Editing Sun Microsystems (section)

==Sun acquisitions==
{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}
[[File:SunRackMountServers.jpg|right|thumb|Sun [[server rack]]s at [[Seneca College]] (York Campus)]]
[[File:Computer Museum of America (43).jpg|right|thumb|A Sun [[server rack]] at the [[Mimms Museum of Technology and Art]] in [[Roswell, Georgia]]]]

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* 1987: Trancept Systems, a high-performance graphics hardware company<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.dotcsw.com/trancept.html
| title = Trancept Systems
| website = DotCSw.com
| first=Nick | last=England
| access-date =May 12, 2007
}}</ref>
* 1987: Sitka Corp, networking systems linking the Macintosh with IBM PCs<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0SMG/is_n3_v12/ai_12008406/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122113504/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0SMG/is_n3_v12/ai_12008406 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 22, 2005 |title=Sitka Corp |date=March 1992 |work=Software Magazine |access-date=April 20, 2012 |via=FindArticles.com}}</ref>
* 1987: Centram Systems West, maker of [[networking software]] for PCs, Macs and Sun systems
* 1988: Folio, Inc., developer of intelligent font scaling technology and the [[F3 (font format)|F3]] font format<ref>{{cite press release
 |title=  Sun Microsystems Acquires Folio, Inc.
 |publisher=Sun Microsystems
 |date= September 6, 1988
 |url= http://groups.google.com/group/comp.windows.news/msg/6b21cd36461d711d
 |access-date=November 12, 2007
}}</ref>
* 1991: [[Interactive Systems Corporation]]'s Intel/Unix OS division, from [[Eastman Kodak Company]]
* 1992: Praxsys Technologies, Inc., developers of the Windows emulation technology that eventually became [[Wabi (software)|Wabi]]<ref>{{cite news
  | title = Sun's SunSelect Acquires Windows-Under-Unix Emulation Firm Praxsys   <!--| commented out URL due to WP link blacklisting url = http://www.cbronline.com/news/suns_sunselect_acquires_windows_under_unix_emulation_firm_praxsys | access-date =April 3, 2009 -->
  | work=[[Computergram International]]
  | date = September 18, 1992
}}</ref>
* 1994: [[Thinking Machines Corporation]] hardware division
* 1996: [[Lighthouse Design]], Ltd.<ref>{{cite news| title=Sun pitches software savvy as it pushes past server identity| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2002/06/03/smallb2.html|  first=Ken Spencer| last=Brown| work=San Jose Business Journal| date=May 31, 2002| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026072712/https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2002/06/03/smallb2.html| archive-date=2012-10-26| url-status=live| url-access=limited}}</ref>
* 1996: [[Cray Research|Cray Business Systems Division]], from [[Silicon Graphics]]<ref name="Cray_BSD">{{cite press release
  |title=Sun Microsystems announces intent to purchase Cray Business Systems Division |publisher=Sun Microsystems |date= May 17, 1996
  |url= http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sun+Microsystems+Announces+Intent+to+Purchase+Cray+Business+Systems...-a018293601 |access-date=March 20, 2011
  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023113441/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sun+Microsystems+Announces+Intent+to+Purchase+Cray+Business+Systems...-a018293601 |archive-date=2012-10-23}}</ref>
* 1996: Integrated Micro Products, specializing in [[fault tolerant]] servers
* 1996: Thinking Machines Corporation software division
* February 1997: [[LongView Technologies]], LLC<ref>{{ cite press release | title=Sun Microsystems, Inc. acquires LongView Technologies LLC | url = http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/1997-02/sunflash.970218.8791.xml | date= February 18, 1997 | publisher=Sun Microsystems | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205020630/http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/1997-02/sunflash.970218.8791.xml | archive-date=2006-12-05 | access-date=2007-03-10}}</ref>
