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View from the Top: Jonathan Schwartz: Additional Reading

Thursday, April 9, 2008
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Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems CEO and President

 

Jonathan Schwartz is Chief Executive Officer and President of Sun Microsystems, and a member of Sun's Board of Directors. He became Sun's CEO in 2006, succeeding the Company's co-founder and current chairman of the board, Scott McNealy.

Schwartz was promoted to president and chief operating officer in 2004, and managed all operational functions at Sun - from product development and marketing, to global sales and service. An inveterate communicator, Schwartz has led Sun's drive to engage the marketplace, and redefine corporate transparency. More

Selected Articles

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Sun chief forges ahead as IBM rumors swirl. Computerworld, 3/25/09
In a speech on Wednesday, the CEO of Sun Microsystems Inc. ignored the rumors that the company may be sold to IBM and focused instead on the business opportunities presented by cloud computing and open-source software.
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Schwartz: Not worried about Sun's future. InfoWorld, 3/5/09
Sun CEO's blog entry expresses confidence in the role of information technology and the relevance of Sun's products in the current difficult economic climate
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Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz Scopes Out Future for Sun's Cloud. JDJ, 2/23/09
Aims to maintain Java's ubiquity as the number one runtime environment.... powered by Sun's cloud
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An interview with Jonathan Schwartz. Computerworld, 2/2/09
Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz thinks that the economic downturn and Wall Street meltdown will make IT managers more open to change -- and that, in turn, will benefit Sun's open-source strategy. Computerworld's Patrick Thibodeau sat down with Schwartz for a candid chat about Sun's strategy for surviving the current recession.
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Selected Videos

Jonathan Schwartz - Biographic Video

Selected Websites

Jonathan's Blog

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