Sun buys server company, rehires cofounder

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Search Engine Marketing Company Buys
Santa Fe, New Mexico Web Development
Company

Search Engine Marketing Company Buys
Santa Fe, New Mexico Web Development
Company 03/30/2005 04:01 AM
Trafficdeveloper LLC, a Santa Fe, NM based search marketing company, is pleased to announce they have recently purchased Panorama Point Corporation, a well known Santa Fe, New Mexico based Web Development firm. [PRWEB Mar 30, 2005]

IBM buys BI company

IBM buys BI company 07/14/2004 11:41 AM
IBM added another piece to its ongoing business intelligence initiative on Wednesday, acquiring Alphabox Corp., a small software company in Mountain View, Calif. that specializes in analytics software.

Godrej buys US BPO company

Godrej buys US BPO company 04/04/2005 04:33 AM
ZDNet India Apr 4 2005 8:13AM GMT

Keynote Buys Web Research Company

Keynote Buys Web Research Company 09/10/2004 10:32 PM
The Web performance-monitoring vendor plans to pay $20 million for Vividence to bolster its Web-based customer research offerings.

Google Buys Web Analytics Company

Google Buys Web Analytics Company 03/29/2005 11:36 AM
Google announced late Monday it will acquire Urchin Software, a developer of analytic solutions for Web sites. Urchin produces tools to track the performance of marketing, examine the user experience and optimize content. Google intends to offer the tools to Web site owners and marketers.

Colorado Company Buys Elvis Cup (AP)

Colorado Company Buys Elvis Cup (AP) 01/05/2005 09:03 AM
AP - Nutballz, a cookie company founded by a snowboarder, says it has won an eBay auction to borrow a plastic foam cup its owner says was used by Elvis Presley during a 1977 concert.

Computershare buys trust company

Computershare buys trust company 04/13/2005 01:43 AM
globetechnology.com Apr 13 2005 5:58AM GMT

Google Buys Blogging Company - But Why ?

Google Buys Blogging Company - But Why ? 02/25/2003 10:14 AM
Google's recent acquisition of weblog company Pyra Labs provoked widespread commentary, despite both companies remaining essentially mum on the rationale ...

Yahoo buys travel company

Yahoo buys travel company 08/06/2004 06:41 PM
The Web portal acquires FareChase, a small online travel company, to broaden its search tools.

RackSaver buys software company, changes
name

RackSaver buys software company, changes
name 04/12/2004 07:28 PM
SAN FRANCISCO - RackSaver Inc., which sells servers and software used to build high performance computing clusters, has acquired systems management software vendor MPI Software Technology Inc., it announced Monday. RackSaver has also changed its name to Verari Systems Inc., effective immediately.

Google buys e-mail software company

Google buys e-mail software company 06/04/2004 08:15 PM

South Korean Company Buys Lycos

South Korean Company Buys Lycos 08/03/2004 05:26 AM
Daum Communications, a South Korean website firm, acquires Wired News' parent company Lycos from Spain's Terra. The sales price is less than 1 percent of what Terra paid for Lycos in 2000.

US Company Buys Commodore Brand For $33
Million

US Company Buys Commodore Brand For $33
Million 12/30/2004 08:10 PM
Slashdot Dec 30 2004 10:29PM GMT

Ask Jeeves Buys Desktop Search Company

Ask Jeeves Buys Desktop Search Company 06/09/2004 02:11 PM
The search company says the acquisition of startup Tukaroo will help it develop an application for searching desktop files as well as the Web.

Symbol Buys RFID Systems Company

Symbol Buys RFID Systems Company 07/27/2004 08:10 PM
In a $238 million deal, it buys Matrics, which designs and manufactures RFID systems compliant with the electronic product code.

NY AG Buys Google Ads On Keywords Of
Company He's Investigating

NY AG Buys Google Ads On Keywords Of
Company He's Investigating 04/06/2005 06:28 PM
While most US courts have determined that there's no trademark infringement in buying a search engine advertisement based on a trademarked keyword, there are still some cases going forward. So, it's a bit surprising (though, amusing) to find out that New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer was caught buying trademarked keywords promoting his campaign for governor. The keywords in question were for AIG, the big insurance conglomerate that Spitzer has been investigating for fraud. From a publicity standpoint, perhaps it makes sense. People searching on AIG may associate Spitzer's name with the company, but this is a bit trickier than someone just trying to get some publicity off of a popular keyword. Spitzer now claims it was a mistake, and the ads have been removed. Of course, what's to stop someone else from buying the same ads, and linking them to Spitzer's campaign site? In fact, at the time of this posting, it looks like some random advertiser has picked up on this story and is advertising some random anti-Google site, claiming that Eliot Spitzer and Google "overstep their boundaries." Once again, people seem to be trying to make a point through popular keywords.

