Sun.com deals in computer servers, PCs, software & security services
About the Company and its History
SUN, which stands for Stanford University Network, was founded in 1982 by group of graduates from Stanford University consisting of Andy Bechtolsheim, Vinod Khosla, Scott McNealy and Bill Joy. The actual originator of the idea was Andy Bechtolsheim, who designed the first Unix Workstation. He was responsible for the design of the 68000 Unix System. The company trades under the symbol "SUNW" where "W" stands for world-wide. Sun was the first company to promote TCP/IP, which is currently the most widely used protocol on Internet. The company's first big break came in 1983 when it partnered with Computervision to begin their operations in Europe. The company continued to grow, and established a Canadian office in 1985. In 1986 Sun introduced PC-NFS and Asia and Australia Operations. 1988 was a crucial year for the company when its revenues reached a billion dollars, becoming the fastest to reach that mark. Sun opened its first center in France in 1989. Sun introduced its Solaris 2 operating system in 1991, and started its operations in Latin America the same year. Sun introduced the first ever multiprocessing desktop computer, the SPARCstation 10, in 1992. 1995 was another landmark year in its history when it introduced "JAVA", the first universal software platform. In 2001 Sun became an $18.25 billion company with an office in over 165 countries. Sun unveiled its most advanced UNIX operating system, Solaris 10, in the year 2004, also creating world's largest data warehouse. In 2005, the company introduced Sun Fire Servers using CoolThreads Technology, and in 2006 it introduced the world’s first hybrid data server. It's been 25 years since the company was first established and Sun still continues with its quest for innovation and excellence in the field of computing.
What they do?
In its early years Sun concentrated mainly on building workstations. However, currently the company is into computer networking with its expertise in systems, software, storage, and services.
Products
Software
- Sun's Software Portfolio
- Sun Java Enterprise System
- Sun Java System Suites
- Sun Java Communications Suite
- Sun Desktop Application Software
- Sun Desktop Infrastructure Software
- Studio Development Tools
- Sun N1 Software
- Operating Systems
Desktops
- X64 Family - Sun Ultra 20 Workstation, Sun Ultra 40 Workstation
- SPARC Family - Sun Ultra 25 Workstation, Sun Ultra 45 Workstation
Servers
- Sun Blade 6000 Modular System
- Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000
- Sun Fire T2000
- Sun Fire X4600
- Sun Fire X2100 M2
Services
Support for Systems, Storage and Software
- Service Plans for Enterprise
- Service Plans for Systems
- Service Plans for Storage
- Service Plans for Software
Consulting & IT Services
Training & Certification
Warranty Information
Financing
Control Operating Costs
- Sun Storage Services
- Software Services
- Sun Managed Services
- Sun Connection
- Operations Capabilities Assessment Services
- Sun Migration Services
How big are they?
Sun Microsystems Inc. was ranked 187 in the list of Fortune 500 Companies, 2007. The company had annual revenue of $13 billion and loss of $864 million in the year 2007. The asset base of the company is approximately $15 billion. The company had a market share of $22.28 billion as of March 23, 2007.
About the Website
Homepage
The homepage has everything visitors are looking for - information about products and services, support, downloads, training, and development.
Downloads
Users can find downloads for their desktops, servers, software and much more in the downloads section of the homepage. The download page is a comprehensive collection of their support downloads and other new downloads.
Support
The support page covers virtually any issue that a user has. One of the striking features of their support system is the knowledge base feature, which allows a user to solve their problems by comparing them to problems which other users already had, and the remedies they were suggested. Visitors can also find the latest patches and updates to their software here. Support also has complete documentation for any Sun product, along with with latest alerts on virus attacks or discovered vulnerabilities. The support page also contains diagnostic tools like the Predictive Self Healing Tool, which links unique message IDs to related knowledge articles that describe the problem in more detail and/or outline a repair procedure.
Training
Users can find complete information on courses and certifications Sun offers in areas such as application development, system administration, software, systems, storage, and much more.
Website Rank
The website had a traffic rank of 639 as of June 17, 2007 and about 0.15% of the total Internet users visit this site every day.
Languages
English
Address
Corporate Office
- Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- 4150 Network Circle
- Santa Clara, CA 95054
- U.S.A
Contact
- Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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- Phone: US 1-800-555-9SUN; International 1-650-960-1300
References
- http://www.sun.com
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- http://www.wikipedia.org
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- http://www.forbes.com
- http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2007/full_list/index.html
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