IBM in talks to buy Sun Microsystems - sources
IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems in a move that could bolster the technology giant against rivals in the high-end computer server and software markets, sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Oracle Corp. stepped in to buy Sun Microsystems Inc. for $9.50 a share in a deal valued at $7.4 billion, just weeks after a reported deal by IBM to buy the maker of Java software fell apart.