The Flack (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Why shouldn't a publicly traded company be allowed to use its blog to break material news? That was the question Sun Microsystems CEO (and blogger) Jonathan Schwartz posed to the SEC nearly two years ago, a subject on which this blogger posted at the time. Last Wednesday, the SEC finally issued its initial ruling that offered: "...new guidance to public companies about how to comply with the securities...
DealBook (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Sun Microsystems‘ chief executive, Jonathan Schwartz, it seems, has blogged his way into changing business regulations. In a post in 2006, Mr. Schwartz, who writes about his company’s doings and other industry goings-on for his official blog, argued that in certain cases, the Securities and Exchange Commission should consider Web sites, including blogs, to be [...]
Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
Jonathan Schwartz' "give it all away and be baffled when profits drop" odyssey continues: Profit at Sun Microsystems, the computer server maker, declined 73 percent in the most recent quarter as slumping sales to big American companies and reorganization charges weighed on the server and software maker. Funny how people won't pay if you just give them your products for free. Their problem is in being...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
By Brandon Bailey and Elise Ackerman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Aug. 2--Sun Microsystems Chief Executive Jonathan Schwartz has drawn lots of favorable recognition for his official blog, on which he comments informally and at length about company strategy and other goings-on.
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Blame Jonathan Schwartz. Sun Microsystems' ponytailed Mission-hipster foodie CEO complained in 2006 that he couldn't post corporate news on his blog. SEC chairman Chris Cox stepped to, initiating a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
OS News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz has an interesting blog entry about how Sun Microsystems will start introducing Nand Flash with ZFS as an enterprise storage solution by the end of this year. With the price of Flash memory already plummeting this could be an economical alternative to the expensive NAS solutions.
WATblog (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Jonathan Schwartz continues in his blog about the benefits of free softwares. He aptly puts – “Free software has no pirates”. Schwartz asks companies to consider the pirates simply as users who cannot afford your software.
The Next Web (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz has just talked about a new project called Solaris Registration Map. It’s an early access Google Maps mash-up of Solaris 10 and Open Solaris instances that activated Sun Connection to receive automatic software updates. Schwartz told the Supernova attendees that the mash-up informed them where their customers hang out. When zoomed [...]
Business Blog Consulting (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz gave a great keynote interview at the Web 2.0 Expo last month. He was interviewed by Tim O’Reilly. The 30 minute-plus interview covered a wide range of fascinating business- and technology-related topics, not the least of which was business blogging. The first five minutes after the introduction concentrate specifically on [...]
PR Communications (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Lots of blog reviews this last week, in addition to the three I mentioned earlier in the week, we have two more from the PR students out in Oregon! Nigel Vanderford reviews the CEO of SUN Microsystem's blog, Jonathan Schwartz....
GigaOM (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
During our on-stage chat at Startup Camp, Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz hinted at some big news involving Amazon & its web services. Today the company officially announced: * Sun's OpenSolaris OS will be available on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) customers for free. It is in beta for now. * Sun will provide premium [...]
Data Center Knowledge (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
Sun Microsystems (JAVA) is set to announce a cloud computing alliance with Amazon (AMZN), with details expected Monday. That news comes from Om Malik at GigaOm, who interviewed Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz at Startup Camp in San Francisco. Here's the news from Om:When I asked him about Sun — and... Read more at our web site
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
Joe Panettieri ( The VAR Guy ) submits: Sun Microsystems (JAVA) took a pounding on Wall Street on May 2. Weak financial results, announced May 1, stunned investors, and CEO Jonathan Schwartz’s strategy to transform the company will surely come under fire (see conference call transcript ). Is there hope for Sun? I sure think so. Here are two reasons why: Complete Story »
OS News (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
Engadget got the chance to sit down with Jonathan Schwartz, the pony-tailed CEO of Sun Microsystems. Being the gadget blog that they are, Engadget asked Schwartz about the long-missing JavaFX Mobile platform Sun has promised, Java on the iPhone, and competing with Microsoft as an open source vendor.
http://strumors.com/rss/top (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
Sun Microsystems reported lower then expected numbers for its third quarter. Sun reported a loss in earnings of $34 million or 4 cents a share, sending the stock down nearly 8 percent in after-hours. CEO Jonathan Schwartz stated, that a slowing U.S. economy posed significant challenges for the company; however, he reiterated that they are marking progress in developing nations abroad.
