sun这一年

Cover story:This year of Sun

经历了六年的低谷后,Snu正在重新回到快车道。温和而儒雅的舒瓦茨给Sun带来了完全不同的策略和行事风格——更加彻底的开源、与多家竞争对手的结盟、对Web2.0和社区的持续关注,让Sun这家20多年的公司焕发出新的活力。

'Growth has become the No.1 target for the Sun Company at present.We have been fully prepared for it'.Good perfor- mance in consecutive two financial quarters may account for why Schwartz has been so bold and confident.In early February,at the Sun Corporate headquarter located in Los Angeles,facing over 20 media correspondents from around the globe,Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Schwartz firmly and modestly expressed. This is the best time ever for the Sun Company in the past 6 years.Sun has been very proud of its success after making profit in five consecutive quarters.In the second quarter of 2008,Sun demonstrated stable growth momentum again.The company net profit in the second quarter is USD260 million while the gross profit reached 48.5% of the operating income, quarter-on-quarter growth increasing by 3.5%.Compared with the 2008 first financial quarter,the order number for Sun Company increased by 22.8%.In respect of the most important system and hardware products,sales volume for server based on ULtraSPARC T2 processor has reached USD285 million in the second quarter, year-on-year growth for the emerging market almost hitting 100%. The result looks pretty good.Sun has obviously found the right track by inheriting Schwartz's modest,friendly,and open characters.