Google Buys Photo Management Company

Google Buys Photo Management Company 07/13/2004 10:09 AM
Forbes Jul 13 2004 1:49PM GMT

US Company Buys Commodore Brand For $33
Million

US Company Buys Commodore Brand For $33
Million 12/30/2004 04:24 PM

Offshore Systems buys mapping company

Offshore Systems buys mapping company 04/13/2005 01:42 AM
globetechnology.com Apr 13 2005 5:58AM GMT

Kazakh Company Buys Cellular Provider
(AP)

Kazakh Company Buys Cellular Provider
(AP) 04/13/2005 11:23 AM
AP - A Kazakhstan-based company said Wednesday it bought Kyrgyzstan's biggest cellular communication provider, which is under investigation for possible links to the ousted Kyrgyz president's family.

McCaw Buys Company with Spectrum Assets

McCaw Buys Company with Spectrum Assets 04/28/2004 03:53 PM
Craig McCaw has reportedly bought a Texas company, Clearwire, that has ITFS spectrum assets: The ITFS band is near the MMDS spectrum but was set aside primarily for educational institutions. During the last period of interest in MMDS, during the mid-1990s, some companies, including Clearwire apparently, negotiated with the educational institutions to use or buy the spectrum. The spectrum wasn't widely used by the educational organizations that controlled the spectrum. McCaw has long been interested in fixed wireless broadband. He founded XO Communications, which owns LMDS frequencies, in the mid-1990s. XO recently joined the WiMax Forum. ALso, Nextel owns a bunch of MMDS spectrum that it bought from Worldcom. McCaw has assembled a who's who list of execs to run the new company, being called Flux. Many of them are McCaw Cellular veterans and have held posts in other McCaw companies. Notable are Nicholas Kauser who was the CTO for AT&T Wireless and currently sits on the board of numerous Seattle companies; Rob Mechaley, who was one of the founders of RadioFrame and before that Wildfire; and Gerard Salemme, who has been involved with several McCaw companies including satellite company ICO. McCaw is notoriously mum about new ventures so it wouldn't be surprising if we don't learn details about this one for a while. But with real WiMax products becoming available in the near future, it would certainly be fair to suppose that the company may have ambitions of rolling out a fixed broadband offering using WiMax....

Lockheed buys biochemical-detection
company Soflinx

Lockheed buys biochemical-detection
company Soflinx 12/30/2004 02:35 PM
SiliconValley.com Dec 30 2004 6:51PM GMT

Ariba buys sourcing software company
FreeMarkets

Ariba buys sourcing software company
FreeMarkets 01/23/2004 05:19 PM
Ariba plans to unite its enterprise spending management software and services with FreeMarkets' services-based sourcing and global supply management technology.

Washington Post Company Buys Slate
Magazine

Washington Post Company Buys Slate
Magazine 12/22/2004 01:29 AM
The sale completes Slate's transformation from an experiment in the new media in 1996 to a respected brand name in journalism.

Watchfire buys application security
company Sanctum

Watchfire buys application security
company Sanctum 07/26/2004 12:37 PM
Business management software company Watchfire Corp. will buy Sanctum Inc., which makes Web application testing products for an undisclosed amount, Watchfire said Monday.

Texas Firm Buys Indian Outsourcing
Company (AP)

Texas Firm Buys Indian Outsourcing
Company (AP) 06/10/2004 04:40 AM
AP - A U.S.-based software company has bought an Indian outsourcing firm, a company official said Thursday, the second such sale this week.

AOL Buys Anti-Spam Company Mailblocks
(washingtonpost.com)

AOL Buys Anti-Spam Company Mailblocks
(washingtonpost.com) 08/04/2004 09:54 PM
washingtonpost.com - America Online Inc. said yesterday it has bought a small Silicon Valley e-mail company in a move that could boost the use of an anti-spam technology that many experts regard as the most effective in blocking unwanted messages.

Packeteer Buys Network Acceleration
Company for $16.5 Million

Packeteer Buys Network Acceleration
Company for $16.5 Million 12/24/2004 12:54 PM
The WAN optimization provider has acquired Mentat, which makes networking gear for satellite and high-latency networks.