* August 1997: Diba, technology supplier for the Information Appliance industry<ref>{{ cite press release | url = http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/1997-08/sunflash.970825.10.xml | title = Sun Microsystems completes acquisition of DIBA, pioneer in information appliance industry | date= August 25, 1997 | publisher=Sun Microsystems | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901180308/http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/1997-08/sunflash.970825.10.xml | archive-date=2007-09-01 | access-date=2007-03-10 }}</ref>
* September 1997: [[Chorus Systèmes SA]], creators of [[ChorusOS]]<ref>{{cite press release
 | title = Sun expands network software business to embedded systems market; agrees to acquire Chorus Systems
 | publisher=Sun Microsystems
 | date = September 10, 1997
 | url = http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/1997-09/sunflash.970910.1.xml
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061205020505/http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/1997-09/sunflash.970910.1.xml
 | archive-date = 2006-12-05
 | access-date = May 13, 2007
 }}</ref>
* November 1997: [[Encore Computer]] Corporation's storage business<ref>{{ cite press release | url = http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/1997-07/sunflash.970717.1112.xml | date= July 17, 1997 | title = Sun Microsystems signs definitive agreement to acquire Encore Computer's storage business | publisher=Sun Microsystems | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061205015612/http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/1997-07/sunflash.970717.1112.xml | archive-date=2006-12-05}}</ref>
* 1998: RedCape Software
* 1998: i-Planet<!-- yes, that's the correct spelling of the acquired company -->, a small software company that produced the "Pony Espresso" mobile email client—its name (sans hyphen) for the [[iPlanet|Sun-Netscape software alliance]]
* June 1998: Dakota Scientific Software, Inc.—development tools for high-performance computing<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-boucher/0/bb9/597|title=Michael Boucher|website=LinkedIn|access-date=2014-06-25}}</ref>
* July 1998: NetDynamics<ref>{{cite news| title=Will a big company buy your startup? |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/1998/07/20/smallb2.html |work=San Francisco Business Times | first=Susan Smith |last=Hendrickson |date=July 19, 1998 |url-access=limited}}</ref>—developers of the [[NetDynamics Application Server]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Sun buys NetDynamics |url=http://news.cnet.com/Sun+buys+NetDynamics/2100-1001_3-212908.html |date=July 1, 1998 |website=[[CNET News]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711133959/http://news.cnet.com/Sun-buys-NetDynamics/2100-1001_3-212908.html |archive-date=July 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |first1=Jeff|last1=Pelline |first2=Mike|last2=Ricciuti |first3=Tim|last3=Clark}}</ref>
* October 1998: Beduin,<ref>{{ cite web | url = http://news.cnet.com/Sun-buys-Canadian-firm-Beduin/2100-1001_3-216896.html | date=October 20, 1998 | title = Sun buys Canadian firm Beduin | work=[[CNET News]] | first=Stephen|last=Shankland | access-date=2011-09-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214001916/http://news.cnet.com/Sun-buys-Canadian-firm-Beduin/2100-1001_3-216896.html | archive-date=2015-02-14 | url-status=live }}</ref> small software company that produced the "Impact" small-footprint Java-based Web browser for mobile devices.
* 1999: [[Star Division]], German software company and with it [[StarOffice]], which was later released as open source under the name [[OpenOffice.org]]
* 1999: MAXSTRAT Corporation, a company in [[Milpitas, California]] selling [[Fibre Channel]] storage servers.
* October 1999: Forté Software, an enterprise software company specializing in integration solutions and developer of the [[Forte 4GL]]<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/24/business/sun-microsystems-to-buy-forte-in-540-million-deal.html | title=Sun Microsystems to Buy Forte in $540 Million Deal | first=Lawrence M. | last=Fisheraug | website=[[The New York Times]] | date=August 24, 1999}}</ref>
* 1999: [[TeamWare]]
* 1999: [[NetBeans]], produced a modular [[Integrated development environment|IDE]] written in Java, based on a student project at [[Charles University]] in Prague
*  March 2000: Innosoft International, Inc. a software company specializing in highly scalable MTAs (PMDF) and Directory Services.
