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Oracle Acquires Sun Microsystems

Announced January 27, 2010 — $7.40B

OracleComputer servers, storage, networks, Java, MySQL database, software, and services2010

What happened

Sun Microsystems was a company providing computer servers, storage, networks, Java, MySQL database, software, and services, acquired by Oracle.

Acquirer
Oracle
Target
Sun Microsystems
Announced
January 27, 2010
Price
$7.40B
Industry
Computer servers, storage, networks, Java, MySQL database, software, and services

By the numbers

Oracle's acquisition history
66th of 140 tracked deals
Disclosed prices
42 of 140 Oracle deals
Oracle's average disclosed price
$2.32B
Oracle's largest disclosed deal
Cerner ($28.30B)
Tracked acquisitions in 2010
115 across all acquirers
Oracle in Computer servers, storage, networks, Java, MySQL database, software, and services
1 acquisition

Frequently Asked Questions About This Acquisition

When did Oracle acquire Sun Microsystems?

Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems on January 27, 2010. This was Oracle's 66th publicly tracked acquisition out of 140 we have on record.

How much did Oracle pay for Sun Microsystems?

Oracle paid $7.40B for Sun Microsystems.

What does Sun Microsystems do?

Sun Microsystems was a company providing computer servers, storage, networks, Java, MySQL database, software, and services, acquired by Oracle.

What other Computer servers, storage, networks, Java, MySQL database, software, and services companies has Oracle acquired?

Sun Microsystems is Oracle's only publicly tracked acquisition in Computer servers, storage, networks, Java, MySQL database, software, and services so far.

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