Ask Jeeves Buys Tukaroo - A Desktop
Search Tech Company

Ask Jeeves Buys Tukaroo - A Desktop
Search Tech Company 06/09/2004 08:43 AM
...Steve Berkowitz, CEO of Ask Jeeves Inc. "We expect that Tukaroo’s desktop search and information management capabilities will enable Ask Jeeves to deliver a seamless, end-to-end search experience across the desktop and the Internet."

Wired News: South Korean Company Buys
Lycos

Wired News: South Korean Company Buys
Lycos 08/09/2004 04:29 AM
Wired News: South Korean Company Buys Lycos: "South Korea's top website operator, Daum Communications, is to buy the U.S. portal business of Spain's Terra for $95 million, less than 1 percent of the $12.5 billion Terra paid near the height of the Internet boom."

Yahoo buys photo company to expand
'social networking'

Yahoo buys photo company to expand
'social networking' 03/27/2005 05:50 AM
Jamaica Observer Mar 27 2005 10:17AM GMT

Menlo Park VC firm buys control of
computer company

Menlo Park VC firm buys control of
computer company 04/12/2005 05:21 AM
bizjournals.com Apr 12 2005 9:51AM GMT

Adware Company Buys Sneaky
Distributor... But Reasoning Is
Questionable

Adware Company Buys Sneaky
Distributor... But Reasoning Is
Questionable 04/08/2005 03:15 PM
Many of the various adware companies that use sneaky install methods often hide behind the cover of their "affiliates." They say that it's really their affiliates who use a sneaky install process, and therefore, it's not their fault at all -- even though the adware companies often turn a blind eye on abuses. In the past few months, the various adware companies have all been claiming that they're reforming their ways and are trying to stop dealing with these types of affiliates -- which is the party line well known adware provider 180Solutions is using to explain their decision to buy up their largest distributor, whose reputation isn't squeaky clean when it comes to sneaky installs. Of course, this doesn't seem to make much sense. If 180Solutions is upset about CDT, why not just kick them out of the affiliate program? Why buy out the company and reward its owners for being sneaky and (supposedly) getting 180Solutions into all this trouble they don't think they deserve?

Siemens buys Internet video software
company Myrio

Siemens buys Internet video software
company Myrio 04/08/2005 12:34 PM
Reuters Apr 8 2005 5:20PM GMT

US-based software company buys Indian
outsourcing firm (AFP)

US-based software company buys Indian
outsourcing firm (AFP) 06/10/2004 08:16 AM
AFP - An Indian outsourcing firm said it had been bought by a US-based software firm, making it the second such sale of a domestic firm this week in India's booming information technology sector.

CORRECTED - Siemens buys Internet video
software company Myrio

CORRECTED - Siemens buys Internet video
software company Myrio 04/08/2005 12:34 PM
Reuters Apr 8 2005 5:17PM GMT

TiVo buys patents from IBM; company
increases intellectual property in the
television industry

TiVo buys patents from IBM; company
increases intellectual property in the
television industry 04/14/2005 02:29 AM
NewsTarget Apr 14 2005 6:39AM GMT

MSFT buys spam company, sues the
competition, silences political
activists

MSFT buys spam company, sues the
competition, silences political
activists 07/30/2004 12:12 PM
My cow-orker Annalee Newitz has posted a great editorial on the latest court battles over spam, pointing out the weird, anticompetitive and anti-speech aspects of the spam fight.

Microsoft is developing what it calls Bonded Sender, a program that would supposedly separate "legitimate" Internet marketers and bulk mailers from spammers. Working with a California company called IronPort, Microsoft will create a white list of Internet marketers who have paid a fee and demonstrated that they have no record of spamming. Companies participating in the Bonded Sender program will be allowed to send their email ads to HotMail and MSN users.

Given Microsoft's investment in the Bonded Sender program, it seems they may soon be in the business of serving as middlemen between emailer marketers and their webmail users. In other words, it sounds like the software megacorp is about to start competing with Richter. Of course, Microsoft could always call off its suit if Richter claims to have been rehabilitated -- and he pays his Bonded Sender fees!

In the spam wars, sometimes it's hard to tell the spammers from the antispammers.

The situation gets even more complicated when you consider the fact that Microsoft will do more than pick and choose winners in the junk email business. Bonded Sender will punish most the people who aren't even sending advertisements -- groups like Internet activists MoveOn.org, who send out millions of emails to alert their members to upcoming political events and issues. If these groups don't pay their Bonded Sender fees, HotMail simply won't deliver their email -- regardless of whether users have specifically opted in to receive it.