* July 2000: [[Sun Grid Engine#History|Gridware]], a software company whose products managed the distribution of computing jobs across multiple computers<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://news.cnet.com/Sun+snaps+up+software+company+Gridware/2100-1001_3-243555.html
 |title=Sun snaps up software company Gridware
 |date=July 24, 2000
 |access-date=May 18, 2007
 |website=[[CNET]]
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119131243/http://news.cnet.com/Sun-snaps-up-software-company-Gridware/2100-1001_3-243555.html
 |archive-date=January 19, 2013
 |url-status=dead
 |first=Stephen|last=Shankland
}}</ref>
* September 2000: [[Cobalt Networks]], an Internet appliance manufacturer for $2 billion<ref>{{ cite web
 | url = http://www.internetnews.com/fina-news/article.php/5_463841
 | title = Sun Takes a Shine to Cobalt
 | first=Carol | last=King
 | date = September 19, 2000
 | access-date = May 18, 2007
 | website=InternetNews.com
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041115104412/http://www.internetnews.com/fina-news/article.php/5_463841
 | archive-date = November 15, 2004
}}</ref>
* December 2000: HighGround, with a suite of Web-based management solutions<ref>{{ cite web
 |url=http://news.cnet.com/Sun+snags+storage+company%2C+software+maker/2100-1001_3-249318.html?tag=item
 |title=Sun snags storage company, software maker
 |date=December 4, 2000
 |access-date=July 4, 2007
 |website=[[CNET News]]
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119150839/http://news.cnet.com/Sun-snags-storage-company,-software-maker/2100-1001_3-249318.html?tag=item
 |archive-date=January 19, 2013
 |url-status=dead
 |first=Melanie Austria|last=Farmer
}}</ref>
* 2001: LSC, Inc., an Eagan, Minnesota company that developed Storage and Archive Management File System (SAM-FS) and Quick File System [[QFS]] file systems for backup and archive
* March 2001: InfraSearch, a peer-to-peer search company based in Burlingame.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2001/03/05/daily21.html|title=Sun buys InfraSearch|date=7 March 2001|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref>
* March 2002: Clustra Systems<ref>{{ cite web
 |url=http://www.information-age.com/article/2002/march/sun_buys_clustra_for_iplanet
 |title=Sun buys Clustra for iPlanet
 |date=March 19, 2002
 |access-date=July 4, 2007
 |website=InformationAge
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927183701/http://www.information-age.com/article/2002/march/sun_buys_clustra_for_iplanet
 |archive-date=September 27, 2007
 |first=Natasha|last=Cheung
}}</ref>
* June 2002: [[Afara Websystems]], developed SPARC processor–based technology<ref>{{ cite web
 |url=http://news.cnet.com/Sun+buys+start-up+to+boost+UltraSparc/2100-1001_3-939307.html
 |title=Sun buys start-up to boost UltraSparc
 |date=June 25, 2002
 |access-date=July 4, 2007
 |website=[[CNET News]]
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119212818/http://news.cnet.com/Sun-buys-start-up-to-boost-UltraSparc/2100-1001_3-939307.html
 |archive-date=January 19, 2013
 |url-status=dead
 |first=Stephen|last=Shankland
}}</ref>
* September 2002: Pirus Networks, intelligent storage services<ref>{{ cite web
 |url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-958610.html
 |title=Sun to buy start-up to boost "N1" plan
 |date=September 19, 2002
 |access-date=July 4, 2007
 |website=[[CNET News]]
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119150652/http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-958610.html
 |archive-date=January 19, 2013
 |url-status=dead
 |first=Stephen|last=Shankland
}}</ref>
* November 2002: [[Terraspring]], infrastructure automation software<ref>{{ cite web
 |url=http://news.cnet.com/Sun+springs+for+software+maker/2100-1001_3-965980.html
 |title=Sun springs for software maker
 |first=John G. |last=Spooner
 |date=November 15, 2002
 |access-date=July 4, 2007
 |publisher=[[CNET News]]
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119151659/http://news.cnet.com/Sun-springs-for-software-maker/2100-1001_3-965980.html
 |archive-date=January 19, 2013
 |url-status=dead
}}</ref>
* June 2003: [[Pixo]], added to the Sun Content Delivery Server<ref>{{ cite web
 |url=http://www.techweb.com/wire/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=26801457
 |title=Sun Microsystems To Acquire Pixo
 |date=June 26, 2003
 |access-date=July 4, 2007
 |publisher=TechWeb
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103009/http://www.techweb.com/wire/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=26801457
