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BYScott Kirsner Relevancy Score: 100 Tue Jun 21, 2005 at 1:50 PM
Here at the Supernova conference in San Francisco, Jonathan Schwartz is making a case for executive blogging.
Schwartz is the president and COO of Sun Microsystems, and he's also probably the highest-profile exec in the Fortune 500 ...READ»
BY Paul B. Brown Relevancy Score: 90 Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:55 AM
Jonathan Schwartz, president and COO of Sun Microsystems, on the lack of great leaders in business, the future of technology, and vacationing in Australia.READ»
BYHeath Row Relevancy Score: 90 Fri Jun 25, 2004 at 1:12 PM
Jonathan Schwartz is president and COO of Sun Microsystems. What follows is a partial transcript of his Supernova remarks:
Kevin Werbach: When people think about Sun, they usually think about big iron servers and large-scale ...READ»
BY Alan Deutschman Relevancy Score: 75 Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:20 AM
Once one of the hottest companies in Silicon Valley, Sun Microsystems crashed with the dotcoms, but it kept pouring money into R&D. Now there are signs of a revival, thanks to a new CEO and a big black box.READ»
Jennifer's right that the departure of McNealy from Sun comes at a time when the company sorely needs reinvention and redirection. It's been interesting to read the coverage of his changing roles at Sun. Some articles are relatively ...READ»
BYGrace Andrews Relevancy Score: 47 Fri May 25, 2007 at 1:00 PM
I have been reading with great interest, of late, the phenomenon of leaders taking physical risks and challenges to "keep the edge". It is an interesting concept.
In a recent USA Today article by Del Jones, he writes about CEOs and ...READ»
While it was nice to see Jonathan Schwartz's blog entry sharing his appreciation for outgoing Sun chief Scott McNealy earlier this week, it was even nicer to see the first-person piece by Tom Hanks in the New York Times Styles ...READ»
BYDavid Capece Relevancy Score: 38 Thu Oct 15, 2009 at 8:04 AM
“Helping Dolphins Fly” is the title of blogpost from CEO of Microsystems, Jonathan Schwartz. Sun Microsystems is not helping dolphins fly of course, it’s a metaphor for their acquisition of My SQL (their logo is a dolphin). Johnathan is one of the leaders in the CEO blogging community and has set an example of the what a CEO blog can be. We will weigh the benefits and downsides of CEO blogging to help determine whether or not you, as a CEO, or your boss should take…READ»
BYHeath Row Relevancy Score: 35 Tue Feb 8, 2005 at 6:52 PM
In our February issue, we took a look at three notable CEOs who maintain their own blogs. One of them is Jonathan Schwartz, president and COO of Sun Microsystems.
Earlier today, a reader of FC Now emailed to inform me that another ...READ»
BY Richard Watson Relevancy Score: 31 Tue Jul 8, 2008 at 5:48 PM
In this age of user-generated content and citizen journalism, it might seem like newspapers are becoming yesterday's news. But there's more life in them yet.READ»
BYJennifer Reingold Relevancy Score: 30 Tue Apr 25, 2006 at 11:25 AM
Yesterday, one of the longest tenures in the tech space came to an end when Scott McNealy, one of the co-founders of Sun Microsystems and for the last 21 years its CEO, announced he was stepping down (subscription required). The ...READ»
BYRoger Smith Relevancy Score: 25 Mon Aug 8, 2005 at 7:39 AM
Companies have historically considered the product to be the core of their business. This has been followed by "service as core" and "process as core." A product-centric company may be something like a mid-20th century General ...READ»
BYJeanne Meister Relevancy Score: 19 Wed Jun 4, 2008 at 10:24 AM
Here are some questions a number of Human Resources Directors and Heads of Leadership are aksing today:
Should our CEO start a blog?
Do our top three competitor CEOs have blogs?
Are these competitor CEO blogs a corporate ...READ»
