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Sun's McNealy: 'We're not working on iPhone killer'

News Sun Microsystems chairman Scott McNealy said he was misquoted in a South Korean newspaper earlier this week as saying Sun and mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics are working on an iPhone-killer. McNealy, who stopped in New York on his way back...

Tags: java, mcnealy, iphone, sun

[12 Oct 2007]

Leader: In or out of house?

Leader Only a few years ago, we had various people - Scott McNealy of Sun comes to mind, never a friend of an Exchange server - asking why we wouldn't all just use webmail and lose some headcount from IT departments across the world.

Tags: blackberry

[19 Apr 2007]

Sun puts Debian founder on the payroll

News Initially disparaging, chairman and then-chief executive Scott McNealy donned a penguin mascot outfit in an about-face to show support. But the company afterward resurrected a nearly exterminated version of Solaris for x86 servers, where Linux is...

Tags: debian, sun, linux

[20 Mar 2007]

'Green tech can tackle global warming'

News Sun Microsystems' chairman Scott McNealy, Bloom Energy CEO KR Sridhar and tech investment guru John Doerr spoke about the dangers of global warming and potential remedies to the problem. If scientific predictions are correct, Silicon Valley could...

Tags: green it, green, sun

[16 Nov 2006]

The New Star of the Data Center

whitepaper Please join Scott McNealy, Ed Zander, and other key Sun executives as we unveil the high-end platform that really changes everything. Be the first to see the new heart of the networked data center.

Tags: data center, scott mcnealy, executives, heart

[01 Oct 2006]

Leader: 'Changing of the guard' for the 2006 Agenda Setters

Leader Dell CEO Kevin Rollins (45) replaces frequent Agenda Setter Michael Dell and Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz (46) takes Scott McNealy's spot. A list of the top names in tech - without Bill Gates? Or Steve Ballmer?

Tags: agenda setters

[25 Sep 2006]

Microsoft's Ozzie named the top man in tech

News Along with Gates stepping aside, Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz (number 46) debuted on the list instead of Sun chairman and founder Scott McNealy; and Dell CEO Kevin Rollins (number 45) takes the spot of Dell founder Michael Dell.

Tags: agenda setters

[25 Sep 2006]

Leader: 'Changing of the guard' for the 2006 Agenda Setters

AS Analysis Dell CEO Kevin Rollins (45) replaces frequent Agenda Setter Michael Dell and Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz (46) takes Scott McNealy's spot. A list of the top names in tech - without Bill Gates? Or Steve Ballmer?

[25 Sep 2006]

Jonathan Schwartz

AS Profile The Agenda Setters panel has high hopes for the long-time Sun exec and COO, who took over for co-founder and former CEO Scott McNealy earlier this year. Why? Breathing new life into Silicon Valley stalwart

[25 Sep 2006]

Sun to slash 4,000 jobs

News As a result, he may avoid the criticism encountered by company founder and CEO predecessor Scott McNealy, who was faulted by many industry observers and some former Sun executives as having moved too slowly in bringing Sun's costs in line with its...

Tags: sun

[01 Jun 2006]

Sun lures ex-exec back into the fold

News Green is one of several returning executives who Sun chairman Scott McNealy likes to highlight as the company tries to argue that it has its dot-com mojo back. McNealy said in an interview last week: "We've got them coming back in droves - Andy...

Tags: cassatt, rich green, sun, open source

[02 May 2006]

Sun's Schwartz gets $1m starting salary

News Schwartz replaced Scott McNealy - now Sun chairman - as the leader of a company with a reputation as a computing industry visionary but one saddled by lacklustre financial results. McNealy said he's been grooming Schwartz for years to take over as...

Tags: schwartz, sun

[28 Apr 2006]

The Weekly Round-Up: 28.04.06

Round-Up Sun Microsystems founder and Round-Up favourite Scott McNealy stepped down as CEO this week bringing to an end one of the longest executive tenures in the mainstream technology industry. After heading up Sun for more than 22 years, quite an...

Tags: weekly round-up, round-up

[28 Apr 2006]

Video: <strong>McNealy</strong> on Microsoft

Video: McNealy on Microsoft

Video A video time-line of the former Sun CEO's jibes at Gates' expense

Tags: mcnealy, sun, microsoft

[26 Apr 2006]

McNealy steps down as Sun CEO

News Sun Microsystems co-founder Scott McNealy has stepped down as chief executive, and has been replaced by president Jonathan Schwartz, the company said on Monday. McNealy who will stay on as chairman, was one of four co-founders of Sun 24 years ago...

Tags: schwartz, sun, scott mcnealy, mcnealy

[25 Apr 2006]

Sun Grid battered by DoS attack

News That position dovetails with one long held by Sun chief executive Scott McNealy. Sun Microsystems' Grid, a publicly available computing service, was hit by a denial of service network attack on its inaugural day, the company said on Wednesday.

Tags: sun grid, dos, sun

[23 Mar 2006]

Video: Sun CEO hails the "participation age"

Video: Sun CEO hails the "participation age"

Video McNealy meets the analysts

Tags: mcnealy, sun microsystems, sun, scott mcnealy

[06 Feb 2006]

A new software age is dawning, says Sun

News Sun CEO Scott McNealy disparaged companies that assemble computing systems out of a hodgepodge of components. McNealy said: "'Best of breed' is now code for Frankenstein. However, McNealy acknowledged there are major impediments to the change: "We...

Tags: software as a service, sun

[03 Feb 2006]

Video: Web interaction is the future, says McNealy

Video Sun CEO says information age is history

Tags: sun microsystems, mcnealy, sun

[07 Dec 2005]

Google and Sun tie the knot

News The Java Runtime Environment is downloaded 20 million times per month, Sun chief executive Scott McNealy said. McNealy said: "What Netscape did for the Java Runtime Environment, we believe the JRE can do for the Google Toolbar", referring to the...

Tags: sun, google

[05 Oct 2005]

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