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Texas software firm Adea buys Indian
outsourcing company Netkraft

Texas software firm Adea buys Indian
outsourcing company Netkraft 06/12/2004 12:51 PM
Canadian Press Jun 12 2004 4:13PM GMT
Grok Description matches for Sun buys server company, rehires cofounder
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Sun goes back to the future with Kealia
buy

Sun goes back to the future with Kealia
buy 02/11/2004 01:49 PM
vnunet.com Feb 11 2004 6:39PM GMT

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Sun Microsystems, Inc. 04/06/2005 03:44 PM
Should HP spin off the printer business?

- Rise of Microsystems

- Rise of Microsystems 04/13/2004 09:02 PM
Computer Times Asia Apr 14 2004 1:37AM GMT

Sun Microsystems Debt Cut to 'Junk'

Sun Microsystems Debt Cut to 'Junk' 03/06/2004 01:50 AM
New York Times Mar 6 2004 5:53AM GMT

Sun Microsystems Founder to Return (AP)

Sun Microsystems Founder to Return (AP) 02/10/2004 07:54 PM
AP - Sun Microsystems Inc. is buying a privately held firm in a deal that will bring one of Sun's founders back to the company he helped form more than 20 years ago.

Sun Microsystems puts its weight behind

Sun Microsystems puts its weight behind 04/15/2004 01:10 PM

Sun Microsystems, a CEO's Last Stand?

Sun Microsystems, a CEO's Last Stand? 07/17/2004 09:43 AM

Sun Microsystems: The Java Problem

Sun Microsystems: The Java Problem 02/09/2003 11:48 AM
This document details the difficulties that keep our Solaris Java implementation from being practical for the development of common software applications. It represents a consensus of several senior engineers within Sun Microsystems. We believe that our Java implementation is inappropriate for a large number of categories of software application. We do not believe these flaws are inherent in the Java platform but that they relate to difficulties in our Solaris implementation.

We all agree that the Java language offers many advantages over the alternatives. We would generally prefer to deploy our applications in Java but the implementation provided for Solaris is inadequate to the task of producing supportable and reliable products.

There's no news like really shitty "air the laundry" bad news. Apparently this is an internal memo of Sun Microsystems that discusses the problems they are having with Java on Solaris.

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Sun Microsystems reports $760 million
loss

Sun Microsystems reports $760 million
loss 04/15/2004 07:49 PM

Sun Microsystems Posts $795M Profit
in 4Q (AP)

Sun Microsystems Posts $795M Profit
in 4Q (AP) 07/20/2004 05:54 PM
AP - Sun Microsystems Inc. reported a fiscal fourth-quarter profit Tuesday as the struggling server and software maker saw sales jump for the first time in three years and benefited from its settlement with Microsoft Corp.

IT Investor's Journal: A close look at
Sun Microsystems

IT Investor's Journal: A close look at
Sun Microsystems 01/27/2004 09:15 AM
Our IT investment expert, Melanie Hollands, takes a no-nonsense, in-depth look at the current state of Sun Microsystems, corporate owner of the Java franchise and ostensible leader of the Java development community. More than a few people are concerned that after 22 years as an innovator and power player in enterprise IT, that Sun might erode into simply a niche player, dropping out of the same league as Microsoft and IBM in IT power and influence. What's your take on where the house of Solaris is headed? Read on for our writer's assessment ...

Sun Microsystems Rolls Out New Servers,
Software

Sun Microsystems Rolls Out New Servers,
Software 02/10/2004 02:47 AM
Boston Globe Feb 10 2004 6:48AM GMT

Vendor satisfaction survey: Sun
Microsystems

Vendor satisfaction survey: Sun
Microsystems 05/20/2004 10:06 AM
ORLANDO, Fla -- The GigaWorld 2004 open source session I planned to attend yesterday at 3 p.m. was canceled at the last minute because the presenter got into a bicycle accident, so I decided to check out a "Vendor satisfaction survey" session instead. The one I happened to jump into focused on Sun, and it could have been subtitled, "I don't want to beat up on Sun, but..."

Sun Microsystems faces minitender offer

Sun Microsystems faces minitender offer 07/15/2004 07:04 PM
TRC Capital's lowball offer may not be low enough, since Sun's stock dropped.

