Overview
Oracle Buys Sun
On April 20, 2009, Oracle announced that it had agreed to acquire
Sun Microsystems. The proposed transaction is subject to Sun
stockholder approval, certain regulatory approvals and customary
closing conditions. Until the deal closes, each company will continue
to operate independently, and it is business as usual.
This acquisition combines best-in-class enterprise software and
mission-critical computing systems. Oracle plans to engineer and
deliver an integrated system ¨C applications to disk ¨C where all the
pieces it and work together, so customers do not have to do it
themselves. Customers beneit as their systems integration costs go
down while system performance, reliability, and security go up.
Q:what will Oracle do with Sun¡¯s hardware business?
A:Oracle plans to grow the Sun hardware business after the closing,
protecting Sun customers¡¯ investments and ensuring the long-term
viability of Sun products. Oracle also intends to focus the server
and storage businesses on our common enterprise customers, where
we believe we bring competitive advantage, relationships, and a
track record of helping to reduce costs and complexity. Key to this
strategy will be our plans to develop software-optimized hardware
that integrates all of the enterprise components: hardware, database,
middleware, and applications. After the closing, Oracle plans to be
the only company that can engineer an integrated system where all
the pieces it and work together so customers do not have to do it
themselves. Our customers beneit as their systems integration costs
go down while system performance, reliability and security go up.
Q:what does Oracle plan to do with MySQL?
A:MySQL will be an addition to Oracle¡¯s existing suite of database
products, which already includes Oracle Database 11g, TimesTen,
Berkeley DB open source database, and the open source
transactional storage engine, InnoDB.
Q:How is the transaction between Oracle and Sun
expected to beneit Sun customers?
A:Oracle and Sun share a common commitment to providing si
lexible and cost effective enterprise solutions. As a result, Sun
customers can expect substantial beneits from the acquisition
After the closing, Oracle plans to invest and grow the Sun bus
ensuring the long-term viability of Sun products and preservi
existing customer and partner investments in Sun technologie
Oracle is committed to 100% customer satisfaction.
Q:when is the acquisition expected to close?
A:The transaction is subject to certain conditions, including Sun
stockholder and regulatory approvals, and customary closing
conditions. We expect the transaction to close this summer.
where can i ind out more information about the
proposed Oracle and Sun combination?
For more information, please visit oracle.com/sun or sun.com/
Oracle.
Q:where can i ind out more information about the
A:proposed Oracle and Sun combination?
For more information, please visit oracle.com/sun or sun.com/
Oracle.
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