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The last 12 months will go down as one of the most disruptive and tumultuous periods in channel and technology market history. Not all the trends of 2009 are bad; in fact, some are quite positive. Channel Insider reflects on the top 20 trends of 2009 and their impact on the technology and channel marketplaces.

Top 20 Tech and Channel Trends of 2009 - 8. The Battle for the Setting Sun


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8. The Battle for the Setting Sun
Jonathan Schwartz did his best to revive Sun Microsystems, but to no avail. In March, word slipped that IBM was in talks to buy Sun for $7.5 billion. The Sun acquisition by Big Blue quickly became the biggest game in the technology market, despite IBM’s repeated denials. After weeks of speculation, IBM withdrew from talks over a price dispute. While speculation ran wild that Sun would somehow revive talks with IBM, Oracle swooped in and picked up the company for a lower price. The European Union has held up completion of the deal as Sun reportedly bled more than $100 million a month, but it looks as though Oracle is finally going to clear that hurdle.

>> Oracle Buys Sun in Cash Deal, Gets Java and Solaris

>> IBM in Talks to Buy Sun Microsystems



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Slideshow Index:
  1. Top 20 Tech and Channel Trends of 2009
  2. 20. Recession, Recession, Recession
  3. 19. Coalescing Channel Communities
  4. 18. Price Integrity Slips; Margins Under Pressure
  5. 17. Marketing and Lead Gen Rediscovered
  6. 16. Security Gets Hot, Again
  7. 15. Consolidation of Professional Services
  8. 14. The “Free Way” to Expanding Market Share
  9. 13. Storage in Demand
  10. 12. Skills Shortage Amid High Unemployment
  11. 11. Let’s Get Vertical
  12. 10. Death of Printers
  13. 9. Unified Communications Gets Real
  14. 8. The Battle for the Setting Sun
  15. 7. Hewlett-Packard Buys 3Com
  16. 6. Cisco’s Unified Computing Strategy
  17. 5. Microsoft vs. Google: Open Warfare
  18. 4. Apple in the Enterprise
  19. 3. Rise of the Netbook
  20. 2. Windows 7
  21. 1. Cloud Computing (’Nuff Said)
  22. What’s Your Top Story of 2009?