Abstract
This IDC Vendor Profile focuses on Sun Microsystems (Sun), a United States-based multinational computer technology and consulting corporation that operates across the APEJ region. This profile considers Sun in its capacity as a storage hardware provider.
The information presented in this profile is based on IDC' s assessment of Sun' s position in the storage market in APEJ and extensive secondary research using IDC reports as well as from Sun' s annual reports, SEC filings, vendor Web sites, and news articles. In addition, a series of interviews with Sun' s executives has been conducted to provide comprehensive and supplementary qualitative information.
This profile examines Sun' s history, overall business strategy, worldwide and regional organization structures and resources, current financial performance, and products and services. Sun' s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats are also discussed. This vendor profile concludes with an outline of IDC' s recommendations on overall actions Sun can consider in its approach to the APEJ storage market.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Vendor Profile
- Situation Overview
- Company Overview
- Historical Background
- Organization Structure and Management
- Financial History
- Table: Sun Worldwide Net Revenue and Net Income (US$M)
- Table: Sun Worldwide Quarterly Revenue Growth, 2006-2008 (US$M)
- Geographies
- Figure: Sun Worldwide Revenue Distribution Trend by Geography, 2005-2007
- Business Segments
- Figure: Sun Worldwide Revenue Distribution Trend by Business Unit, 2005-2007
- Company Strategy
- Strategy in Asia Pacific (Excluding Japan)
- Table: Sun Combined Disk and Tape Storage Systems Revenue and Market Shares by Country, 2007
- Figure: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Top 5 Disk Storage Vendors by Revenue Share, 2007
- Figure: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Top 5 Tape Storage Vendors by Revenue Share, 2007
- Figure: Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Top 5 Combined Disk and Branded Tape Vendors by Revenue Share, 1H06-2H07
- Product/Service Offerings
- Table: Sun Disk Storage and Tape Product Portfolio
- Future Outlook
- Opportunities
- Strengths and Characteristics for Success
- Pitfalls and Weaknesses
- Market Inhibitors and Threats
- Essential Guidance
- Advice for Sun in Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan)
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- Related Research
