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Sun Microsystems - M&A Summary, Ownership, and Business Overview

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Sun Microsystems M&A Summary

Sun Microsystems has acquired 39 companies of its own. A total of 6 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Sun Microsystems’ largest acquisition to date was in 2005, when it acquired Storage Technology for $4.1B. Sun Microsystems has acquired in 8 different US states, and 6 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include software (70%) and technology hardware (13%).

Sun Microsystems Ownership

Who owns Sun Microsystems?

Sun Microsystems is owned by Oracle. It was acquired on January 27, 2010.

Sun Microsystems Business Overview

Where is Sun Microsystems headquartered?

Sun Microsystems is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

What sector is Sun Microsystems in?

Sun Microsystems is a technology hardware company.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity39
    • M&A Buy Activity39
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 6
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 4

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

4150 Network Circle,
Santa Clara, California 95054
United States,
46 86 31 21 00
www.sun.com

Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services and that created the Java programming language, and the Network File System.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 T
Buy (2.8/yr) # 25 5 2 3 3 1 39
vol $3.1B $4.1B $1.0B $8.2B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  39

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Q-layer NV 2009-01-07 - Add-on Acquisition
Lochristi, Belgium · www.qlayer.com
Montalvo Systems, Inc. 2008-04-21 - Add-on Acquisition
Santa Clara, California · www.montalvosystems.com
Innotek GmbH 2008-02-20 - Add-on Acquisition
Stuttgart, Germany · www.innotek.de
MySQL AB 2008-02-01 1.0B USD Add-on Acquisition
Uppsala, Sweden · www.mysql.com
Vaau, Inc. 2007-11-13 - Add-on Acquisition
Torrance, California
Cluster File Systems, Inc. 2007-09-12 - Add-on Acquisition
Boulder, Colorado · www.clusterfs.com
SavaJe Technologies, Inc. 2007-05-08 - Add-on Acquisition
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Neogent, Inc. 2006-10-16 - Add-on Acquisition
Austin, Texas · www.neogent.com
Aduva, Inc. 2006-03-27 - Add-on Acquisition
Sunnyvale, California · www.Aduva.com
Storage Technology Corp. 2005-08-31 4.1B USD Add-on Acquisition
Louisville, Colorado
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Software 27 (69%) 639M (8%) - -
Technology Hardware 5 (13%) 6.2B (75%) - -
Information Technology 3 (8%) 400M (5%) - -
Internet Software and Services 2 (5%) 1.0B (12%) - -
Semiconductors 2 (5%) - - -
Total 39 $8.2B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 32 7.1B - -
  California 18 2.6B - -
  Massachusetts 4 400M - -
  Colorado 3 4.1B - -
  Texas 2 - - -
  Virginia 1 - - -
  Minnesota 1 74M - -
  Maryland 1 - - -
Germany 2 - - -
United Kingdom 2 96M - -
Belgium 1 - - -
Canada 1 - - -
Sweden 1 1.0B - -
Domestic 32 (82%) 7.1B (87%) - -
Cross-border 7 (18%) 1.1B (13%) - -
Total 39 $8.2B - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 3 $7.1B
$100M to $1B 2 $940M
< $100M 3 $195M
TOTAL $8.2B
Largest Storage Technology Corp.
$4.1B (2005-08-31)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
15%
6 (15%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Technology Hardware

Subsidiary of

Oracle

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