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Sun Loses Software Head To Adobe
News John Loiacono, Sun's executive vice-president for software, is leaving the company to join Adobe Systems as senior vice-president of its Creative Solutions Group, ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com has learned.
[March 17, 2006, 8:15]
Industry Welcomes Novell's Purchase Of SuSE
News Sun Microsystems, which sells servers with both Red Hat and SuSE's Linux, won't be affected by a change in SuSE management, said John Loiacono, vice president of Sun's operating platforms group. With the extensions these guys put on there, they get...
[November 6, 2003, 11:50]
Sun To Boost Solaris' Firepower Against Linux
News Sun plans to announce open-source licensing details in the next 45 to 60 days, according to John Loiacono, Sun's executive vice president for software. Solaris 10 itself will go on sale by the end of January, Loiacono said.
[November 18, 2004, 15:20]
Taming The Infrastructure Beast: Does Sun's New Java Enterprise System Model Deliver?
White Papers In this webcast, you’ll hear Sun executives Jonathan Schwartz and John Loiacono put Sun’s Java Enterprise System - and all its promise - under the microscope. The Sun Java Enterprise System promises a radically better life for business and...
[April 23, 2004, 0:00]
Sun Enters Google Orbit
News There is direct monetary value for us from being a distribution mechanism for the toolbar," said John Loiacono, Sun's executive vice president of software. The companies will conduct joint research and development and joint marketing, Loiacono said...
[October 5, 2005, 9:10]
Sun Rings In Executive Changes
News Sun Microsystems software executive John Loiacono will become the company's new software chief, while another executive and long-time Microsoft adversary, Rich Green, will be leaving the company, according to sources close to Sun.
[April 5, 2004, 16:05]
Sun Shines On AMD's Opteron Chip
News Sun has been testing the forthcoming Opteron chip for servers in its labs, and has found interest for the chip among customers, said John Loiacono, vice president of Sun's operating platforms group. No," Loiacono said.
[April 9, 2003, 7:17]
Adobe Launches Revamped Creative Suite
News The Design and Web editions will begin shipping in April, while the Production Premium and Master Collection editions will ship this summer, said John Loiacono, senior vice president of Adobe's Creative Solutions Business Unit.
[March 27, 2007, 10:14]
Sun To Phase Out Customised Linux
News We'll be moving to standardised distributions of Linux," said John Loiacono, vice president of Sun's operating platforms group, in a meeting with reporters here. Sun is in talks with the top Linux companies, Loiacono said, saying Red Hat and SuSE...
[April 1, 2003, 15:10]
Sun To Match Red Hat Pricing Model
News Sun hopes to remain a step ahead of Linux, in particular with new features coming with Solaris 10, due to be released by the end of the year, said John Loiacono, senior vice president of Sun's Operating Platforms Group.
[April 1, 2004, 8:50]
Sun Shares A Portion Of Java
News Releasing the source code of the Looking Glass interface and the prefabricated Java 3D software it uses should indeed arouse attention from developers and software companies, said John Loiacono, Sun's recently promoted executive vice president of...
[June 28, 2004, 8:40]
HP Starts Selling Four-Opteron Server
News This promotion makes Solaris the most competitively priced OS on x86 systems," John Loiacono, Sun's new executive vice president of software, said in a statement. Bechtolsheim is reclaiming his employee No.badge at Sun as well as the title of...
[April 20, 2004, 8:55]
Wal-Mart Starts Selling Sun's Linux PCs
News Software called Project Janus will let programs for Linux on x86 run unmodified on Solaris on x86, said John Loiacono, senior vice president of Sun's operating platforms group. The applications run at the same speed, or 5 percent slower than when...
[March 31, 2004, 9:45]
Adobe To Roll Out Photoshop CS3 Beta
News We still have some surprises in store, but this beta gives customers an early chance to see the power of another great Photoshop release, optimised and tuned to run natively on the latest hardware and operating systems," said John Loiacono, senior...
[December 15, 2006, 7:56]
Sun Announces Desktop Linux Deal, Opteron Integration
News A version of Sun's Solaris operating system specifically for the servers will ship in August, said John Loiacono, Sun's vice president of operating systems. Sun Microsystems introduced Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron into its server family and...
[November 18, 2003, 9:30]
Sun Dithers Over 'simple' Orion Pricing
News The first version of Orion will arrive later this year, said John Loiacono, vice president of Sun's operating platforms group. Sun Microsystems is close to deciding how it will charge customers for Orion, its integrated collection of server...
[March 31, 2003, 9:47]
Sun Looks To N1 For Storage Solution
News Chief technology officer Greg Papadopoulos is expected to preview the N1 technology on Thursday, said chief marketing officer John Loiacono. Sun Microsystems on Thursday will unveil a plan code-named "N1" to make it easier for customers to...
[February 7, 2002, 12:35]
Sun Loosens Java Licence, Changes Logo
News It is certainly my objective and the objective of my team -- James Gosling, John Fowler, John Loiacono, Anil Gadre -- to make software the most aggressive competitive weapon it's been in the history of Sun Microsystems," Schwartz said.
[June 6, 2003, 14:31]
Sun Sees Automotive Side To Java
News That's not too far from some current service fees, said John Loiacono, Sun's executive vice president for software. Sun's success in the server market hasn't helped it elbow Microsoft aside in personal computers.
[June 29, 2004, 8:50]
Solaris Pricing Targets Red Hat
News John Loiacono, executive vice-president of Sun's software business, said anyone who registers with Sun will be able to use Solaris for free on servers with x86 processors. About 600,000 copies of Solaris have been downloaded so far, half of them...
[November 15, 2004, 8:20]
