Sun Microsystems (JAVA)

Add a New Bulls Reason Company: Sun Microsystems (JAVA) Current price: Headline: (100 character max) Analysis: Cancel 70% agree 30 votes edit New product offerings promise new growth in servers and storage Top Contributor: Dan Pan | Created when NASDAQ:JAVA was $20.40 | Edit | History Strong recent product offerings have led to growth for Sun's server and storage businesses. Sun's new Niagara systems offer lower power consumption over competitors, while the recent StorageTek acquisition significantly expanded Sun's data management division. (100 character max) Cancel 20% agree 5 votes edit Cost savings from downsizing Top Contributor: Dan Pan | Created when NASDAQ:JAVA was $20.40 | Edit | History Planned cost savings from downsizing by 5,000 workers will help to increase margins and profitability. This is projected to save $550 million. (100 character max) Cancel 16% agree 6 votes edit Open-source Solaris and its Java platform contribute to hardware sales Top Contributor: Dan Pan | Created when NASDAQ:JAVA was $20.40 | Edit | History Sun maintains a solid stance in open-source software, with over 7 million licenses distributed for its open-source Solaris software and wide adoption of its Java platform. Although open source software does not directly contribute to Sun's revenue, increased customer adoption should increase hardware sales and accompanying services revenue. (100 character max) Cancel

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