Sun Microsystems Reports $760M Loss
(AP)

Sun Microsystems Reports $760M Loss
(AP) 04/15/2004 07:50 PM
AP - Sun Microsystems Inc. posted a larger-than-expected loss in its fiscal third quarter as the computer and software maker continued to lay off workers and reorganize amid blistering competition from rivals.

Sun Microsystems Shares Fall on 1Q Loss

Sun Microsystems Shares Fall on 1Q Loss 04/16/2004 11:40 PM
San Jose Mercury News Apr 17 2004 2:43AM GMT

Motorola taps former Sun Microsystems
president as CEO

Motorola taps former Sun Microsystems
president as CEO 12/16/2003 05:20 PM
San Francisco Chronicle Dec 16 2003 4:39PM ET

Sun Microsystems Announces New Servers,
Services

Sun Microsystems Announces New Servers,
Services 12/03/2003 02:57 AM
Boston Globe Dec 3 2003 1:55AM ET

Sun Microsystems Opens Smart-Tag Plant
(AP)

Sun Microsystems Opens Smart-Tag Plant
(AP) 05/05/2004 01:15 AM
AP - Sun Microsystems Inc. is opening a Dallas-area facility on Wednesday to test radio tags for tracking consumer products and improving inventory control in stores.

Sun Microsystems promises lower costs

Sun Microsystems promises lower costs 11/11/2003 01:20 AM
Sunday Times South Africa Nov 11 2003 0:11AM ET

Motorola expected to tap former Sun
Microsystems president as new CEO

Motorola expected to tap former Sun
Microsystems president as new CEO 12/16/2003 03:13 AM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Dec 16 2003 2:24AM ET

Motorola taps former Sun Microsystems
president as new CEO

Motorola taps former Sun Microsystems
president as new CEO 12/16/2003 11:11 AM
AP via New Jersey Online Dec 16 2003 9:19AM ET

Sun Microsystems Shares Fall on 1Q Loss
(AP)

Sun Microsystems Shares Fall on 1Q Loss
(AP) 04/16/2004 05:00 PM
AP - Shares of Sun Microsystems Inc. slid Friday, after the computer and software maker posted a larger-than-expected quarterly loss and announced a management shake-up that could dent already flagging employee morale.

Sun Microsystems Posts 3Q Earnings Loss

Sun Microsystems Posts 3Q Earnings Loss 04/16/2004 02:26 PM
AP via Newsday Apr 16 2004 7:21PM GMT

Sun Microsystems Posts 3Q Earnings Loss
(AP)

Sun Microsystems Posts 3Q Earnings Loss
(AP) 04/16/2004 11:42 AM
AP - Sun Microsystems Inc. shares fell after reporting a larger-than-expected quarterly loss, but executives at the computer and software maker vowed that a landmark settlement with Microsoft Corp. would boost its flagging fortunes.

Sun Microsystems releases Java
Enterprise System

Sun Microsystems releases Java
Enterprise System 11/05/2003 01:54 AM

Sun Microsystems has released a new software geared toward higher education users, hoping to compete with Microsoft in that market.

The New York Times reports that "The Java Enterprise System is designed to serve various functions, including network identity management, communications and collaboration, Web applications and security services at an affordable price, the company said.

"The software will be available to educational institutions for an annual license fee of $50 per year, per faculty or administrative staff. A single subscription covers the price of the software, maintenance and consulting, in addition to the infinite right to use the software in Internet applications."

Sun Microsystems Rolls Out New Servers,
Software (Reuters)

Sun Microsystems Rolls Out New Servers,
Software (Reuters) 02/10/2004 02:52 AM
Reuters - Sun Microsystems Inc. (SUNW.O) on Tuesday rolled out new, faster computer servers starting at about $2,800 and updated software as the network computer makers seeks to tap into modestly improving spending on information technology.

Sun Microsystems beats Microsoft to
secure contract

Sun Microsystems beats Microsoft to
secure contract 12/06/2003 10:13 PM
Scotsman Online Dec 6 2003 9:37PM ET

Sun Microsystems: Sun introduces
industry's first pay-for-use computing
grid

Sun Microsystems: Sun introduces
industry's first pay-for-use computing
grid 09/24/2004 05:16 AM
Investors Business Daily Sep 24 2004 9:41AM GMT

Reports: Motorola expected to tap former
Sun Microsystems president as new CEO

Reports: Motorola expected to tap former
Sun Microsystems president as new CEO 12/15/2003 11:39 PM
AP via New Jersey Online Dec 15 2003 11:32PM ET

Sun buys server company, rehires cofounder

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