 |archive-date=September 29, 2007
}}</ref>
* August 2003: CenterRun, Inc.<ref name="acq-history">{{ cite web
 | url = http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/investor/sun_facts/merger_history.jsp
 | title = Sun Facts Acquisitions History
 | access-date = July 16, 2009
 | website = Sun.com
 | publisher = Sun Microsystems
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090424154820/http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/investor/sun_facts/merger_history.jsp
 | archive-date = April 24, 2009
}}</ref>
* December 2003: Waveset Technologies, identity management<ref name="waveset">{{cite press release |title= Sun completes acquisition of Waveset Technologies, Inc. |publisher=Sun Microsystems |date= December 10, 2003 |url= http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2003-12/sunflash.20031210.1.xml |access-date=January 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060905175519/http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2003-12/sunflash.20031210.1.xml | archive-date=September 5, 2006 }}</ref>
* January 2004 Nauticus Networks<ref>{{cite press release | title = Sun Microsystems enhances network services integration into blades platform; Signs agreement to acquire Nauticus Networks | url = http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2004-01/sunflash.20040120.2.xml | publisher=Sun Microsystems | date=January 2, 2004 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231071858/http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2004-01/sunflash.20040120.2.xml | archive-date=2006-12-31 | access-date=2007-03-10}}</ref>
* February 2004: Kealia, founded by original Sun founder Andy Bechtolsheim, developed AMD-based 64-bit servers<ref name="AB-returns">{{cite web
 |url=http://news.cnet.com/2100-1010_3-5156828.html
 |title=Sun to buy Opteron server maker, reclaim co-founder
 |first=Stephen |last=Shankland
 |date=February 10, 2004
 |access-date=July 4, 2007
 |website=[[CNET]]
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120055934/http://news.cnet.com/2100-1010_3-5156828.html
 |archive-date=January 20, 2013
 |url-status=dead
}}</ref>
* January 2005: SevenSpace, a multi-platform managed services provider<ref>{{cite press release |title= Sun Completes Acquisition Of Sevenspace |publisher=Sun Microsystems |date= January 11, 2005 |url= http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-01/sunflash.20050111.1.xml |access-date=October 3, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230231502/http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-01/sunflash.20050111.1.xml |archive-date=2006-12-30 }}</ref>
* May 2005: [[Tarantella, Inc.]] (formerly known as [[Santa Cruz Operation]] (SCO)), for $25 million<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://news.cnet.com/Sun+to+buy+Tarantella/2100-1012_3-5701487.html?tag=item
 |title=Sun to buy Tarantella
 |first1=Dawn |last1=Kawamoto
 |first2=Stephen |last2=Shankland
 |date=May 10, 2005
 |access-date=July 4, 2007
 |website=[[CNET]]
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119223449/http://news.cnet.com/Sun-to-buy-Tarantella/2100-1012_3-5701487.html?tag=item
 |archive-date=January 19, 2013
 |url-status=dead
}}</ref>
* June 2005: SeeBeyond, a [[Service-Oriented Architecture]] (SOA) software company for $387m<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://news.cnet.com/Sun+to+buy+integration+outfit+SeeBeyond/2100-1014_3-5766116.html?tag=item
 |title=Sun to buy integration outfit SeeBeyond
 |first=Martin |last=LaMonica
 |date=June 28, 2005
 |access-date=July 4, 2007
 |website=[[CNET]]
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119140313/http://news.cnet.com/Sun-to-buy-integration-outfit-SeeBeyond/2100-1014_3-5766116.html?tag=item
 |archive-date=January 19, 2013
 |url-status=dead
}}</ref>
* June 2005: [[Procom Technology]], Inc.'s NAS IP Assets<ref name="acq-history"/>
* August 2005: [[StorageTek]], data storage technology company for $4.1 billion<ref>{{ cite press release | url = http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-08/sunflash.20050831.1.xml | title = Sun Microsystems Completes Acquisition of StorageTek | publisher=Sun Microsystems | date= August 31, 2005 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401143725/http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-08/sunflash.20050831.1.xml | archive-date=2007-04-01 }}</ref>
* February 2006: Aduva, software for Solaris and Linux patch management<ref>{{cite press release
