(Another) Win for Open Storage... 9 days ago Read More
Wikipedia is one of the world's most visited web sites (8th in the top 10, in fact), delivering an enormous breadth of content to an audience as vast as the internet.
But Wikipedia's evolved to be...
The Inside Story (Java, Microsoft and MySQL) 21 days ago Read More
As consumer spending slows across the world, a variety of "brick and mortar" retailers are clearly feeling the impact. Foot traffic is slowing, and it's getting harder to balance debt laden real es...
You Have to Stop to Change Direction 24 days ago Read More
The bursting of the internet bubble was good for the computer industry.
Many of us didn't like the medicine, but I can't remember a single customer upset at the idea of paying $20,000 for computin...
Change Has Come to America 30 days ago Read More
On behalf of Sun Microsystems, I would like to offer my sincerest congratulations to President elect Barack Obama. What an extraordinary accomplishment.
I would also like to extend my congratulat...
Understanding Sun's Business - Q1 Results 35 days ago Read More
We announced our earnings today, and put specifics around our preannouncement from a week ago.
We also greatly increased the transparency of Sun's business by providing line item detail surroundin...
Innovation Loves a Crisis 63 days ago Read More
I thought I'd share a note I sent earlier in the week to Sun's leaders - about the turmoil we're seeing in the markets, and how I want our team focusing their efforts.
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Saving a Fortune in Data Warehousing 71 days ago Read More
I just wanted to extend my congratulations to the team at Greenplum, and our joint customers at Fox Interactive Media - the folks behind MySpace, Photobucket, IGN, FOXSports.com, and a whole seri...
Of Wine, Virtualization and xVM 81 days ago Read More
A few years back, I remember sitting with a group of customers talking about wine, and virtualization (a natural pairing, if ever one existed). Wine, because we were at an event Sun was hosting in ...
Fanning the Winds of Change in Storage 88 days ago Read More
It's been over a month (and three hurricanes in America) since I've posted a blog. More than a few of you've noticed - thanks for the prodding...
It's been a busy summer, on nearly every front. Cus...
MySQL Wins at LinkedIn! 128 days ago Read More
I was with a customer last week, who leads technology and operations for one of the world's largest companies. We were talking through his priorities for the upcoming year, and on a page filled wit...