Sun Microsystems Inc. shares soared Wednesday after a published report said International Business Machines Corp. is in preliminary talks to buy Sun for at least $6.5 billion in cash.

Sun Microsystems Inc. is set to release today its first software for managing the assignments of multiple computer servers, an important initial step in the sagging hardware firm’s effort to ...

Sun Microsystems is giving students and professors a free ride. The company announced last week that it would no longer charge them for nearly 100 software products, including programming tools.

Sun Microsystems SUNW said Friday that it signed an agreement to acquire privately held LSC in a stock swap valued at $74 million. LSC, which is based in.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Sun Microsystems on Wednesday said it's shifting to free and open software by making the Java Enterprise System, Sun N1 management software and Sun developer tools ...

Sun Microsystems is laying off 15 percent to 18 percent of its employees as part of a restructuring plan aimed at saving $700 million to $800 million. Sun's software division is being reorganized ...

In a new battle for market share, tech titans Microsoft, Adobe Systems and Sun Microsystems are promoting rival platforms to build software applications for an Internet that’s evolved from text ...

Software and computer networking company Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced Friday it will cut up to 18%, or 6,000, of its staff in a cost-cutting move.

Server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. has a novel twist on the data center: a portable version of the hulking outposts that house nothing but computers and equipment needed to store and ...

Sun Microsystems is bundling its application server software into its Solaris operating system in a move that could change the competitive landscape in a lucrative market. Written by Wylie Wong ...