 | title = Sun to Acquire Aduva
 | publisher=Sun Microsystems
 | date = February 22, 2006
 | url = http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2006-02/sunflash.20060222.2.xml
 | access-date = May 17, 2007
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060908225045/http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2006-02/sunflash.20060222.2.xml
 | archive-date = 2006-09-08
 }}</ref>
* October 2006: Neogent<ref>{{cite press release
 | title = Sun to Bolster Identity Management Leadership and Service Offerings With Acquisition of Neogent
 | publisher=Sun Microsystems
 | date = September 27, 2006
 | url = http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2006-09/sunflash.20060927.1.xml
 | access-date = November 13, 2007
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071009145646/http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2006-09/sunflash.20060927.1.xml
 | archive-date = 2007-10-09
 }}</ref>
* April 2007: [[SavaJe]], the SavaJe OS, a Java OS for mobile phones
* September 2007: [[Cluster File Systems]], Inc.<ref>{{cite press release
 |title=Sun Microsystems Expands High Performance Computing Portfolio with Definitive Agreement to Acquire Assets of Cluster File Systems, Including the Lustre File System
 |publisher=Sun Microsystems
 |date=September 12, 2007
 |url=http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2007-09/sunflash.20070912.2.xml
 |access-date=September 13, 2007
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002091821/http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2007-09/sunflash.20070912.2.xml
 |archive-date=October 2, 2007
}}</ref>
* November 2007: Vaau, Enterprise Role Management and identity compliance solutions<ref>{{cite press release |title = Sun Microsystems Strengthens Market-Leading Identity Management Portfolio with Intent to Acquire Vaau |publisher=Sun Microsystems |date = November 13, 2007 |via=Information Week |url = http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/government/208806898 |access-date =November 13, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020122819/http://www.informationweek.com/security/government/sun-to-purchase-id-firm-vaau/208806898 | archive-date=2012-10-20
 }}</ref>
* February 2008: [[MySQL AB]], the company offering the open source database MySQL for $1 billion.<ref>{{cite press release
 |title=Sun Microsystems Announces Completion of MySQL Acquisition; Paves Way for Secure, Open Source Platform to Power the Network Economy
 |publisher=Sun Microsystems
 |date=February 26, 2008
 |url=http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-02/sunflash.20080226.1.xml
 |access-date=February 26, 2008
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228025123/http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-02/sunflash.20080226.1.xml
 |archive-date=February 28, 2008
}}</ref>
* February 2008: [[Innotek GmbH]], developer of the [[VirtualBox]] virtualization product<ref>{{cite press release
 | title = Sun Microsystems Announces Agreement to Acquire innotek, Expanding Sun xVM Reach to the Developer Desktop
 | publisher=Sun Microsystems
 | date = February 12, 2008
 | url = http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-02/sunflash.20080212.1.xml
 | access-date =February 12, 2008
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080213053843/http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-02/sunflash.20080212.1.xml
 | archive-date = 2008-02-13
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
  |url = http://www.sun.com/software/innotek/
  |title = Sun Welcomes Innotek
  |access-date =February 26, 2008
  |publisher=Sun Microsystems
  |quote = On February 20 Sun completed the acquisition of innotek
  |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080302021721/http://www.sun.com/software/innotek/
  |archive-date = 2008-03-02
}}</ref>
* April 2008: [[Montalvo Systems]], x86 microprocessor startup acquired before first silicon
* January 2009: Q-layer, a software company with cloud computing solutions<ref>{{cite press release
 | title = Sun Microsystems Expands Cloud Computing Offerings with Acquisition of Q-layer
 | publisher= Sun Microsystems
 | date = January 6, 2009
 | url = http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2009-01/sunflash.20090107.1.xml
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090122183806/http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2009-01/sunflash.20090107.1.xml
 | archive-date = 2009-01-22
 | access-date = January 6, 2009
 }}</ref>