces-sun-microsystem-acquisition">of Cisco eyeing Sun</a>, it appears that IBM may be more serious about an acquisition. </p> <p><b>Prediction: IBM announces the company is acquiring Sun Microsystems by June 1, 2009. </b></p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hannumakarainen/">viHannes</a>/Flickr </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> http://www.thestandard.com/predictions/ibm-announces-sun-microsystems-acquisition#comments Chips Cisco data centers EDS Enterprise enterprise software HP IBM Intel M&A Mergers & Acquisitions Microsoft oracle SAP Servers sun microsystems Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:41:37 -0400 Yi-Wyn Yen 128958 at http://www.thestandard.com